Lab49 reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(201 total reviews)
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Roman Trachtenberg

56% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Lab49 has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 201 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lab49 employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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201 reviews
1.0
Jun 4, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Wages are above the industry average, and the office is clean.

Cons

I've had more elbow room sitting with school children at Wagamamma's. The office is as cold as the CEO and Chairmans attitude towards staff, not that you ever see them until they make you attend an out of hours company meeting and have HR take a register! Really, nobody want to list to the rubbish that is spawn.

4.0
Jun 1, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great office conversations, sometimes funny, often hilarious - Dress down attire except when visiting clients - Snack cupboard and beer fridge - Lot's of company events and nights out - Hackathon evenings with pizza & beer - Staff parties at nice venues around Sydney - Nice working atmosphere and supportive colleagues - Paid monthly lunches in the office, a nice recent addition, well done! - Great pay and benefits, plus some end of year bonus if the company does well - Global opportunities to move and be sponsored - Training and mentoring but you have to ask which can be a pain

Cons

- We build enterprise software sometimes over multiple years, this might not be for everyone - There are the occasional late night but everyone has pride in their work so no big deal - Sometimes things happen at the mercy of our clients but this sometimes happens in consulting - Could do more talks in the community but getting sign off is tricky due to strict NDA's - Can't always use cutting edge languages and frameworks, they need to be stable / supported - We're still bound by investment banking level contract obligations, can sometimes get corporate

5.0
May 29, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I have been working for Lab49 for nearly 2 years, but I feel like I have gained many more years' worth of experience in terms of learning about capital markets and modern product / project management and development best practices. Lab49 places an enormous emphasis on quality over quantity from a recruiting perspective, and as a result you are surrounded by incredibly talented and motivated individuals (which can be quite humbling on day one). One of the biggest challenges that consulting firms face is establishing a methodology that allows for *just enough* standardization and consistency across projects from inception through completion, while acknowledging that different clients invariably have different needs and constraints. Lab49 has made impressive strides in this regard. It's easy to talk about Agile in a vacuum, but actually applying it in a context that gives clients the certainty they need is where Lab49 truly differentiates itself. In support of this, there are formally established and empowered "practices" within the company which enables the firm to divide and conquer in terms of honing its methodology.

Cons

Many marquee organizations in finance / capital markets are a bit more behind the curve in terms of technology adoption than some would feel comfortable with, but this creates opportunities for Lab49 to educate and advocate for process improvements and establish itself as a "trusted advisor" in this regard. This can be a bit of an uphill battle at times, admittedly. All globally-distributed firms face challenges in creating and sustaining a consistent overarching culture beyond locale-specific dynamics, but this is a recognized challenge that Lab49 makes continued and conscious efforts to solve.

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