Completely unbearable - Junior Software Developer SpinFusion Employee Review

1.0
Jul 2, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great fellow entry level coworkers to work with. I met some amazing people working at SpinFusion.

Cons

Both the day to day work and company atmosphere are intolerable. As far as what your role will be as a software developer, know that most of what you do will be either putting out fires of mission critical bugs that made it live due to the total lack of any sort of QA process, or rushing to complete projects or features that were promised to clients by the CEO on timelines of mere days. Staying as late as nine o'clock, or more, to finish features that had been promised would be ready the next day is not uncommon. Even in that environment, coming straight out of college, your code will not be reviewed or tested in any serious capacity, and any bugs or issues that make it through will be entirely your fault. Prompting, in some cases, the CEO to "reprimand" you personally, often by shouting you down for thirty minutes at at time. As far as the company atmosphere, the turnover rate is nothing short of obscene. By the time I left roughly six months after I stared, there was not a single employee other than management who was still there from my first day. The CEO will shout at you, insult you, and treat you however he feels like, whenever he wants, and not care when you leave. I saw multiple people who had been with the company for months or years get fired at the drop of a hat with no warning or real reason given. Most others who were "lucky" enough to not get fired fervently job hunted until they were able to find something else, anything else, and run. It's unreal that the CEO either doesn't understand how much money he's losing when experienced people knowledgeable of his product walk out, or that he's incapable of putting his ego aside long enough to realize how much more successful his company could be if he hired a real manager to interact with his employees for him. In his mind, employees are totally expendable and replaceable. If you are a potential candidate reading this review, it's reasonable to think that as an ex-employee I'm just overly jaded and it's not really that bad. I urge you to read the other reviews, and note that there are exactly four positive reviews. In your first interview, I recommend asking how many members of upper management there are.

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5.0
May 29, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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