Corporate roller coaster - Anonymous employee Sparq Employee Review

2.0
Nov 7, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The colleagues make this company. For the most part, the environment is extremely relaxed.

Cons

The salary is ridiculous. They said in an article that Programmer Analysts get paid average 62K when all the analysts I speak with are making below that. Location isn't a viable argument, being that all your locations are "low cost of living" right? If you're in LIMS then it's probably not the best environment. Also, you might get thrown onto random projects that have nothing to do with your skill set or even what you want to learn.

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