Keypath Education Web Developer reviews

Plattform seems good on paper. When you're hired you're promised the moon in terms of company culture, benefits and growth opportunities to make up for the lack luster pay. Management spends a lot of time self congratulation, telling you how nice they are for bringing in a food truck or hosting a mandatory picnic while chipping away at your benefits and sticking you with longer hours. Also their paid benefits are a lie, they clearly tell you after you're hired how much of your pay is going to benefits, your salary is what left over after paying for your benefits, they just word it in a tricky way. You are encouraged to finger point, there's a whole system in place to do it. Your manager and emailed form upper management instruct you to blame someone if there are any issues on any project. You will not be developed at all as an employee. For the first year I was with Plattform I had training opportunists, classes and more available to me all the time. However in the past three years those have all gone away. All promotions are given to outside heirs. Nepotism has also been a huge problem in the past. The kids and friends of upper management are often given do nothing positions within the company.

PlattForm is a company that mostly looks to hire young, inexperienced people that are fresh out of college because they can hire a lot more people for less money. This isn't entirely bad because it helps the inexperienced get the experience they need to move forward in their career. But they also pay minimal salaries for all non-management positions which means that unless you get promoted (I will talk about this later) you will be living on very meager means. Often times, when presented with someone that is exactly what they need for a position they will pass that person up because they are not willing to pay them what they are worth. They would rather take the chance with the cheap employee then go with the surefire win. They also seem to be hiring a lot of foreign workers for this reason, this includes outsourcing some aspects of the business. Another downside would also be the very wishy washy methods they use to determine that you should be promoted. It is a very emotion-driven decision for them. Thats great for some people, but I personally like to have goals that are not dependent on irrational reasoning. You can be the most skilled and talented person on your team at what you do and make many amazing achievements and advancements for the company, but that rarely ever actually gets you promoted. They are good people, their hearts are in the right place, but it can also be a very frustrating place to work.