Fjorge reviews

3.8

63% would recommend to a friend

(42 total reviews)
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Tim Barsness

86% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Fjorge has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 42 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fjorge employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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42 reviews
2.0
Oct 21, 2020

Great people, okay company

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Pros

It is an extremely fun/comfortable work environment to be a part of. The people there are generally very nice, and everyone is very willing to help each other out. For the most part, management seems to genuinely care about you as a person, and listens well when you have issues.

Cons

Although it is nice how casual things can be there, when it comes to their code it is casual to a fault. The code they produce and the standards/processes they have in place feel absolutely lacking. Because of this, I do not think it is a very great place to learn and grow as an engineer. As for their compensation, it is well below the industry standard, and unless you are willing to make far less than you could almost anywhere else, I would not recommend working there. Another major issue I had was the way they dealt with time tracking, as it is an hourly position and you bill your time directly to the client you are working on. At almost all times, you are required to be billing time to clients and not to fjorge themselves, even when you are spending hours in internal meetings. This means that you are billing time to clients despite working on internal matters that have nothing to do with them. They say to divvy out the time spent in those meetings evenly among the clients you worked on for the day, but some of those clients only have a couple allows allotted to them each month. This means that a good portion of the time they paid for is now wasted, and to me it felt very wrong having to do this. In my time there, I saw that many employees simply worked off the clock because they felt so bad billing that wasted time to clients, which absolutely should not have to happen. They are growing quickly, and I can imagine that someday they will start to meet better industry standards, but at their current state I cannot recommend a career there.

2.0
Mar 19, 2019

A Company At A Glass Ceiling, But With Potential

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-The development teams work well together. - co-workers seem to care about the each other as much as the project. - Fjorge is continuing to move towards streamlining projects. Having more consistency among teams and contacts. -Some members of sales look out for the best interests of the development teams -The company has massive potential to be a leader in web development

Cons

-Members of leadership do not follow core values and have zero repercussion to other staff knowledge -Leadership has members who are day in/out toxic to the staff and use inappropriate language and threats -Staff seem to talk about the same issue continuously in check-in meetings and through the office but nothing seems resolved b/c of fear of upsetting leadership. -Specific behavior from the leadership team has been called out by everyone except leadership. Its concerning that leadership continues to allow these actions to continue -Everyone feels like everyday could be their last day

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Fjorge Response
7y
We have put a strong emphasis on employee satisfaction over the past quarter, and we have taken action to hold all employees accountable to core values, regardless of level within the company. The advice to management in this review is on point, and action has already been taken to address toxic communications. We truly appreciate your confidence that fjorge has potential to become a leader in our industry, and we aim to do exactly that.
1.0
Aug 9, 2017

Bad Culture, Bad Pay, Bad technology

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Pros

Low expectations, little competition, free snacks.

Cons

See Review Title for the bullet points. This company has pathetic outdated technology to work on, gross frat bro senior management, and awful below market compensation. If you have any background in technology, look elsewhere- if you have a comm degree and no programming skills - and want to hack away at horrid php code, you're home!

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Fjorge Response
7y
We are so sorry about your negative experience here at fjorge. Our company has undergone a transformation since this review was written. We went through rigorous reviews of our goals, expectations, and culture. We now have processes in place that improve employee job satisfaction and accountability on all levels. We have learned from our past and are growing as a result.
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