Nice people, lacks direction - Firmware Engineer Chamberlain Group Employee Review

4.0
Aug 14, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Very nice and smart people. Pay is good, perks keep up with the industry. The projects happening at Chamberlain are fairly interesting and keep people busy without being too stressful and deadline-focused.

Cons

The company is driven by incremental changes that will build upon existing products to return marginally better profits in the long term. In other words, Chamberlain is not a company with the most exciting creative vision. But it may be a solid strategy in the long run and seems good for job stability. Only other con is that, at least in my department, the feeling is a bit stuffy and old-school-corporate. People don't really remember each others birthdays, teams dont generally have happy-hour get togethers, there are no fun social perks.

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5.0
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Pros

People are helpful and work well together

Cons

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3.0
May 13, 2026
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Pros

Chamberlain is a highly variable place to work. Everything depends on what team you are working on. Some teams will have managers who will fight for you and help build you up, others not so much. I have more or less grown up with the company and have seen it go from being owned by a private family to being owned by Blackstone and all between. Every year I ask myself, "is this the year I leave". My answer is usually no, as where else will be better when I am at least in a good position? Summer fridays are pretty great though.

Cons

Yearly reorgs are a constant drag. Some of the most CG-blooded people I have ever known are somehow always the first to get sent to the wood chipper. People flail around and react. There is no forward thought. Just constant reaction to whatever words the executive population utters. We have been 'transforming' for the near decade I have worked here. But what are we even transforming to? All I have seen is us transforming into yet another soulless company. Benefits have been getting crushed. My wonderful and amazing 401k service contribution was ripped away and replaced with a far less beneficial amount. If you aren't on a good team, or have a good manager, your chance for advancement will be near impossible. Constant 'do more with less'

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