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Geographic Solutions

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Geographic Solutions reviews

3.3

57% would recommend to a friend

(156 total reviews)

Paul Toomey

62% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Geographic Solutions has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 156 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Geographic Solutions 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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156 reviews
5.0
May 18, 2011
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Pros

I just came across this site and I must say that I am stunned and embarrassed by the insulting comments some of my current co-workers have posted about GeoSol. I have been here for long enough to know that this is the best place I have ever worked. I have already made several friends here at work and I do value my job and the pay is fair for the experience I have in programming and I do like the various benefits that are offered, like PTO and casual dress and different events that are held (lunches, parties) We do have alot of projects ongoing and some late hours that come with being a programmer, but for someone to say this is a sinking ship is just not right and it actually demeans the hard work that me and my teammates and other departments do each day. I am glad that we have alot of work to do here, because my last company went belly-up due to the economy and i don't want to re-live that feeling again. The comments about getting your email looked at? Maybe this wouldn't happen if these gripers actually worked all day instead of standing around in the parking lot and gossiping and putting the company down all the time. No one from management or HR has ever said anything to me about that kind of stuff. I really enjoy my teammates and most everyone is understanding that we have rough patches but the owner is fair and approachable and has been doing things to improve the morale.

Cons

We have alot of different versions of the software and we need to get some better handle on how the processes evolve to clean up our development. There are times when we find out right before we are supposed to leave that we have to stay and do extra work, which hopefully won't happen as much in the future if the processes get fixed.

1.0
May 16, 2011

Sinking Ship

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good location in north Pinellas county and close to many things in case you have to do errands at lunch time.

Cons

Very frustrating and disappointing to be a developer here. You mostly work on bugs and there is a constant flow of them. Some people work on new development, but they get pulled off to work on bugs most of the time. There is a strong sense of mistrust at all levels of the company. It is well known that your Outlook mail and messaging are monitored by the HR guy and several people have been "busted" for writing non-business content. They keep selling their product but don't have a method for dealing with the demand. There have been some good people on board but they can't excel because the company president has to have things his way and that's pretty much what messes everything up. So, all the best people have left like rats on a sinking ship. I am looking for a new position and most of the other developers are looking as well. Not sure about other departments but I imagine they are in the same boat as us developers since they are run by the same man. They have been trying to hire people like crazy for many months now but cannot get people to join, so that leads to more pressure on those of us still here.

1.0
May 16, 2011

Developer Sweatshop

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The best thing about Geographic Solutions is that there is no dress code. I wore shorts, t-shirts and flip-flops the whole time I worked there. Only when there are visitors do you have to dress up.

Cons

You don't get a chance to do a good job here. The emphasis is on quantity and speed: get as many things done as quickly as possible. There is tons of spaghetti code and the software is always breaking, so you are always fixing things. There were 5 development managers while I was employed there and none of them were able to change the way things are done because the owner just pushes for faster/more. QA can't test fast enough, so changes aren't fully tested and then development gets blamed. The best thing I ever did there was leave.

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