Great benefits, people, and culture - Software Engineer FactSet Employee Review

3.0
Sep 26, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Decent salary, good internship program, employee stock purchase plan, free lunch, Norwalk is a decent and small town with accessible shops and food but more importantly NYC is easy to get to by the metro north. In general the people are very friendly and intelligent -- the HR department is good at weeding troublesome employees out.

Cons

For engineers there are a lot of proprietary technologies, such as the infrastructure and OS to deal with. Some of these will eventually go away with the porting they are doing, and it largely depends on your team. Many engineers never even have to use those environments in the first place, so it is something you can clarify before taking your position at the company. My new manager and I had problems communicating effectively for the three years we worked together, and again your experience will vary greatly depending on your team and your coworkers.

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Cons

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Pros

Work from home 3-4 days a weeks

Cons

Senior Management is Akin to a Sorority or Fraternity. They are treated exceptionally well and are shameless in their pursuits of recognition. Forced socialization - whether or not you participate in company events is part of your performance reviews. It's not enough to be a friendly, helpful coworker DEI Disgrace - millions and millions of dollars spent on making sure the wrong people are in the wrong job. But hey, they're the right ethnicity! Forced volunteering - another part of your annual review. They give you time off to volunteer at a company-sponsored event. But if you are the type who likes to just do your job, go home, and find life's satisfaction elsewhere, don't join Factset!

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