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Michael Harris
111 Ratings
Pros
"Location - on subway line at York Mills Station" (in 8 reviews)
"Discounted breakfast and lunch options" (in 7 reviews)
Cons
"We are in a period of rapid growth, so I suppose we might encounter some growing pains" (in 6 reviews)
"it has been a revolving door lately" (in 5 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Good work life balance Free beer and discounted food at office
Cons
Very old code base to work on
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
some learning opportunities/career development IF you work like a dog
Cons
everything else. even the pro isn't that great
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
You can grow fast within the company if you know the right people.
Cons
If you don't know the right people or you don't swim in the 'cool' pool, you will not grow. Too much politics and drama.
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Broad DNS services, great work culture, supportive upper management, good work/life balance.
Cons
I didn't like having to do Sales initiative activities. I feel those should be lead by the Sales/Sa team. Especially if those teams are getting incentives for those efforts.
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
- New developers get a lot of responsibility and opportunities to learn - Senior team members are very happy to teach and help new developers grow - Lots of modern technology in use - Workplace culture was very good, everyone is treated like a person
Cons
- Being a B2B company with huge clients, there can be a lot of sudden pivots to meet their needs; this can be discouraging at times - In some ways, software was overengineered and tasks come with a lot of overhead to complete
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
- Growth if you work hard
Cons
- Depends on how you look at work
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Profitable company devoted to an amazing employee experience
Cons
Not the most exciting industry
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Company with good management, fair perks.
Cons
Doesn't have good space for young developer to grow up and learn. Legacy code and technologies is the core of their system and hard to touch. The knowledge of computer network may keep many people away.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Client retention is very high - no-one changes their DNS solution unless they have to - although the market they're selling into is shrinking. This makes them more stable than the average small software company. They make up for it in others ways (see cons). The office location is good if you live north of Toronto and can take the TTC or Go Bus to work. Not so good if you have to drive as there is limited parking and it's expensive. It's generally quite friendly although also cliquey.
Cons
There is constant, never-ending churn in the management of the products group which makes long term planning impossible. Expect your project priorities to change al most monthly. The code is just awful. The legacy products, which seem to make all the money, are 15+ old J2EE apps with user interfaces from the dark ages. The new, cloud based, products are a tangle of tiny microservices that make no sense at all and resist all efforts at simplification. Insane mircromanagement of all technical decisions by the most radical application of SCRUM I have ever seen. If you're a senior developer expect to be treated the same as a college intern with every decision you make scrutinized by ten people, most who know nothing about what you actually do. No positive growth direction from any of the products. The things with the most sales appear to have been random accidents rather than planned new functionality. Zero transparency over the value of any options you might be granted. Assume they're worthless and you'll be about right in all probability.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great people, stable company, good management
Cons
We can take more risk.
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