George Orwell had it better in 1984 - Applications Developer Fisher Investments Employee Review

1.0
Aug 22, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Health benefits, vacation and fixed working hours. In high tech you can be expected to work 60-80 hours a week, but at least at Fisher that is 40-50 hours and you get paid for lunch (how great is that!). 401k match is good if you actually get paid enough to afford to contribute. Now let's take a look at the cons.

Cons

Seriously, if you ever wanted to know what it would be like to work for Darth Vader with a delusional paranoid complex, well, that would be Ken Fisher and his Empire. To say that promotions outside of middle management only happen after Vader chokes someone for a minor mistake would be an understatement. Much of management has been here longer than Emperor Palpatine's rule. Let's face it, the only way you will get a raise or make any real money in this company is if you are Boba Fett or as we like to call them OSP's (i.e. bounty hunters)--and the Force will not be with you if they or their masters even think you are getting in between them and their commission. You know that moment when the Emperor is huddling with the Prophets of the Dark Side? That this company in every aspect. This workplace is about as diverse as an army of Stormtroopers---so many white frat bros in uncomfortable suits going through the motions after drinking the Kool Aid. Don't get me wrong there are female executives to run the trash compactors and oversee the new outposts on Lotide and Yavin Prime. Racial diversity in the Imperial Army is lacking. No surprise when every few years the Emperor goes on a rant telling Shadowtroopers they would be better off if their forbears had been locked up on Kejim long enough to avoid the war that led to the destruction of Yavin 4's economy. But diversity doesn't matter much when the clone army is used as cannon fodder. You're ground up for a year or two before you start telling yourself that you're a little short to be a Stormtrooper and you toss yourself down the garbage shoot looking for an escape. Luckily there are lots of recruiting Jawas out there who will scoop you up and find you a home somewhere else. And boy is life better on Coruscant. Luke is doing some cool stuff though. Things are looking up with him around. That boy is our only hope. But until Emperor Fisher trips and falls down that long elevator shaft you are better off working for Watto on Tatooine unless you want to end up like TK-421.

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