Monitor employee, no life-work balance - Software Engineer NCH Software Employee Review

Some of the great things about working for NCH Software are great management, work/life balance, PTO and a stable work environment,

This was not a con for me but if you have a very outgoing, social personality this office atmosphere is very opposite to that. It is small and very quiet.

The work is interesting because you can get feedback pretty quickly on how the product(s) or tasks that you work on are doing in terms of sales (the great equalizer - or gold standard - at NCH). The processes are generally fairly dynamic and "agile", the red tape is kept to a minimum. You get to work on a variety of platforms, which is a good experience. The benefits (Simple IRA, medical/dental/vision and PTO are competitive with other, similar small to medium sized businesses. The dress code is: no dress code. There is some flexibility in working hours.

Let's start with what turns most people off: the snitch program that you install before anything else. This program, as has bee reported in other reviews, logs EVERYTHING that you do on your computer. At least you know what it's for. So there is some issue with trusting employees. Your input, if asked for, will be dismissed. If it's any good, it will be regurgitated later by the top management as their own. You will not get any credit for coming up with a great idea. Most of your ideas will be dismissed and you will occasionally be treated as an incompetent nitwit. You will be paid the least possible salary. Your bonuses, if any, will be set in a way that you will not attain them. You will be micromanaged while the "big picture" slips by, unchallenged. The products are like the "dollar store" of software. This isn't Adobe or Oracle or some other big name in the software industry. After a while, you'll realize that there's no upward mobility. Do you want to be a developer forever? A marketing junior/senior forever? NCH is the place for you.