Avoid the IT department - Principal Software Engineer Solutran Employee Review

1.0
Apr 18, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

I honestly cannot think of one. The salary was low for an IT professional in Minneapolis. And the benefits package was scarce.

Cons

They underpay by at least 30%. They use antiquated development environments. For some reason they use Oracle and you end up writing scripts in Notepad. The CTO does not want to learn any new languages from the past 20 years. There is high turn over and there are no senior developers. You end up working 70 hour weeks because of the workload. If you divide your salary out by the amount of hours you work, you may as well be working in fast food. The CEO and his wife, the COO, make sure to pay you the least amount possible. The HR department cannot take concerns seriously because those who work in that department really need the jobs. The CTO makes you redo the work if its not done the right way. There is no right way to program. A puzzle can be solved many ways. If you are thinking about a career in IT, avoid this place. There are plenty of great companies in Minnesota. If you are an intern looking at this company, think twice. They will not pay you and will take advantage of you. I've seen those poor kids come after school then end up staying till 10 PM. Then doing the same schedule the next day.

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