Great program, people, and company! - Anonymous employee Wowzers Employee Review

4.0
Jun 19, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Outstanding group of people to work with! - Generous commission package. - Company history and vision are authentic. - Student achievement is the priority.

Cons

- Operational systems change frequently. - Expectations are a bit out of reach. - Training should be the number one priority

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4.0
Aug 26, 2014
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Pros

There are two development teams: webdev and content. I was on the webdev team so I can not comment on content. The pros were hardly any meetings... just 1-3 scrums per week and that was it. Lunch times were flexible. No pressure to work outside of normal business hours (8-5) which is unusual in tech. Fantastic location in River North.

Cons

I only stayed around 4 months, take this with a grain of salt. I was happy with management. They were professional and left me alone to do my job. I don't really understand why so many other reviews here were so negative about management. However, they have a BIG problem with turnover. They seem to just hire people without thorough interviews with the idea of hiring many and letting go of the ones they don't like. Myself, I was brought in as a jr dev at the same time as another jr dev. The other jr was clearly faster and better than me, so naturally they kept him and dropped me. The team lead and I had bad chemistry. She was aways berating my work in front of coworkers which made me nervous to the point of appearing stupid. At the same time, she was overly kind and gracious to the "better" jr dev which made me feel like Cinderella. Also, the codebase is overly complex. They need to just start over instead of just keeping on adding to the spaghetti code.

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2.0
May 22, 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Development team is amazing. The product itself is innovative and really has potential. Semi-casual work environment. Nice location. It gave me a kickstart in my career in game development. For that, I am thankful for working here.

Cons

To be honest, upper management treat their employees like garbage. No respect is given, but they require you give it in return. No flexibility on time off or working from home as they rarely are willing to work with their employees. Treat their employees like they are dispensable. It is a startup company, but compensation is terrible.

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