Decent first job but definitely not a career. - Developer I Applied Systems Employee Review

2.0
Nov 28, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They hire people right out of college with no experience and has a pretty good training program to get you familiar with programming and working in a corporate environment.

Cons

Employees are horribly underpaid. This is not a job where you can make a living. My salary was about $20k less than the average starting salary for software developers with bachelor's degrees. Raises just barely keep up with inflation. Benefits aren't anything to write home about either. One thing to note also is the location. It is located in the deep ghettos of the south side of Chicago. The area is poverty-stricken and if you want to live in a decent area you'll have to commute quite a bit.

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