This is where developers go to let their dreams die - Interactive Developer Publicis Sapient Employee Review

1.0
Sep 4, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Sapient hires incredibly smart and talented people. Some of the most inspiring and enthusiastic beings I've ever met are roaming those hallways

Cons

-For a place with such talented people, the work you get most of the time is the most mundane and soul sucking wastes of time you will ever experience -Project Management have no ability to push back on or set realistic expectations for developers and designers. Sometimes the clients horrific work ethic ends up permeating over to Sapient employees -lack of diversity. Probably about 6 people of color in an office with hundreds. -too much red tape, hard to make any new changes or get taken seriously when wanting to make an impact -it's not about how good you are at your job, it's about how good you are at making it look like you do anything. People spend so much time sliding verbose cards around on Jira to look like they've done something -horrific code bases. Constantly working with the worst practices I've ever seen from project to project -Uninteresting work. Incredibly talented developers only working on client sites to change colors over the course of months -Time cards. It's 2018, who does this anymore? -Identity Crisis. Publicis.Sapient, Sapient RazorFish, combining offices with Digitas. Can't possibly feel a sense of belonging whole the C level execs try to figure out what they wanna call us

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Pros

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Cons

Broader company has poor strategy, and clearly doesn't know what to do with the workforce they have as AI lowers the client pipeline and rates. Roles are only plentiful in the US if you are in Product or Project Management, as other capabilities are being offshored to save client budgets, and/or are being collapsed so that employees must vibe-AI their way into competency. This leads to sapped morale and poor output at the client level. As the company has been struggling - and as promotions become less likely to be approved - some of the most passionate folks in the company have left for greener pastures, or have been unceremoniously pushed out. This in turn has led to a weakening of office culture. Your work experience can also be variable - depending on seasonality, client pipelines, and role, you could be so busy you don't have time to care for yourself or so bored you are feigning productivity. More than is normal at other consulting companies, the workloads seem incongruent with who's being hired or not.

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