Softtek Software Developer reviews

3.9

86% would recommend to a friend

(176 total reviews)
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Blanca Treviño

93% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Softtek with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 176 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Softtek is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Nov 16, 2008
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Pros

The best thing I can see at Softtek is the muiticultural experience. Working with american clients it's very valuable basically because you learn a different point of view, work environment and work culture. There´re very good projects with a lot of Challenges. Softtek is a nice-to-have in your resume. It has a good name in Mexico and that´s very helpful when applying for other companies.

Cons

One of the downsides is that you can easily get stuck in a project and sometimes is very hard to move to other projects. What you want is not always important for management. You are basically a resource and not an employee.

1.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

It's a good place if you are starting in this business, because it is a recognized software consultancy. Besides, you can get a good start salary if you do an excellent job in your interviews. Another good reason to work there is that they foment socializing with your co workers, because each Thursday happens an event called "Juevebes", where they give beer and food (both lousy, but who cares? it's free after all) to employees, and you can stay there drinking and chatting with all the people. Overall, all the people is easy-going and that way you can get along with everyone easily.

Cons

You don't get any of the benefits mandated by Mexican Law, they do this by hiring you as an associate, and when you join this company you have to pay $100 mexican pesos for a share of stock (you have to pay them to work there). Also, when they offer you a salary, they don't tell you that tax deductions haven't been applied. There is a lot of micromanagement involved. Managers don't trust that you're doing your job. Overtime isn't payed, they have some whacky formulas to decide how much days off you get. You need to get a minimum of 2 days after the formulas in a month or you won't get any, and hours don't pass on to the next month. It is very difficult to get a better job position, this normally happens when the person that was in that position quits. And you don't get a raise (which means more responsibility, same money). And don't let me start on raises, basically you don't get or you get very little money (like $1000 pesos a month, tax deductions not included). They hire almost everyone that applies, which means that normally you get to work with a lot of people who doesn't even have a clue about what they are doing. There is a lot of new people joining this company and a lot of people leaving it, they don't care about the people they hire or retaining them, you are just another code monkey there. Also, the clients of this company get cheated, people are sold like senior software engineers when they don't even have a year of experience. What this means, is that you softtek charges for you as if you had a lot of experience, and you get paid less than the real experience you have. And there are a lot of other things, but I'll let other people point those out.

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