Great for work hours, terrible if you care about your career - Software Engineer FactSet Employee Review

1.0
Oct 19, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work/life balance, snacks, free lunch. Some very smart people work here.

Cons

The compensation is sub-standard. You should not expect to get significant year-over-year raises. It makes no difference if you put extra effort and/or hours. You have no career opportunities. Incompetent managers thrive. There are quite a lot of incompetent people working here.

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Cons

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