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Xactware Solutions

Now known as Verisk

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Good Pay / Terrible Management - Software Developer Xactware Solutions Employee Review

2.0
Jul 17, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay and benefits. The annual bonus can be nice. As long as you work hard and do a good job and management happens to notice you then you will have good job security. This is because the company seems pretty stable and is growing. Sometimes we have "team building" activities.

Cons

We are constantly massively disorganized and in a "hurry up, fix it, and put out the fire" mode. Everything is chaos. It is amazing that anything ever gets done. As the company grows this problem just grows right along with it. Communication is horrible, company politics are king, you are promised things that never happen, you never know any release dates, and you are never given feedback on how you are doing. When the annual reviews come around they just make a bunch of stuff up to satisfy who they want to give raises and bonuses to based on politics. Everyone is just scared to cross the main manager. Developers aren't valued for their creative or leadership abilities. Instead they are treated like an assembly line worker. This happens unless you somehow get liked by management on that specific day. Opportunities for advancement are not based on reality or job performance but based on some illogical process that no one could possibly understand, changes day to day, and is highly based on politics.

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5.0
Oct 12, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great culture, good people, and good work-life balance.

Cons

Not a lot of opportunity for internal advancement.

3.0
Aug 28, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Good benefits - Secure positions (they don't fire people to trim the budget) - Excellent facilities - Flexible work-from-home policy in most departments (as long as you aren't abusing it) - Fun activities for the whole family (I'm a fan of the movie nights on the lawn)

Cons

- Management is moving backward, not forward. - Promotions are given based on who you are friends with. - There is a severe lack of diversity especially in management. - Once they have made up their minds, senior management won't listen to concerns or suggestions. But they don't give you a chance to express your concerns or suggestions before they make up their minds. - There is a lack of communication across departments. People are duplicating work because no one is talking to their counterparts in the rest of the company. - The product release is driven by development. This might be a pro if you are a developer. But for marketing, sales, implementation, QA, documentation, training, and support, it is a pain in the neck. The company doesn't look good if you are learning about a product feature for the first time when a customer asks you a question about it.

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