Mar 22, 2024
Jahnel Group Associate Software Developer reviews
3.5
100% would recommend to a friend
Darrin Jahnel
100% approve of CEO
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2 reviews
4.0
Mar 3, 2024
Great Company, Tough Industry
Current employee, more than 1 year
Schenectady, NY
Recommend
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Pros
The non-technical leadership is fantastic, the CEO and COO are fully committed to the company and it's values. JG Cares about it's culture a lot, it has a family-like vibe. They hired fun, interesting people from many backgrounds. Lots of multi-talented people. It was not very corporate, people mostly wore their personalities on their sleeve. People were generally the #1 asset to the company. They dedicated time for having fun, like engagement hours and War Week. There was not a lot of politics.
Cons
All of the cons are because contracting/consulting is a difficult industry. The company’s margin is entirely composed of the delta between wages and hourly billable rates. This creates downward salary pressure for employees. Working on a time & materials basis does not make sense for software because one’s value-add is not related to time. There are no decent senior engineers/architects that stick around because they have poor WLB and leave for roles at product companies where they work less for more money. The work also isn't very interesting, lots of CRUD apps and not much room for innovation.
