This Company Is Going No Where - Software Engineer Verance Employee Review

1.0
Jul 23, 2014
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Pros

This is a highly technical company having a unique technology which is mandated in a certain sector: Watermarking, or secret information hiding in audio/video contents for copyright protection purpose. It surely makes you feel you are working for a one of a kind company in the world.

Cons

Too much regulation, restrictions, documentations and compliance requirements. They think they have something that's good and stick to it, refusing to innovate and make improvements. They still stick to the old C89 C language standard when the world has moved bounds and leaps ahead in terms of programming language. They have been developing a very tiny library for 1.5 decades but yet failed to re-factor and fine tune it into something that some one would call high quality code: computer code that's readable, logically elegant, robust and efficient. I don't know where the efforts of engineers were spent on. High turn around rate for key engineer positions: There is something wrong that they were not able to retain good talents. Management hierarchy in this small company is worse than what you would find in a big company. And finally, this company's one trick pony technology doesn't really work that well.

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5.0
Jun 15, 2017
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Pros

The people are the most intelligent of any company I have seen. These are family people, who want to work in a stable, progressive environment. It shows. As far as the technology and products go, they have a clear "cause" behind them, which helps with motivation amongst the many groups. It is easier to work toward a goal if you can share the vision. At Verance, the vision is futuristic and exciting.

Cons

In any company, you may have to ask around to get answers that seem simple. This is no different at Verance. Also, some processes may be frustratingly slow. But I have found in my experience that this is a blessing in disguise... Verance strikes a beautiful balance of pace that allows for more thoughtful solutions rather than the "all hands on deck" speedy mentality of many digital companies.

3
3.0
Nov 25, 2024
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Pros

The people at Verance are top notch. Very interesting and challenging technical work.

Cons

Only has a work from home option.

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