Above average consultancy - Software Developer Lab49 Employee Review

5.0
Jan 21, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

This is a consultancy, so the work you do, the team you're in, and even your timezone heavily depend on the project you're assigned to. This can be both a pro and a con. Some people enjoy having different projects each year, while others may not, but this is inherent to this type of company. I believe Lab49 is one of the better consultancies in the Hungarian market. They have a nice office, support a lot of remote work, and offer a fairly competitive salary. Yearly raises depend heavily on the company's performance and market conditions. Sometimes they're better, sometimes not, but the company does make an effort to provide raises that keep up with the market, even for existing employees.

Cons

Career growth opportunities are quite limited, largely due to the nature of consultancy work, and you can reach the ceiling fairly quickly. While the company tends to provide yearly salary raises, the process behind determining the amount is not transparent at all.

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5.0
Sep 16, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Working groups around Blockchain, AI, and other interesting topics - Book Club - Open and transparent leadership team

Cons

- Uncertainty around what you will be working - Can do a great job on a project, and still be left on the bench when it is finished

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4.0
May 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Hiring is well-gated, so you'll work with smart people. Projects are exclusively in finance so it's a great place to gain exposure in that industry. You operate with a good amount of autonomy.

Cons

It's a consulting company, so engineers are only valuable if they're billable. That means your success is tied to someone else's ability to secure a pipeline of work for you, or your own ability to upsell at your engagement - which may or may not be up to you no matter what you do. There isn't a dedicated sales team at Lab, so this can get spotty. Upper management's presence is felt in seasons - non-existant for months at a time, all over everything the next. They were nowhere to be found as AI got rolled out massively in 2026 and we got caught without a strategy and action plan - either for leveraging internally or for pivoting our model.

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