FactSet Software Developer reviews

4.0

98% would recommend to a friend

(483 total reviews)
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Phil Snow and Sanoke Viswanathan

89% approve of CEO

86% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated FactSet with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 483 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. FactSet is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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483 reviews
2.0
Jan 26, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Good starting salary, good introduction to financial industry, remnants of a solid engineering culture. Growth opportunity when someone above you leaves but generally not otherwise.

Cons

Management does not know how to recognize and reward intelligent work. Most engineers looking to grow have not, and will not find long term employment here. As a previous poster states, you really need to be under the wing of an influential person in order to grow. Also as previously stated, raises in the last few pay periods have been minimal. Employees are being treated as a cost of the company rather than an asset.

3.0
Nov 30, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible work schedule Good benefits Diversity of projects Good social atmosphere Strategic, long-term oriented upper management

Cons

Lower than average compensation Middle and lower management is not always competent Certain projects and groups are "boring"

3.0
Jun 8, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There's a five-year probation period. You have a really long time to prove yourself, so, take advantage of it. Plus, they give you a lot of independence early on (enough to hang yourself with--I've seen it).

Cons

Feedback from management is practically nil. They're only recently decided to *start* adopting some industry-standard technologies (a bit late in the game, in my opinion). A lot of the skills you learn there aren't really transferrable to other jobs as a result.

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