Make Metova Great Again - Developer Metova Employee Review

2.0
Aug 26, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

At one point, the company was great and had a lot of potential to be a great place to work, including a set of core values that most everyone bought into. The work environment is casual and flexible. A lot of the developers there really care and want to do good work.

Cons

As of right now, the company is struggling with financial and retention issues. They've always paid developers fairly poorly relative to the market, and I'm sure the current situation is not helping that any. The tension of the financial situation also means less than ideal working conditions because the company is in "survival" mode. Employee needs have taken a backseat to making the clients happy because clients can not afford to be lost. Unfortunately, these have led to many decisions that feel like short-term gains with very high long-term cost (like employee retention). Communication and transparency is not practiced well. As a developer, I often didn't know or understand what management was doing or why, and I didn't feel empowered to raise concerns. New management feels very disconnected from employees because of these reasons. I don't think that the current situation is all the current management team's fault - there were major decisions made by previous management that helped put the company in the state it is in today, but the new management does not seem effective at recovering from that. It is a tough situation to be in, so I think even the best management team is going to have to make unpleasant decisions. But I think this team could be better about how the handle those decisions, especially in regards to communication. It is unclear if they will be able to get out of this bad situation.

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5.0
Jul 28, 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Amazing people that do crazy awesome stuff every day. Benefits are normal, pay is slightly below average, but worth the trade off any day.

Cons

Customer demands sometimes have peak seasons and there are periods of less work to go around.

5.0
Mar 3, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

. There is little feeling of management having superiority. You can walk into the president's office and talk one on one at any time and discuss any concerns you have about the company's direction. . Can create any leadership role for yourself. . Internal projects pop up often, and there are lots of people who will help you with them. . They want to see you grow, and they will provide you with every possible mean to do so. . They have your back if your clients are terrible and are too demanding These are a few of the greatest things about Metova. A note of advice, if you are easily insulted and can't take criticism very well..Metova might not be for you. If you suck at your job, they will tell you bluntly, but that doesn't mean they won't greatly go out of their way to try to help you become better.

Cons

. Sometimes management can promise clients something that they didn't confer with their devs about. . Not necessarily a bad thing, but Metova is growing so fast that sometimes things can get very disorganized. . The goal of the company can seem to be shifting more towards Profits than their motto "Creating a great place to work." . The Franklin office feels almost like a frat house sometimes, especially the second floor. Dirty, random junk everywhere, and just crammed devs into wherever an open spot is.

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