Do not work here if you are a woman or have experience
Pros
An opportunity to get some work experience, but you will miss out on learning best practices.
Cons
SC is a right-to-work state – you can quit or get fired without cause. You will get fired without cause. 2022-23 There was a 95% turnover within 1 year • 4 quit without having another job • 10 were fired with no warning or prior conversation • 8 left for new opportunities Ownership asked current employees to write positive reviews to counter the bad reviews. The reasons for poor employee reviews: 1. There is no leadership. - I’d like to modify the use of “leadership” in previous reviews. There is no leadership, only ownership. - Ownership is too engrossed with other businesses to provide leadership. - There is no one looking out for the team or employees - The CEO is in sales but doesn’t understand software development - The CTO admits he’s not a manager 2. There is no management - Without management, there is chaos. - No one to structure projects based on knowledge or skills - No one to gauge employee performance - No one to understand your strengths or weaknesses - There is no middleman between ownership and the team 3. There is no HR - There is NO communication from the top down. 4. There is no planning, systems, or processes. - Without these, there is project chaos. - Chronic employee uncertainty and low morale - There is little to no research and user testing before, during, or after product development– Ownership considers this “a waste of time.” - You work on products that are overly complicated and feature-heavy. - Time is invested in designing and developing products with features that are not tested. Your Team: • The talented and experienced immediately look for work elsewhere, are fired, or rage quit. • The team is made up of friendly employees with little to no training or experience. • Arrogance is mistaken for competence. • If you are given responsibility, you will be blamed for what is wrong with the company. Without guidance, leadership, or management, how can an employee with little experience do a job well? - If you don’t do something the way ownership thinks it should, it's wrong. - You will be accused by ownership of doing your job wrong infront of your peers. Project Managers: - Given a lot of responsibility - Do not utilize project management software - There is no project planning - There is project chaos - Like in the 2000s, Project Managers interrupt your workday to hand out tasks and get updates. - Project management does not know what is going on with projects - This makes working remotely impossible. For women: - Ownership will not make eye contact (unless you are young and very skinny). - If you offer a suggestion, you will be cut off. - If you question a decision, ownership will perceive it as an attack. - The patriarchy is no stranger here – A man’s opinion holds more value than a woman’s. - The company operates much like a fraternity Low salaries: • You will not get a raise. • No metrics are recorded, neither for projects nor employee performance. You have nothing to compare your contributions to. • They’ve been in business for 5 years but call themselves a startup and use this as the reason for their low salaries. • You will have to provide your own workstation. Developers: • Freely admit the products they work on are built poorly and take too much time. • There are no systems, processes, or user testing • Developers have little to no experience, and their team leads’ guidance comes from little to no experience outside of Code /+/ Trust. Engineers are given a task and jump right in. • You will be removed from projects without reason. • Features to be developed are determined by ownership or project management
