Good pathif you're starting from nothing in tech but HORRIBLE support when sent to the job
Pros
- Help you get certified in whatever tech stack you're assigned to - Pay for training (even if the pay is minimum wage, most tech bootcamps don't do pay at all) - Opportunity to start in tech IF you don't already have experience in the field - They at least pay lip service to things like LGBT inclusion, women in tech, diversity, etc. Unsure if they actually mean it though.
Cons
- Potentially might throw you into a high cost of living area with too low of a salary, even WITH roommates. They do have a HCOL area salary but despite being thrown into one of the most expensive areas of the country, we got only the standard salary when we first arrived. They later budged and gave us 50,000/yr but that was only AFTER we reached out to the client and asked them to talk Revature for us as we were being constantly ignored and told to suck it up. - My batch and I were promised help from HR with finding apartments, they ended up doing nothing to help us despite repeated promises to do so. - Their "relocation assistance" consists of them docking money from several of your paychecks in advance which is a really good way to kneecap your own employees financially. - Their HR is generally terrible with communication and overall useless: several of my coworkers had trouble getting health insurance set up and it took emailing the client we were assigned in order to actually get Revature's HR/upper management to address our concerns - Certain execs in the upper levels of management seem to have a very condescending attitude when dealing with associates and their concerns + are out of touch with the realities on the ground - Contract that you are required to sign can come off as predatory and is possibly legally unenforceable - if you're looking to start your career in tech from another sector with Revature. READ THE FINE PRINT. - They will basically demand you write a positive Glassdoor review when you go into Staging which is crazy considering the unnecessary nonsense and mess they put myself and my batch through AFTER staging when we got to the job site. - Given the current tech job market (as of May 2024) I wouldn't actually recommend working with them at all, If they even manage to land you a job, your position will not be nearly as stable as it was even just a few years ago. You're better off finding work in other sectors - jobs in tech are going to be in bad shape for the next few years as the market adjusts.
