25 Years in IT services World
Pros
I was reflecting back on my decade-plus years' of experience with Orion and decided to post this on glassdoor. I tend to post something online when I want to pass a message or notice something negative. Posting something positive is rare. I guess that his human psychology - "Bad news travels fast" Feel proud to be part of the company that was founded in US and has been in business for 25 years At Orion I got exposed to the breadth of things in SDLC that would have probably taken double or triple the time to get such experience compared to other places I worked. Keeping up with technologies and managing client expectations is bread and butter of our group that I work with. This sounded like cliché to me few years back but having seen this closely at Orion I know how difficult this is for any organization especially over a span of 25 years. At Orion I get opportunity to interview people for some positions and over a period of time learnt that it is easy to pass judgement but very difficult to bring out the best in people. Organization has helped me value commitment and sincerity apart from being good technically Overall it has been a rewarding experience and I look forward to several such years
Cons
Organization has been growing rapidly last few years adding more clients. Associates who were part of earlier steady growth phase of the company probably were looking for more options. Things changed for better now but I wish we could have retained some of those folks. While dynamic nature of projects and technologies is great; it has its own challenges – I remember struggling to understand the performance issues with memory management when I switched from COM to .Net world. This ate into my deadlines. I see similar challenges even today – AI, analytics, visualization. Is this a “con” ? May be; may be not – depending on which day you ask me!
