Is Gen a good company to work for as a Software Engineer?

Software Engineer professionals working at Gen have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 58 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Gen employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineer Jobs at Gen now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineer interview questions at Gen .

Does Gen pay Software Engineer employees well?

Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Gen with 3.2 out of 5 stars based on 58 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 17.1% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineer salaries at Gen.

How happy are Software Engineer professionals working at Gen?

20% of Software Engineer employees at Gen would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 48% in the past 12 months. Software Engineer professionals have also rated Gen with a 4.1 rating for work-life-balance, 4.2 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.6 rating for culture and values and 2.9 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Gen?

Software Engineer (56) , Senior Software Engineer (33) , Principal Software Engineer (19) , Intern (11) , Product Manager (10) , Data Scientist (8) , Sr. Software Engineer (8) , Data Engineer (7) , Marketing (7) , Manager (6) , Project Manager (6) , Software Developer (6) , Account Manager (5) , Associate Software Engineer (5) , Data Analyst (5)

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

"Benefits were good until they took away the canteen and didn't compensate with any replacement." ((in 53 reviews)); "Great colleagues: People at the lower levels are still fantastic and strive to maintain a positive atmosphere." ((in 41 reviews)); "Good people to work with" ((in 40 reviews)); "Pay is good" ((in 28 reviews)); "Team is great" ((in 22 reviews))

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

"Frequent layoffs keeps the environment very hectic" ((in 36 reviews)); "Poor management, 90's techniques, no true understanding of agile, some command and control style enforcement." ((in 32 reviews)); "I had 4 managers in 4 years." ((in 9 reviews)); "Not giving a 2/5 stars because of great direct teammates, upper management was fighting to merge companies for over a year which caused much distress at the company during covid" ((in 8 reviews)); "Innovation is dead, growth by acquisition is their playbook." ((in 7 reviews))

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3.4

20% would recommend to a friend

(58 total reviews)

Vincent Pilette

25% approve of CEO

16% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.6

Culture & values

3.2

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Career opportunities

2.4

Senior management

Software Engineer employees have rated Gen with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 58 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Gen is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0

Oct 8, 2023

Software Engineer at Avast/Gen

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working hours, hybrid, relaxed, good compensation package.

Cons

So much bureaucracy, information flow is terrible

3.0

Oct 5, 2023

Shade of the former self

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- still some great people left

Cons

- politics - cost savings in wrong places, wasted many in others - big outflow of old timers, taking the insights with them

4.0

Sep 18, 2023

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Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great people cool technical challenges

Cons

low end pay no bonuses

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