Performance Software reviews

As with any growing company there will be growth pains. PSW in the recent past has changed it's management structure several times trying to achieve a "best of both worlds" situation.. small company culture with big company stability and benefits. In addition these changes were necessary to ensure continued competitive cost structures for our customers. Those these changes were and can be cumbersome at the time, I have a strong belief PSW will find the right balance!

Management often TOO responsive - problem is generally put on employees. Deterioration of concern for employees lately, probably because of new "big company" HR [liability]. Compensation: Well under median pay (10% or more under). Raises well under industry average. Bonuses highly variable, all except one of mine has been under 0.5%. Direction: Management indecisive and unfocused. Career path and training: First-line Management can't direct career path for individual employees -- there is micromanagement and consensus from "the top" for this -- that is, if you are not a 'blessed' employee, you are not getting opportunity. This cliquishness runs from "the top" down. Work load: Generally boring work load (except clique). There is not much to do about this, we work legacy systems here. Lack of hiring focus: The company stresses skill sets like it's competing with Google for top software design talent while the true ideal employee based on the work is a motivated EE/CS double major with experience in QA or Process Engineering.