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Celfocus Reviews

Updated March 23, 2019
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  1. "Good if you are Junior trying to learn"

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    Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Porto, Oporto (Portugal)
    Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Porto, Oporto (Portugal)
    Doesn't Recommend
    Neutral Outlook
    No opinion of CEO

    I worked at Celfocus full-time (More than a year)

    Pros

    Possibility to work with many technologies

    Cons

    Too many working hours if you let management get over you


  2. "Good environment, slow progression"

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    Current Employee - Senior Professional in Lisbon (Portugal)
    Current Employee - Senior Professional in Lisbon (Portugal)
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    I have been working at Celfocus full-time (More than 3 years)

    Pros

    Good work/life balance
    Good to learn and growth

    Cons

    Progression is slow
    Project pipeline is slowing

  3. "Managed services contract support"

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    Current Employee - Service Manager in Lisbon (Portugal)
    Current Employee - Service Manager in Lisbon (Portugal)
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    I have been working at Celfocus full-time (More than 8 years)

    Pros

    Learning is one of the best aspects

    Cons

    Working only to Vodafone is a negative aspect since you are very closed to rest of the world


  4. "Junior Software House"

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    Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
    Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

    I have been working at Celfocus full-time (More than a year)

    Pros

    Great colleagues that help each other.

    Cons

    Lack of senior professionals with experience.


  5. Helpful (1)

    "A fading company that only serves as a starting point"

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    Former Employee - Software Engineer in Lisbon (Portugal)
    Former Employee - Software Engineer in Lisbon (Portugal)
    Doesn't Recommend
    Negative Outlook

    I worked at Celfocus full-time (More than 3 years)

    Pros

    Expensive tech (doesn't mean cool or good) that only a large company can provide.
    Enterprise grade experience.
    Traveling.

    Cons

    Traveling (depends on your personal life)
    No life only work.
    Aggressive management that bullies worker to work weekends and extra hours for free. If you let them they will squeeze you to the point of burn out.
    Shady evaluation and promotions.
    Payment is low-average, and you only get a real "raise" when you are promoted. Even when that happens, most of the raise is with cost allowances.
    No concern whatsoever about quality.
    Too much politics.

    Advice to Management

    There are a lot of tech companies moving to in Lisbon so people start moving to companies that provides them with better payment, better treatment and modern tech stack.
    If you do not change the way you work and treat your employees you will end up with no customers and weak developers that cant find a better job.


  6. "Good company to learn and develop skills;"

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    Current Employee - Manager in Lisbon (Portugal)
    Current Employee - Manager in Lisbon (Portugal)
    Recommends
    Neutral Outlook
    No opinion of CEO

    I have been working at Celfocus full-time (More than 5 years)

    Pros

    Great Engineering and creative environment; innovative solutions; challenging projects

    Cons

    Development impediments due client restrictions


  7. "Great place to start, nothing else"

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    Current Employee - Fullstack Developer in Lisbon (Portugal)
    Current Employee - Fullstack Developer in Lisbon (Portugal)
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    I have been working at Celfocus full-time (More than 3 years)

    Pros

    Great co-worker and environment. Great place to learn how to fullstack web dev,

    Cons

    Management sucks, career evolution is almost non-existent, and the paycheck is way below the market average. Also the extra hours induced are horrible

    Advice to Management

    Claiming to start Agile projects, but still manage them with an iron fist in a waterfall environment isn't Agile and is your downfall

  8. "Great please to grow"

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    Current Employee - Senior Developer
    Current Employee - Senior Developer
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    I have been working at Celfocus full-time (More than 5 years)

    Pros

    Company with huge number of International Project Opportunities; Great working environment; Possibility to grow in different working areas;

    Cons

    Benefits with lack diversity; Many politics

    Advice to Management

    Inform the company workers about new opportunities and Projects successes; Increase the seniority of Management Team;


  9. "Manager"

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    Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
    Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

    I worked at Celfocus full-time

    Pros

    They have good ideas to improve the business and their presence in the customers.

    Cons

    Very difficult to put in action the ideas they have.


  10. "Lack of progression"

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    Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
    Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
    Doesn't Recommend
    Neutral Outlook
    No opinion of CEO

    I worked at Celfocus full-time

    Pros

    - Good environment
    - Relaxed workspace

    Cons

    - No career progression
    - Lack of challenging opportunities
    - Low salaries