Lab49 reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(33 total reviews)
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Roman Trachtenberg

56% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

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1.0
Apr 25, 2018

No good

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Pros

Met some good people (but they've all abandoned ship)

Cons

Consulting grinds you down. No training, no learning. Too many late nights and weekends. Paltry bonus, if one was even granted. Dead end.

2.0
Jun 17, 2017

Once great

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Pros

- Decent work-life balance - Good compensation

Cons

- No longer tech leaders/innovators - Working with clients that dictate antiquated tech stacks, ancient hardware and terrible architectural decisions - Projects ranging from same exact as last one to same exact as 10 years ago - Same basic project across engagements means little opportunity to learn new technology on the job - Staff aug-like environment, as clients demand on-site presence, leads to non existent company culture

2.0
Apr 8, 2017
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Pros

This used to be the place where the smartest people would get hired, and their talents would see the project through to positive results. The parent company drove so many people off, that they are about as starved for any type of talent. Why is this a "pro"? You have them by the shorties at the negotiation phase, if you can show that you're relatively talented, and can deliver. After you're fed-up and quit, there are some people out there who still think Lab49 is a standard of quality.

Cons

It is now a place where mediocre talent is hired for slightly above-market pay, with a vague promise of a possible bonus (maybe), and then you are worked 60-80 hours with little to no thanks. The sales team looks at the technology team as a blunt tool that can be engaged at a moment's notice, with little feedback (let alone appreciation) with regard to their efforts. Management sees technology as fungible assets, because the projects in technology are mostly not that interesting anymore; single page applications that have little-to-no relationship with actual finance, building powerpoint presentations that are supposed to be compliance reports (yes, really), etc. You get to work with an ever rotating cast of off-shore "talent".

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