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{SAW} Software Mill

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Only a good opportunity to break into the field - Software Engineer {SAW} Software Mill Employee Review

2.0
Jan 24, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Decent internship opportunity that will help you break into the field. Decent agile development and general Software Engineering experience . Only thing valuable about working for Sawsoft is proper professional Software Engineering experience. The dev team consisted of very talented, professional, and laid back workers.

Cons

As everyone has mentioned, I would *highly* recommend to not consider SAW Software Mill as an option for a secured salaried job once you are ready to commit to a company. They laid off a big portion of their workforce twice in the span of a year and a half. The first time they did it resulted in a massive brain drain and the newly hired workers had to learn many aspects of the product without formal training. The second time just happened recently. Pay is laughable. As a full time Software Engineer, do not expect to get anywhere close to competitive pay. As an intern, the pay is still low but good enough to sustain a college life while obtaining valuable experience! Management obviously knows a lot about construction management, however they lack the ability to effectively coordinate with technicalities of the product. This wouldnt be an issue if the dev team had a more direct form of communication with the customers.

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5.0
Jun 15, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

I love my coworkers and bosses! The atmosphere is relaxed. You'll want to be productive because you will enjoy it! I love the location as well, so much to do -- a YMCA, restaurants, bars, trail, movie theater...

Cons

Our work is pretty intimidating for the first week or so, but after that the intimidation clears.

2.0
Oct 27, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Coworkers work hard with knowledge transfer. Agile work environment. Free sodas. Occasionally free lunch during "optional" company updates. Pressure makes it feel mandatory to attend. Located in a nice area with different food choices and movie theatre.

Cons

Direction is horrible. Management pushes tasks out to prevent failure of a sprint then sneak major development to happen by a team lead during a non-development Sprint. The following Sprint then gets changed to implement and unit test the functionality. This isn't the first time this activity happens. It seems to be a regular basis. Benefits are barley nominal. The CEO constantly threatens subordinates on firing everyone if sprints are not completed on time. Which goes back to management hiding tasks. The other issue is failed promises after failed promises. CEO constantly says salaries will be reviewed then keeps putting meetings and salaries off. Don't fall for this trap when being starting out. Google the company and you may see articles showing the software working in. It's not a language you will take anywhere else in your career. I'd be surprised if this company makes it to this time next year at this rate. I predict most of the developers will continue to leave as promises continue to be broken.

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