Terrible place to work - Senior Software Engineer WillowTree Employee Review

1.0
Oct 17, 2024
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Pros

Its a paycheck every two weeks

Cons

Willowtree in its current state is a pretty rough place to work. You as a developer are treated like a number on a piece of paper (a resource). As a senior you are typically staffed on projects with only Juniors, so if you need help or want to grow, good luck. Projects are also pretty rough, Willowtree management is has a "Toxic positivity" attitude and will continuous not escalate issues to clients/upper management in fear they are going to lose their job or not get promoted, causing product planning issues, communication issues, impossible deadlines, low morale, and overworking among the whole team. On top of all this, as a senior, you are paid roughly 30% below market, and the past two years they have not done cost of living adjustments. I have coworkers who haven't had a raise in at least 2 years. They are now ignoring any comp related issues, letting good talent leave, and backfilling developers through Brazil and India, the latter causing immense time zone problems, often having to wake up extremely early to hand hold teams in India. If you are a prospective employee reading this, I would suggest going to another agency.

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

Lots of really nice, and smart people who are very collaborative and excited to share their knowledge. This is not a prestigious place to work, so I was a bit surprised by just how smart and competent people are at WillowTree or TELUS Digital, whatever our name is. The offices are great and the office culture is ridiculously good. Huge shoutout to the employees (it's def not upper management) who go out of their way to make the office culture great. Depending on what project you're on, it can be a pretty chill place to work. If you're early in your career and need experience, the variety of projects makes this a genuinely good opportunity.

Cons

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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