Glassdoor Software Developer reviews

4.5

67% would recommend to a friend

(30 total reviews)
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Owen Humphries

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65% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Glassdoor with 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 30 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Glassdoor is rated 22% above average by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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30 reviews
5.0
Feb 22, 2017
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Pros

Company Mission - Few higher callings than helping people find great jobs. CEO - Robert is the most authentic CEO I've worked for and his "tone at the top" established and maintains the Company's great culture. Energy - Glassdoor employees work hard and get Stuff Done. Coming to the office picks me up and keeps me going.

Cons

Growing Pains - Its tough to add 40% more employees, double the number of offices and push big Sales growth all in one year without disrupting established patterns and making mistakes. The physical plant, our people processes and our management are stretching to deal with the growth. Sometimes things don't go as planned. I think we learn from each mistake and get better as an organization each time something goes wro…

3.0
May 5, 2016
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Pros

I joined the company as a new grad engineer. Glassdoor is a great company. I can't think of how someone can go through a job seeking process without using Glassdoor. I love the company and it was the reason I chose it over other offers I had at the time. But I wish I could have a better manager. I don't wish to be in another team because all my teammates are knowledgeable and fun to work with. It's just weird how a manger of a hard core back end team doesn't like coding and spent most of his time in meetings without implementing any important piece of code while the company is still a startup. It's ok to be in meetings but it's not right when you are an engineer lead and have more meetings than your project manager. Yes we have a PM. All the team members could see the problem, brought it up but nothing changed. I don't want to go in more details, but I do want to see Glassdoor successful. Look back at the journey I had at Glassdoor, I do realize I learnt many things from my teammates. I'm glad to know and have them in my life. I don't regret my choice, I just wish it could be better for everyone. To any new grad: choose your manager for your first job, it should be the highest priority because he/she will be your mentor (or no mentorship at all if you choose a wrong one).

Cons

I want to say management, but I can't really say so because I only experienced it in my team. Maybe managers of other teams are better.

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Glassdoor Response
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I'm glad you valued the people you worked with - I agree we have an amazing group of people. I'm sorry that you did not have a great experience with your manager. I believe code reviews are important for driving quality and knowledge sharing. However, requiring comment before approval is not part of the process, nor should it be. Also, as any Glassdoor employee knows, we do value a work environment that is emotionally honest, but this shouldn't be at the expense of effectiveness or quality of work. In most cases, open communication and authenticity makes us better. I'll follow up on both of these concerns. Thank you for your honest feedback.
5.0
Feb 12, 2016
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Pros

It's a great company that practices what it preaches. Management works hard at transparency and helping workers succeed. It's awesome to work at a company that is helping to transform the American workplace by letting people know what they are getting into.

Cons

Training of new engineering employees could be improved. Engineers may not be familiar with the needs of recruiters that use the site.

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