Pleasant to work at while private, unsure about after public buyout - Senior Software Engineer ProQuest Employee Review

4.0
Feb 24, 2024
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Pros

The atmosphere is highly dependent on your department and its management, as it often is, but as a whole the culture was good. Despite being a technology-based company, things were rarely cutting edge, The benefits were decent, if not great. During the pandemic, the company moved to fully remote while making as much profit as before, if not more. The Ann Arbor office moved to a hotelling model after the pandemic was lifted.

Cons

The first group I worked with (I maintained a website) was professional and mostly predictable. The second group was an underappreciated and understaffed team working hard to keep a decrepit data pipeline supplying a major product running. Work was needed on the infrastructure, but team members were too afraid of change to let the upgrades happen and the manager wouldn't press the issue. After the Clarivate buyout, a round of layoffs meant two members of our 6 person team (including me) were let go. I had heard they were going to augment the workforce with offshoring, but I don't know how that worked out.

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5.0
Jan 22, 2024
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Pros

The place is super flexible and everyone I ever met there seems great to work with. Ok I can think of two exceptions, but that was a big building. The meetings were the least painful meetings I have ever had to attend.

Cons

The pay could have been better. The structure was constantly changing but I think I happened to be there at a bad time as far as restructuring.

1.0
Jun 1, 2026
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Pros

Decent work life balance, great coworkers

Cons

Little room for advancement - 1 actual promotion and 2 “lateral” promotions in 10 years despite consistent exemplary, goal-exceeding performance and increased responsibilities. Ultimately my loyalty was rewarded by being informed that the following quarter there would be a surprise transfer to move me to another team in a specialist role that “was not open to discussion.” After weeks of trying to get answers as to the expectations and success metrics for this (alleged) new role, I was laid off as part of a “restructuring” - supposedly because I “lacked seniority” in the “new role” I’d been forced to take.

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