Horrific Leadership and No Opportunity - Anonymous employee SoftServe Employee Review

1.0
May 4, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

By some miracle, they get really smart people to work here. Until you stay for awhile and realize what unorganized, chaotic mess you got recruited into and what a terrible mistake you have made and that if you want any hope of saving your professional career, you have to get out.

Cons

SoftServe is a Ukrainian company that decided they wanted to do business in the US but not really. It's a poorly done rendition of doing business in the US. They throw good money after bad, they have no vision from Chris Baker, who has no experience being a CEO of anything more than a start-up. There is no respect for women. The senior management of this company will micromanage every aspect of this business, so there is no reason for them to hire smart people. Do yourself a favor, don't work here.

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5.0
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Pros

friendly people, modern approaches and a very diverse workforce. great clients and thought pieces as well to bring to the table.

Cons

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2.0
Jan 8, 2026
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Pros

Decent pay but you will be expected to manage multiple client projects at the same time in an expedited timeframe and are often flying solo. If you come from traditional consulting, these projects will feel insane and unrealistic to deliver true quality.

Cons

All about who you know, not what you do here. Expect to have to work at 150% capacity plus spend at least 50% of capacity networking. You will be constantly asked to deliver with unrealistic timelines. People (i.e. business analyst group) are constantly stepping over boundaries and claiming work others with more expertise in a specific area should own. It is a constant cluster mess and I (as a junior associate) have been on my fair share of calls where leadership is yelling at each other about stepping into each other’s territories. I can only imagine what occurs on the pure leadership calls. Lots of people in director and above positions are on an egotistical trip and have zero interest in the team’s ideas, knowledge, or expertise. You will spend many phone calls just listening to the leader brag about themselves for 55 straight minutes.

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