- repeated cash flow issues, resulting in no pay, or pay delayed for days/weeks
- very small organization
- holds owner's hand in pc issues
- no social environment, older owner
- code not documented, written in Pascal, VBA, C #
- owner does not have software background, does not really understand software dev process
- owner often interrupts work flow to ask for help with his pc, or database issue
- owner never takes lunch break, works through, culture expected same for others
- owner does not invest in new current equipment, no servers, use old laptop for development, using community versions of dev tools
- high turnover rate, short employment cycles, has laid off workers before
- 12+ developers have worked/left due to employment conditions, timely pay being mentioned most often
- small office downtown
- owner reminds you of shady car salesman