Linode reviews about "pay"

The only potential con I can think of is IF this company loses it's grasp of it's roots as it continues to rapidly grow. They started off small and have grown so quickly that it would be very easy to grasp a corporate mentality. Hopefully they just continue to do what they are doing.

- The pay is absolutely terrible. - Time off plan is sub par and it is often difficult to use your time off benefits due to an extreme shortage of staff. - Tons of stress because of the work load and lack of staff to do said work. - Performance reviews are consistently done late. - Raises are small and few and far between, even if you negotiate well. - Management is ineffective, you will regularly be dealing with people who have zero experience in the industry, no managerial skills, extremely unprofessional and, in general, are poor managers. - Company refuses to adapt. Many people leave because of the poor location, but most said they will gladly stay (despite all the negatives) if they could work remotely. Management will _absolutely not_ budge on this. This is concerning as somebody who wants to work remotely firstly, but even more concerning because the company is suffering greatly due to a lack of staff. One would think that if a company was demonstrably suffering because of a lack of manpower, the company would relax outdated views like no remote work, but that will not occur. - The CEO regularly micromanages everything, getting to the point where every single pull request must be approved or denied by him. Lots of work is wasted because a project was carried out in a way he would not do himself and must be done to conform to his outdated ideas of how things should work. - Absolutely no room for advancement. Every department is so understaffed, even if you are 100% qualified for another position, you will not be promoted because departments can't afford to lose anybody. Prior to my departure, there was a ban on promoting from within because of this reason. Management should not toy with people's careers because they are ineffective at attracting desirable candidates.

Living in New Jersey. When I first started working here I brought my significate other. I was put on a less than desirable shift which cause many issues with my relationship that might not be able to be repaired at this point.

Poor training, punished for leaving office at end of shift improperly without any lockdown procedure training. Reported security concern but fired for not reporting it properly, although it was reported to the security team. Promised promotion after 1 year and management ignored me following up on that. If you work there and leave a bad review on here they threaten your employment unless you remove the review. Mansgement call people sex offenders without proof.

Egos. Working in a company like this, there are a LOT of egos that butt heads, especially on the support floor. Some people think they're gods, and quite frankly they have no idea what they're doing. ONLY downside to this company, and it's not really the company's fault.

Pay is really bad, especially for the area. From what I saw when I left they were getting a little better about this but overall it's still below average for the knowledge you'll need to have. While it is easy to get a gig here that cuts both ways. You can get your shoe in the door really easily but so can a lot of really untalented people. The Support Managers are getting better about screening out those people but it's still painful to interact with the less knowledgeable coworkers.

Not really any problems honestly in my experience.