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2.8

35% would recommend to a friend

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David Prichard

28% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

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2.0
Aug 8, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

There are some very talented engineers in the company who understand modern technology. They are passionate about coding and make the work worthwhile. The company does actual good for society in terms of education, knowledge and information.

Cons

Work from home policy is applied unfairly, even among individual teams. Managers let their pets work at home full-time while others have to work a rigid schedule. The open-office plan on the 4th floor is noisy and distracting, making the unfairness even worse. All this does is breed resentment among teams. There isn't much financial incentive to work hard. Raises are miniscule. The diffference in raises between a hard-working employee and a marginal employee is literally ~$200 a year. Promotions are nearly non-existent and based on tenure rather than accomplishments or skills. The CEO cares more about looking good than doing good. I wish the CEO and executives would stop pretending they care about diversity. Faking it is worse than doing nothing and gives false hope to marginalized groups. Let's face it. Middle management is awful. The company is too lazy and cheap to properly interview candidates so they promote whoever happens to be physically available.

1.0
Jul 11, 2022

Lack of empathy from leadership

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits and friendly colleagues

Cons

Poor leadership, low pay, heavy work load, micro-managing of upper management, low work-life balance, no overtime pay, few opportunities for promotion

3.0
Jul 9, 2022

overall good

Recommend
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Pros

laid back.... most people easy to get along with. very diverse ...great location...game room.. onsite weight and fitness complex

Cons

Some managers manage old school where they want complete control of you 'their way or no way"... managers are hired here to manage people and do not need to know anything at all about the actual job.. do the work of three people but never be noticed. Raises are horrible ...promotions rare...HR not on your side in anything

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