Good company to work in engineering at, but uninspired company with careless management
Pros
These are my personal pros, and mileage may vary: - WLB can be quite good. - There can be decent leadership within the team. - Feelings of camaraderie within teams that have had time to mature (i.e. retained employees for long enough). - I can work on different products or areas within my team. - Engineering leadership is modernizing tech, slowly but surely. - Expansion of cloud services into additional regions. - Engineering leadership (Head of Engineering and Head of QA) are top notch.
Cons
These are my personal cons, and mileage may vary: - Company and most employees are uninspired to do things that are great for customers. - Bureaucracy, as in any company that's complacent about its standing in the competitive market. - Poor pay raises and promotions. - Management makes empty promises. - President favors hiring interns and employees from Harvey Mudd (could be a pro if you're from Harvey Mudd). Due to the unmerited advantage that being a Harvey Mudd student lends, Harvey Mudd students seem to be disproportionately hired as interns, which also grants them an advantage after graduating and potentially getting offers from Laserfiche. They tend to also get higher starting salaries if hired as employees (which could be a pro if you're from Harvey Mudd). - Nepotism in regard to hiring (for example, hiring interns who are in high school and are children of engineering leads; hiring folks from Harvey Mudd may also fall under this point). - Poor retention rate of new hires. - Recent lack of hiring at the entry level. - Human Resources leadership does a poor job of trying to keep the employees happy, or to keep the new hires from leaving.
