Top-Down Decisions, Waterfall Execution - Senior Full-Stack Developer Life Time Employee Review

2.0
Feb 8, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Free gym membership for employees

Cons

Most corporate, bureaucratic place I've ever worked. They claimed to be Agile but essentially ran waterfall in 2-week sprints. My team did not include a Product Owner (or any representative from Product), so any questions had to be routed/filtered through my manager, up a few levels and then back down. The business stakeholders we worked with seemed openly hostile/resistant to Agile--even after having completed 1 week of company-mandated Agile training. They still wanted waterfall rather than iterative development/delivery. Be prepared for the CEO to completely blow up your lives once per quarter or so. He will decide that some change needs to be made in 2 weeks, after which everyone scrambles to complete it on time, regardless of what had been planned. Very hostile to remote work. Fortunately, I started right after lockdown when the company was more open to it. Since I had been told I could work remotely when I was hired, I was grandfathered in--at least under the table by my manager. Technically, though, I was supposed to be hybrid. Compensation was on the low end. 401k matching is not guaranteed. Had to wait 2 months for health insurance coverage, which is unacceptable.

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5.0
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Pros

Great healthy way of life promoted to employees as part of goals and balance of work with life. Flexible time off with mixture of paid time off.

Cons

Does not recognize federal holidays - not a bank - so use personal celebration days to take time off when requested.

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Thank you for taking the time to share such a thoughtful and detailed review! We really value your perspective and are so glad to hear you’ve had positive experiences with our Talent Acquisition team.
3.0
Jun 28, 2026
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Pros

Members are great and free membership is a perk. Coworkers are supportive.

Cons

You will be micromanaged to death, whether you have three weeks of experience or 20 years. Policies are vague. Communication with leadership is poor. You can be a strong, experienced performer and have very few classes, or brand new and get 8 a week. There appears to be no logic or strategy to anything that happens.

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