Mediocre Software Shop, No Career Progression - Sr. Software Engineer SeekWell Employee Review

1.0
Sep 4, 2025
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Pros

This is a good place if you don't want to learn anything new or learn latest technologies or progress your career. Instead, you can ride out your career into retirement in peace without all that pesky change that happens in software.

Cons

Direct quote from CTO during the all hands, "We're not looking for innovative solutions, or to use the latest technologies..." That's probably everything you need to know about the software culture here. That trickles down into dev teams and fosters a gross mediocre attitude towards software. Their favorite thing to say as engineers is "I don't know, that's not how we did it before." It turns every one of their software engineers into mids, seniors only exist in title here. Attending conferences or furthering your career is not encouraged here at all, in fact, you have to work around it. Hack-a-thons aren't really hack-a-thons, you are forced to work on a specific topic for a single day making it no different than any other work day. They generally don't care for you to learn and progress here, they have their mediocre status quo and do not want to even entertain innovations. The "vision insurance" (a.k.a only discounts at their shop) turns out to be more expensive and worse than just getting normal vision insurance. Embarrassing for a shop that sells contacts. Lastly, having been in multiple meetings with their orders teams, their main revenue comes from circumventing your eye doctor to sell you whatever contacts with whatever prescription. Your doctor, the one that actually cares about your eye health, is considered more of a blocker at SeekWell. SeekWell just wants your money, and are proud of the fact they got a new law put into place just so they could go around your doctor. They could build software that works with the doctors, but I guess that doesn't make the money.

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5.0
Apr 16, 2026
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Pros

1‑800 Contacts / SeekWell is an excellent place to work. There is something genuinely special about the culture—you can feel it. It starts with what our original founder, Jonathan, established from the beginning: a people‑first mindset. One of the biggest strengths of working here is our strong company values and an employee experience that is intentionally well designed. We emphasize flexibility and focus on autonomy, mastery, and purpose, giving people the space and trust to do their best work. I have no intention of ever leaving. It really is that good here.

Cons

This is not a greenfield startup—there is real complexity and accountability. We value ideal team players - which mean if people aren't here to work - if they aren't hungry, humble, and smart they may not fit in.

1.0
Jun 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

It's a job that can be full time remote

Cons

Low pay, toxic company culture, no opportunity for growth

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