-Tuition reimbursement only $5K a year. Not great… At all. Can’t do anything with that kind of money unless you want to pay a lot out of pocket
-Moves slow as hell
-Long development cycles.
-Discretionary PTO: have to ASK manager which is weird (nicer to have accrued PTO and just put on the calendar when you will be out)…. Well, the trip is booked, it is going to HAVE to be fine, I don’t want to ask, and I don’t abuse discretionary PTO.
-Generally, people take a whole week off for all 3 day holiday weekends, seems like less people go on vacation on non-holiday weeks (which sucks because that is when flights and etc. are cheaper and not busy) due to discretionary PTO.
-Disjointed business units, might be duplicating work. No real prioritization continuity between areas.
-No real corporate kool-aid indoctrination (a good thing, but can make you lonely and feel disconnected and that your job may not have a purpose or be connected to something larger). Find hobbies outside of work.
-Can be boring at times. The tech can be boring to a lot of people as well
-Salary increase and adjustments seem rare to me if you stay in your job.
-Salary is less than other tech companies, could make likely $30k a year more at a MINIMUM (not even at FAANG but elsewhere), but would likely have to work yourself into the ground, thus, I think Trimble’s salary is fair and at times even generous
-No real pathway to see how you get promoted or move up.
-Have to probably apply for an internal opportunity for a promotion, even if you lie your team
-Product Management discipline and customer intelligence is improving. Not there yet, but we are getting there.
-401K contribution from employer is a bit low. Up to$3K a year match. No after-tax option for Mega Backdoor Roth.
-Workload can be inconsistent; very busy one week for all 40 hours or very low load.