Vulcan Software Engineer reviews

3.0

50% would recommend to a friend

(5 total reviews)
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Bill Hilf

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5 reviews
2.0
Aug 16, 2018
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Pros

- great benefits and decent pay - get to work on some unique projects - colleagues were genuinely dedicated, experts in their field

Cons

- from the top, priorities are consistently shifting - shadowy and thick level of management, causes a lack of trust - re-orgs on a quarterly basis, causing turmoil and uncertainty - keep bringing in fast-talking tech folks to "lead" philanthropic initiatives that they know little about. They are typically just "trying it out, and if it doesn't work, they can just go back to tech". But they change systems, create upheaval, lose trust, and then leave on very short time-cycle.

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4.0
Mar 5, 2009
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Pros

Pay is great, people are great, middle management is great. Get to go on Paul's private plane to basketball games and over to his estate for movie night.

Cons

Products developed are pretty silly, and you get to feeling like you're spinning your wheels working on pipe dreams of Paul's. Innovation in project direction is not encouraged. They seem afraid to let loser employees go, especially bullying incompetent ones. Project managers play the role of product owners, and they seem more concerned with not rocking the boat and protecting their cush jobs than with building something someone might care about. While they pay well, opportunity for growth is limited.

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