A double-edged sword - Anonymous employee Fjorge Employee Review
4.0
Nov 27, 2018
Anonymous employee
Former employee, more than 1 year
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
fjorge is a casual organization. Joking around and having fun with your coworkers is refreshingly easy. They're rather flexible with when you work, as long as your work gets done. The dress code, snacks, and beer all contribute to a relaxed, low-pressure, and frequently fun atmosphere. Every once in a while, a really showy and flashy project will come along that everyone can be proud of.
Cons
fjorge is a casual organization. The company is happy to accept solutions which work, instead of pushing to find solutions that work better. Most of the projects you'll work on are low-pressure, but also low-purpose.
Fjorge Response
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We appreciate your feedback. As a development agency, our goal is to deliver the best quality work that meets our client’s needs. Sometimes those needs are a quick fix on a tight timeline, and we’re sure to set clear expectations with our clients when that happens. As we continue to grow we are seeing more flashy projects with opportunities to really dig deep and solutions engineer alongside our clients.
The people at fjorge are amazing. You will enjoy collaborating with many smart people, and you will make some true friends. There is a lot of emphasis put on employee feedback, and EOS (the management) model that gives every employee a voice in the company. You get to touch a lot of different technology and you will have the opportunity to release code to production in short order. You will work on meaningful code, and you will get the chance to collaborate with a diverse group of super cool people.
Cons
Pay is generally less than the market dictates, although this varies. Depending on where you work, clients expectations are sometimes not as well aligned to what is possible as you would like.