Great company to work for that is solving difficult problems - Software Engineer Sprout Social Employee Review

5.0
Apr 4, 2015
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Pros

The people and culture at Sprout Social are amazing. There's a great sense of camaraderie and respect among team members, which creates open dialogs throughout the organization. On the engineering team, we are challenged to solve difficult problems and are given the time to build things the right way, which is highly valuable. I like that we continually improve our day-to-day process as we see problems/inefficiencies; it's a very agile way of becoming a better group of engineers. Lunches, snacks and drinks are provided by the company. Monthly happy hours allow us to meet new team members and catch up with other employees over a beer.

Cons

Nothing that is specific to the company... perhaps the fact that Chicago is cold in the winter.

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Sprout Social Response
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Thanks for sharing your experience as part of Team Sprout. We certainly agree - Sprout has some incredibly interesting challenges to tackle, and learning as we go makes our company and product ever stronger. Looking forward to a solid "cheers" with you at the next happy hour!

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