Big Dreams, Big Chaos - Software Engineer SES Employee Review

3.0
Nov 11, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Ambitious projects and very smart engineers. There’s a lot to learn if you take initiative. - Good work-life balance, rarely over 40 hours a week unless on-call (minor pay boost) - Benefits and PTO are solid. - You have room to automate and improve processes without much interference.

Cons

- Post-acquisition structure is confusing. Priorities and direction change often. - Career growth is slow and not clearly defined. - Pay is below market for the technical expectations. - Modernization is uneven. Some systems are current, others are years behind. - Communication can be siloed, and bureaucracy slows everything down.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

Chill work, good for starters and resume. People are nice.

Cons

Not much structure, can have more guidance

2.0
Jun 29, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Still employed through many rounds of layoffs. Many options to learn with continuous technology changes. Opportunities to do other people's work for them. Opportunity for government bail out in the form of 5G spectrum sale.

Cons

The only employment opportunities are in India. Starting to tip the scales of diversity one direction. Employees are a number to the CEO. He only cares about himself and his bonus. There is no direction from upper management making lower management make decisions without properly validating integration with other stakeholders. No budget to integrate networks between legacy companies. It appears as though SES will hobble on the remaining infrastructure and employees until the next merger/buyout.

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