Polished Place to Grow Your Career - Anonymous employee WillowTree Employee Review

5.0
Sep 21, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Recruiting - never felt lost in the process and knew what the next steps would be - Selective hiring process - everyone is very smart and can do their job well - Onboarding - organized, everyone is prepared for new hires the day they start - Leadership - each member of the leadership team takes time to visit the Durham office and each has an opportunity to share at bi-weekly company wide meetings - Culture / people - opportunity for teams to come together with inter-office visits/summits/parties, weekly project team lunch, and social events - Inclusion & diversity - while there are larger proportion of white males as is standard for a tech company, there are a lot of diverse backgrounds and nobody feels alienated or that their voice is not heard - High caliber clients - Mentoring - weekly 1:1's, defined goals, short and long term mentors defined by department - Open communication - the CEO holds AMA sessions and shared learnings on how to conduct crucial/difficult conversations to help employees feel comfortable giving constructive feedback to anyone - Perks - yearly conference budget, fair pay, lunch provided twice a week

Cons

- There could be more transparency at times, such as when things don't work out with an employee. I understand that it is to protect their privacy, but the lack of concrete reasons could make other employees fearful that it could happen to them. - In client services, work/life balance can be difficult at times because of deadlines. However, leadership does make a point to acknowledge and thank people for going above and beyond.

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WillowTree Response
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I'm glad there is so much you enjoy about WillowTree. We all need to continue to strive for work/life balance, but I'm glad you feel appreciated when projects are more demanding than normal. Please keep the feedback coming.

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The biggest con is the compensation. It's so terrible, and far below the industry standard that I don't really see how anyone could stay here long term. They don't give raises, no one is getting promotions. There's also quite a lot of restructuring going on, and very poor communication about it. Which is par for the course in the tech industry at this point, but worth noting. It feels relatively stable for now, but I really have trouble seeing how their tech services division is going to survive as AI decreases the cost to build software. Plus, tech services as part of TELUS Digital doesn't really make any sense long term. It's a contact center business with a bunch of people that randomly make expensive mobile apps? It seems to be making enough money for now to keep going, but I feel like that could change any moment.

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