Chill workplace for good work - Software Developer Substantial Employee Review

5.0
Sep 8, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Awesome, relaxed workplace with highly intelligent people. You get to work with small teams on interesting projects with a variety of clients, where developer input to product design is taken seriously, and you can go home after a 40 hour week. Expect to take initiative and be challenged to develop your skill set. Very Agile-focused development process, with an emphasis on TDD and fast turnaround of stories/projects. A great place to work if you want to take pride in your job and have a life outside of it. They go out of their way to identify talented, promising people, often from non-conventional backgrounds, over cookie-cutter CS graduates. About as un-Silicon Valley as you can get, I hope the culture here becomes the norm for Seattle!

Cons

You get paid a decent salary, but not stock options, so if you're looking to cash out a billionaire at 35 this place is not for you. Also not for you if you just want to be buried in the bowels of a 200-person team. There's not much of a ladder to climb, you'll have to prove yourself to the world on the virtues of your work not on your ability to play politics.

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5.0
Jul 12, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I feel extremely valued and heard, no matter what team members or departments I'm interacting with. They encourage feedback and never back away from answering the tough questions. They care about their employees far more than any company I've been with, and they work just as hard for their clients. They've implemented helpful policies and changes for successful hybrid working and are continuously working to improve.

Cons

None so far! It's been a blast working here.

3.0
Nov 20, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The people I worked with were all brilliant and fostered a very healthy work culture.

Cons

Unfortunately, management and C-Suite seemed inept at running a business. Additionally upward mobility seemed difficult for some colleagues vs others, and it was never clear as to why that was.

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