Not the best place for career growth - Mobile Software Engineer SoFi Employee Review

1.0
Sep 12, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

ability to work from home

Cons

This company has very bad planning practices. Some of the goals made a not realistic and a lot of it has to do with the inexperience in senior management when it comes to mobile software development. They ignore ground level advice and end up making goals that don't align with reality and also don't do enough research and education. Management decisions have caused heavy regressions in the stability and maintainability of the app which should be inexcusable in the financial world. We are dealing with people's money here, not posting 15 second videos of their cats. Also if you get stuck on the wrong team your career growth may suffer due to the inability to spend time on impactful projects while instead using it to clean up messes.

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SoFi Response
2y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We are glad that you have enjoyed the remote work that SoFi offers. That said, we are very disappointed to hear your experience is not meeting your expectations. We are very intentional in developing annual and quarterly OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) that set the overall strategy for the company, and cascade down to the team level. This is how we set goals and deliverables each quarter that tie directly to our annual company priorities. These priorities are shared with the company at the beginning of each year, as well as quarterly. Teams and individuals are then able to map their OKRs to the company objectives - which align all employees on the company vision and strategy. We take our mission to help people get their money right very seriously, if you feel comfortable, we'd love to connect so we can further understand your concerns and address them head on. You can reach out to your PBP or email me directly at glassdoor@sofi.org.

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2.0
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Pros

You are only required to work from the office 1 day of the week and the rest from home. The Benefit package is great. The company has free snacks, fruits and drinks at the office and it provides the employees with lunch at least once a month while at the office.

Cons

You are literately a modern day slave with low pay and a tone of work. After a few months you have to get upskilled (more work) without any additional compensation. You are constantly evaluated: First call resolution is huge, the goal is for the member not to have to call back in at least a week. The company wants the call to last less than 5 minutes (or you get dinged). The company wants the members to respond to the surveys and if they don't it counts against you. if you go on chats, you will have to serve maneuver between two different once at the same time. You ONLY get a 30 minute lunch break and two 15 minute breaks. It is difficult to go to the restroom because while on the phones there is NO actual bathroom disposition and so you will get dinged and if it takes you longer than 5 minutes you get a message from intrudium informing you that you are out of adherence. The technology is the worse I have ever had to work with. It uses a program called Zscaler that is constantly disconnecting and when it does, it interrupts all of the other programs that are required to work with, in which case you have to inform WFM that you are having tech issues either by telephone or by sending a Workflow and hope it gets approved. While in training you are informed that you will only get paid up to 1 hr while having a tech issue. Workflows are huge and used for everything, including if you are suppose to clock out for the day but you are still on a call and it makes you go over 5 minutes (or you get dinged). Putting in for PTO or Sick Time is also not easy either, it's all about the companies needs so, hopefully you will get approved or maybe not. H.R. is only there a bit while you are hired and of course if you are let go but other than that, not sure what they do because there is no real connection.

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SoFi Response
5d
Hi there, thank you for leaving a review. We're sorry your experience didn't match your expectations and encourage you to reach out to glassdoor@sofi.org to discuss your review in more detail.
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