This company is retro indeed,DO NOT CONSIDER WORKING HERE. - Software Engineer Retrotech Employee Review

1.0
Mar 16, 2015
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Pros

None, besides the people that work here, non management that is.

Cons

Horrible to their employees. Lying, or holding back pertinent info during the interview process. They mention travel, but they do not tell you that they will ship you off to no mans land across the globe for literally 4-5 months at a time. Maybe if their code wasn't written in the early 1990's, the software would be configurable and actually work as designed instead of having a software team to handle hardware issues in the field. Talk about poor employee handling, after a two weeks notice was given and told there was no need to show up after the week, which is normal in the work place, they refuse to pay for the days covered int he two week notice. Horrible, horrible screwing over of employees. If I had money and time to waste, I would sue them.

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Retrotech Response
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REGARDING PROS COMMENT: Retrotech strives to continually provide our employees with a family-friendly and work-life balanced culture. We provide an excellent benefits and compensation program to our employees in a state-of-the-art brand new facility. We value our employees and their hard-work and dedication that enables Retrotech to be so successful. REGARDING CONS COMMENTS: Retrotech prides itself on our comprehensive Recruitment and Selection process. We provide all candidates, through our Company website, the ability to review our detailed job descriptions which outline all of the position requirements and responsibilities. During our interview process, our hiring managers are very detailed and thorough with all candidates when discussing field assignments and travel requirements, if any, for each particular position. We do not withhold pertinent information to any candidate who takes the time to interview with our organization. We answer all candidate questions and concerns during the recruitment process. One of our core values as an organization is our Integrity, and our Management team and employees exhibit integrity on a daily basis. Retrotech has a diverse installed code base which is the foundation of our success. With this diversity comes variations of the product throughout the years which must be maintained in its as installed architecture. Retrotech continues to support its customers regardless of which version they may have installed and in what era it may have been designed. We treat employees who decide to leave us with the utmost professionalism, respect and courtesy. Our policy requires that employees provide us with a two-week written notice. In this particular expressed opinion, the individual chose not to provide any written notice to their manager. The decision was made to enable this individual to exit earlier than two weeks; specifically one week notice was accepted. It was communicated that since no resignation letter was provided to the organization, all work was reassigned to other team members and the employee was able to exit earlier than two weeks. Retrotech has an Open Door policy and all of our employees are encouraged to challenge the leadership of the organization, and to speak for themselves when they have a concern or an issue.

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Pros

Retrotech is a great place to work with high standards. They expect a lot out of people but are willing to give in return. The people are very friendly and many of them are friends outside of work as well. The travel can be rough but also rewarding in both financial and personal sense. You will work hard in the field but you will have a strong sense of accomplishment when it's done. It's also a great opportunity to get to know the industry and your customers. There isn't a lot of structure but that means you won't get bogged down in a lot of pointless documentation or busy work. The new facility is fantastic, with nice furnishings, a cafeteria, a game room with pool and foozeball and a PS4 and even volleyball courts.

Cons

There is some resistance to change and some of their work methods are way out of date. Some of this is changing but the old guard is scared of new things and not generally willing to learn. The pace can be unrelenting at times. They expect people to work fast without a lot of direction, projects are turned around quickly. This can be a positive if you have the right skills and attitude as well. Travel can mean long stretches away from family and friends, especially if you happen to get on a bad project.

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