Best place I have worked in 20 years - Senior Software Engineer Prudential Employee Review

5.0
May 18, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Opportunity to use cool & cutting edge cloud technology. - A lot of coding opportunities to sharpen up your Python/Ruby/Javascript skills. - Brilliant yet humble team members. - Work/life balance is good. - Flexibility to choose between office, remote or a hybrid for work. - Company rewards you fairly for your contribution and value.

Cons

This isn't really a negative point, but months from August to November are considered critical for the company's business and you have to transition from full feature development to being prepared to wear the firefighter hat.

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