Bad place to work - Technical Engagement Manager Photon Employee Review

1.0
Mar 13, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

This firm does work for major clients, and getting exposed to these clients is the only positive I can think of.

Cons

The top down management style where the work force is not respected is both deliberate and antithetical to the manner in which I believe software should be delivered. The disrespect that management has for their clients and servicing their clients’ needs is an embarrassment to the team that face the client, and who must constantly manage the lack of quality deliveries and slipped schedules. The attempt to hide the repressive way that the team is treated fails, and the clients have a strong sense of an overworked, underpaid stressed out workforce. This makes for an awkward relationship between client and middle manager. Because senior management’s style is abusive, and nasty, this style permeates the work force, who feels that normal risk management techniques will be ignored, and in turn become at the middle management level nasty and abusive to their workers. The technology used while sounding 'sexy' and forward, is not well understood by the senior technical team, which leads to embarrassing deliveries with memory leaks, system crashes, and just plain bad user experience. If you are unfortunate enough to work for these guys stay with safe web technology solutions and stay away from innovative approaches, as this firm can only fail here. This company is micro managed by a pair of brothers who do not empower their senior staff to take risks or make decisions.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Apr 27, 2025
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Pros

Can be on interesting projects Some really good people If on correct team can be very good conditions such as remote work

Cons

Zero opportunities for growth Limited to no work/life balance No Severance Do not pay when on the bench Wrong team or manager the hr insanity can make it rough (One year they decided july 4th was not a holiday another they decided to lower the salary and increase the percentage that was bonus effectually giving everyone a pay cut).. Honestly a 2 might being generous but i have worked with some nice people there and the vast majority of the people were nice and good just wanting to get the job done . Any 5s are probably fake or the lucky few that do not have to deal with Photon Hr.

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