Largely depends on team - Software Engineer FactSet Employee Review

2.0
Jul 29, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

* Good healthcare and free lunch 4 days a week. * Some teams are well run and make an effort to keep up with the latest tech. * Engineering management is typically loaded with engineers

Cons

* Pay is good for new grads, but raises wont keep up. * Retirement plan is sub-par for the industry. * Career progression for engineering is non existent. * Feature factory type mentality. * Middle management is typically incompetent and is very clique-y * Little responsibility and trust is given to individual contributors. * Upper management tries to encourage innovation, but middle management is not interest in hearing bottom up ideas, and is more focused on maintaining control, so no innovation happens * Major outsourcing push and upper management wonders why moral is low.

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Pros

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Cons

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