It's Ok in the FAST Lane - Product Manager Fast Search Employee Review

4.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

On the whole, the people you get to work with are very smart and if you're plugged into the org correctly you can find some of the best minds who are pushing the envelope constantly for how Search can be applied to solve the problem of relevant information discovery. Going to Oslo in the summer is great as well.

Cons

Surprisinlgy for a Search technology company, it is difficult to get access to information and with that people play their cards close to their chests and seems to be too much internal vs. external focus. Engineering often hides behind the Agile process for not having rigour within the development process.

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5.0
Aug 21, 2020
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Pros

Great benefits, awesome team and good PTO

Cons

Salary not the same as other companies

4.0
Aug 20, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

FAST was forward looking technology wise and was willing to spin off new groups to venture in new directions. The group I ended up working with was one of the best I've work. Although there was more travel than I would have liked, management tried its best to make up for the extra travel. There was a real sense that we all were moving in the same direction on this product.

Cons

Other than the unexpected travelling (and the financial ruin at the end), the sheer number of verticals being addressed gave one a sense that the left hand and right hand didn't always know what each other were doing.

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