Great team, with focus on professional development - Web Developer Simalam Employee Review

5.0
May 27, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I started working at Simalam as a junior developer and have progressed to being a lead developer. Over the years the creative director has mentored me through this growth and the team has pushed me further than ever I thought possible. There are always interesting development challenges to solve. I have never experienced a time where I felt my skills were not being utilized to their full potential or being further developed. The work environment is quiet and focused with the occasional outburst of jokes and laughter amongst the team.

Cons

Being pushed to do your best work can be hard at times but the team has always had my back.

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1.0
Jul 26, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

He treats his employees like he treats his tenants and clients aren't treated much better. As others have said the contracts are extremely problematic and place workers at great risk. You're better with your own shop with that kind of arrangement.

Cons

The owner, the pay, etc.

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4.0
May 28, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The current team in place is top shelf, easy going and happy to help. The company is small ( 4 full time members ), so you get to wear a lot of hats and have a lot of involvement with each facet of a project which is cool. The team is really dedicated to quality and a profit sharing model is in place to reward the dedication. Cool projects using the latest tech. From day one, I started work on a 6 month web application using React/Redux, powered by a super fast API that will help keep Toronto's waterways safer. Cool perks. Shortly after I started, the company decided to rent a house in the Azores for nearly a month to work and play from there. You don't hear of many company's that will do that. Another benefit of such a small team.

Cons

I wouldn't recommend this company to a junior developer / designer at the moment. As the team is so small, an excessive amount of training and testing just isn't possible when things get really busy.

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