Is FactSet a good company to work for as a Senior Software Developer?

Senior Software Developer professionals working at FactSet have rated their employer with 4.1 out of 5 stars in 176 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of FactSet employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Senior Software Developer Jobs at FactSet now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Software Developer interview questions at FactSet .

Does FactSet pay Senior Software Developer employees well?

Senior Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at FactSet with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 176 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8.7% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Senior Software Developer salaries at FactSet.

How happy are Senior Software Developer professionals working at FactSet?

89% of Senior Software Developer employees at FactSet would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 1% in the past 12 months. Senior Software Developer professionals have also rated FactSet with a 4.5 rating for work-life-balance, 4.4 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.4 rating for culture and values and 3.9 rating for career opportunities.

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What are the pros of working at FactSet according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and good if you want to prioritize other aspects of life" ((in 782 reviews)); "The culture is great and the job shift is flexible" ((in 421 reviews)); "Good benefits like food and transportation" ((in 403 reviews)); "People are great and eager to help" ((in 317 reviews)); "Work culture is good and very relevant to my favorite subject commerce" ((in 185 reviews))

What are the cons of working at FactSet according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and bell curve system" ((in 381 reviews)); "Poor management specially in CUS department" ((in 147 reviews)); "low compensation rate and excessive required overtime" ((in 101 reviews)); "No career growth and career opportunities" ((in 78 reviews)); "Slow career progression and some of the supervisors are not competitive enough" ((in 72 reviews))

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4.1

89% would recommend to a friend

(176 total reviews)

Phil Snow and Sanoke Viswanathan

86% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

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4.5

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4.4

Culture & values

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Senior management

3.9

Career opportunities

3.6

Compensation and benefits

Senior Software Developer employees have rated FactSet with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 176 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. FactSet is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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176 reviews

3.0

Jul 5, 2011

Make your own career here

Senior software engineer

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Pros

Great benefits Flexible hours Very smart and friendly co-workers Opportunities for advancement in software engineering exist, if you are willing to speak up for yourself and make management aware of your desires

Cons

QA department is woefully under-staffed Product Developers have too much control over engineering - they often tell engineers exactly which projects to work on and how to do them

2.0

May 12, 2011

Great place to start a career off, poor place to properly develop it.

Senior software engineer

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Pros

- Many opportunities to build close and friendly relationships with other members of the company. If there's a hobby you have, chances are you'll have no problem finding a buddy with the same hobby in the company and developing a long-lasting friendship. - Decent health benefits package. - Free lunch. - Decent _management_ training program, although mostly for the benefit of the company (see Cons) - Good job security. The company generally performs well despite market downturns, strongly believes in hiring organically, and never has layoffs.

Cons

- Compensation is approaching the bottom of the barrel given the skill set of the employees and completely disregards cost-of-living changes in the economy or region, despite the company's relatively good performance in the market. - Very weak and poorly defined career growth path for many software engineering positions. - Employees promoted into management rather haphazardly and arbitrarily. The company tries to solve this rather fruitlessly with management training. - Many dead-end hiring positions setup arbitrarily without a care for how an employee can develop in that position. New hires: although there are some amazing opportunities at FactSet, be very weary of which position you interview for. - Few non-managerial training options for software engineers.

5.0

Aug 26, 2010

You can be a big fish in a small pond

Senior software engineer

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Pros

It's a good, medium sized company to work at. Not so big that you don't have the chance to know everyone in your department (Engineering, Sales, Systems, etc), and not so small that everyone knows everything about everyone else. Managers work their way up through engineering, so you can talk to someone 4 levels above you about detailed technical problems if you want. If you work hard, you can get a good name and respect for yourself.

Cons

Most software engineering jobs involve some sort of on-call obligations. Usually it's not too bad, but some groups do get paid a lot. The pay could be better.

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