WorkWave Software Engineer reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(13 total reviews)
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Kevin Kemmerer

52% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

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13 reviews
4.0
Sep 7, 2021

Good Company Good Culture

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Pros

Work hard and you're rewarded.

Cons

Few opportunities to shine and work on meaningful things. Huge legacy components.

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WorkWave Response
4y
Thanks for sharing your experience . We have engineering resources working on products every day that help improve the environment by reducing gas and vehicle usage for our clients and providing software and services that allow our clients to spend more time doing what they love to do rather than what they have to do. We pride ourselves on delivering the best results for our clients, our peers, and the industries we service - and we are glad to hear that you felt rewarded for your hard work during your time here!
5.0
Jun 28, 2021
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Pros

-friendly teammates -cross-team collaboration -interesting work -opportunity to grow

Cons

-some outdated tech stacks but quickly being replaced

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WorkWave Response
5y
Thanks for sharing your experience! We are so thrilled to have you as part of our talented and innovative engineering department. Thanks for all you do!!
2.0
Jul 17, 2019
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Pros

WorkWave is a good place to be for a little while, but not to stay. It is a comfortable place to be, but if you are looking to grow… go elsewhere. There are no clear career growth plans, or proper training for the engineers. - Free (Cheap) Lunches 4 days a week to keep you in the office - Flexible Working Hours, with work from home option. (Just make sure you look like your working really hard when you're there and you'll be good. ) - Relaxed Dress Code (Although, its better to dress up. Perception of working hard matters more than you think.) - Nice Bell Works Building - Immediate 5% 401k Match

Cons

There are hardworking people at WorkWave. Unfortunately, management is very poor. Management does not take the advice of employees seriously, pushes for quick features, and wants to micromanage. WorkWave was acquired by a global company and is pushing for aggressive road maps with short deadlines. This is a tech company, but it is not run as a tech company. It is run by business and sales/marketing people that do not know how to maintain and grow their software company properly. They need better technical management, and to better update and maintain their tech stack. - Hiring a lot of international cheap labor to support their software - Having hiring and retention issues. Not sure why they are firing people. - Starting to incorporate more micromanagement practices - No career growth or proper training for engineers - Management does not plan for future features properly, and priority changes frequently. (Priority changes so frequently, you question management and your motivation to complete these goals...) - Engineers are not given clear vision of desired features to develop - Software documentation is minimal, if any at all

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WorkWave Response
7y
As the head of our Engineering department, I wanted to respond directly regarding your feedback. As with any company that grows quickly, there are going to be certain challenges to navigate. Our company must evolve to support the growth, and I am confident we can work together to implement solutions. As shown by our current recruiting efforts, we are very eager to bring additional strong engineering leadership into the organization to help our amazing team members learn, grow and help us improve core processes. We also recently conducted a company wide culture survey to provide everyone with a confidential and proactive platform to share their concerns on a wide range of areas. That feedback, along with ongoing 1 on 1 and team level conversations, is being taken very seriously to determine our strategic plans for change and growth. We are eager to share those initiatives with everyone and will be doing so at a team and company level in the weeks ahead (including the town hall happening this week). We wish you all the best in the future.
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