A nightmare to work for - Software Developer SpinFusion Employee Review

1.0
May 29, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The people that they hire on are some of the smartest and hardworking people I've ever had the pleasure of working with.

Cons

The project work planning is basically non-existent. I can't count how many times either myself or a coworker had to complete a deadline within 2 days or less from being given the work to having a functional bug-free final product. Be prepared to come in early and stay late to meet deadlines again and again. The work itself is rough to put it kindly. You'll either be digging through poorly written decade old code or figuring out how to do "modern" (years old at this point) web programming on your own since management doesn't know what's involved in a modern day web app. Abandon all hope of industry standard practices such as unit tests or web app and data security as there isn't a place, time, or knowledge base for those in the workflow. The turnover in this company is unreal. Every single employee that was not a manager that was employed when I started either quit or was fired. Note I said employees and not just people on my team. On top of that I've never heard anything good said about a former employee from management. The blame always falls on the employee and never management. Something that should be really telling about the company is that pretty much every developer that is hired on is in their first job within the industry. You'll never see a hire for more experienced developers because it doesn't pay enough for the amount of work and hours that are needed to "succeed" within the company. Culture-wise, the company tries to have one of those cool start up cultures. They've got a pool table, snacks, and arcade machine but you'll barely have any time to actually enjoy these since most of your time will be spent either working or preparing yourself mentally to make it through the rest of the day in one piece.

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5.0
May 29, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

1. Amazing work/life balance 2. Endless growth opportunities 3. Fun work environment 4. Great coworkers 5. Personal and professional interest from the management team

Cons

1. Can be stressful, but stress is always well-managed

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1.0
Sep 24, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people at the bottom of the company are awesome. They are Fun and always willing to help.

Cons

Okay, I have worked here a little over a month and I honestly cant believe how completely horrible this place is to work. I have already scheduled other interview at a different company its that bad!!!! Everyone that works there hates their life. Everyone is in constant fear of getting fired and management preaches that it wants a great work environment but believes that if you aren't working 10-12 hour days sometime that you aren't doing your job. They also dont tell you that they require you to work weekends. Don't dare ask a question! They don't have time answer questions. You will get absolutely NO support as a new employee from management in training, and the CEO literally talks down to everyone in the office. The CEO expects you to know from day one all of the ins and outs of his software. He is so smart he has no idea how to interact with normal people. He went to med school. and decided he wasn't a people person so never did his residency. He is by far the most condescending I've ever ever met.

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SpinFusion Response
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First, apologies for our tardy reply. Thank you for your feedback. You're right about SpinFusion employees, they are wonderful and we appreciate everyone here and their hard work and dedication! In regards to the cons, we are sorry you feel this way. We are very up-front with candidates interviewing for this position about the weekend aspect of the role. In fact, evening and weekend work restrictions is brought up in the very first interview and the 'weekend work' of checking the ticket queue from home a few times a day (when you're on that shift) is outlined. We are sorry if it wasn't addressed in enough detail. We also apologize if you didn't feel you received the support you personally needed in regards to training. This position is very technical and the training is intensive and at times, quite challenging. We don't expect candidates in training to know everything right away (after all, how could they?), but we do expect progress in the training. Again, thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback and advice. We wish you luck and happiness.
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