Could be amazing - Software Engineering Consultant Lab49 Employee Review

3.0
Jun 25, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Senior leaders not being replaced has meant better bonuses for the rest of us! Looking forward to the promised doubling in size of the team as there's not many developers in my location at the moment and there's lots of exciting work.... although I've heard this every year I've been here and we rarely even replace leavers.

Cons

Currently waiting to hear who my 5th line manager is going to be this year, number of resignations suggests something is broken here.

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Lab49 Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We are looking to grow our teams, given the exciting projects we have for 2022. As we experience explosive growth, coinciding with the Great Resignation Year, this has led to staffing changes and movement. We are taking this opportunity to ensure our employee base meets and exceeds client expectations. We appreciate team efforts in making a positive experience for clients. Looking forward to more accelerated learning on the job next year! If you have further feedback or ideas, please do not hesitate to send to feedback@lab49.com

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- Working groups around Blockchain, AI, and other interesting topics - Book Club - Open and transparent leadership team

Cons

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Pros

Hiring is well-gated, so you'll work with smart people. Projects are exclusively in finance so it's a great place to gain exposure in that industry. You operate with a good amount of autonomy.

Cons

It's a consulting company, so engineers are only valuable if they're billable. That means your success is tied to someone else's ability to secure a pipeline of work for you, or your own ability to upsell at your engagement - which may or may not be up to you no matter what you do. There isn't a dedicated sales team at Lab, so this can get spotty. Upper management's presence is felt in seasons - non-existant for months at a time, all over everything the next. They were nowhere to be found as AI got rolled out massively in 2026 and we got caught without a strategy and action plan - either for leveraging internally or for pivoting our model.

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