Metaswitch reviews about "training"

The company’s emphasis over the past 5 years has been to cut expenses instead of focusing on growth as in other great pre-ipo companies. Unfair US wage structure where every city in the US is considered 1 labor market so employees in metropolitan cities risk being paid below local market value. No pay adjustments for ICs that get promoted to managers. Claims that it’s not in their policy. Half a week of pay for paternal leave with hesitation on granting government PFL. A culture of secretive non open communication from management. No emphasis on continuous training (no budget for taking professional courses, etc) Rarely would the company use industry standard software or tools to help promote work productivity. This makes it difficult for employees to gain relevant skills that can be used for careers outside of Metaswitch if you stay there for too long. Company housing in the U.K. is like a college dorm and is not suitable for seasoned professionals.

Not much training, but you can ask the people

Salary progression not the most competetive and not very transparent. Quality and style of management varies a lot. Lack of lateral hires to bring in outside ideas/experience.

Terrible at training graduates who don't already have a maths/computer science background. Very bad at training people for whom "on-the-job" training is not suitable. Very male dominated environment, very little diversity. Nearly everyone is an Oxbridge-educated, obsessed with Runescape type, with a Maths degree. Too much legacy technology Very slow salary increases Too London-centric Offices very tired looking (this is about to change with the new Enfield building) Not enough customer feedback gets back to Engineering

After 1-2 years, the remuneration becomes uncompetitive. Base salaries are low compared to other software jobs for your level of experience. There is little or no further training in e.g. management, personal development, certifications etc, and few career opportunities beyond the purely technical. The company has an uncertain commerical outlook, so right now there's some pretty low morale and whether any bonuses will be paid is uncertain.

Telecoms is not exactly a super high-growth market.