accesso Senior Software Engineer reviews

3.1

70% would recommend to a friend

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Lee Cowie

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1.0
May 4, 2015
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Pros

Decent pay for the area, very nice office/kitchen. Many nice recreational perks during the summer.

Cons

Management experienced in Tomcat/Flash but no experience with modern technologies or interest in industry standards. Anything that does not make money in the short term is rejected and thus the company is highly resistant to change. No work life balance, with a frequent expectation of working 70+ hr/week and 6-8am shifts. A fear of automation of any kind (app updates must be zipped, emailed, and manually deployed). Extreme micromanagement (Asked to document any task that takes longer than 10 minutes). Desks expected to be pristine at all times. Potentially criminally poor security practices with many sales/ops and most developers have root/admin access to production databases/servers. The only thing stopping a serious breach is they have not yet been targeted. Lack of respect with developers often being referred to with comments such as the "robots that generate code". The environment was so toxic my entire team and a number of other talented people around the company (8+ people) quit within the a few months surrounding my departure. Any lunch outings without managers present were spent discussing outside interviews and how soon we can find a way out.

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accesso Response
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We appreciate your feedback! Over the last year, our company has more than doubled in size through the addition of new teams, new roles as well as promotions for well-deserved employees. We created a DevOps group who have recommended specific technology changes including increased automation, which we have begun implementing. We've also made adjustments to our technical and business processes to support this growth and established more formal policies that have helped in ensuring team members are completing priorities in a timely manner and not having to work overtime as much. Naturally, we take security very seriously and are continuously improving in this regard, though we do feel comfortable with our data handling practices, which are secured and successfully audited every year.
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