Information Technology Lunacy - Developer Rent-A-Center Employee Review

2.0
Aug 8, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

They pay overtime. Used to have some cool people to work with, but they have all quit or been terminated. It's a big project in a slow market.

Cons

One of the most unorganized, badly lead, and poorly designed implementations I have ever worked on. That have spent 6 years and millions to write the application SIMS and it is still no where near going live. Every few years they flush the team and start over. Here are just a few highlights: 1) Senior management on the project are internal and know the core business very well, but have little understanding of software development. 2) There is no real plan or requirements, so they just call it Agile. In reality, no one really knows what anything is supposed to do until they users test it. 3) Seasoned team members are marginalized if they challenge the status quo. 4) Developer workstations are terribly outdated and come with 2 - 4 gigs ram 6) Everyone is scared to speak in meetings 7) One perceived slight and you are out the door without any warning 8) Strict hierarchy. You may only talk to your manager and only your manager will talk to you. 9) You will be asked to do things you know will not work just so your manager can say" he told you to do it and you didn't get it done" to protect his rear end. 10) If something is blocking you from getting done it's your fault even if you have no control over it and raised the issue to management. Management just expects you to "get it done" without their help even when the jobs spans multiple teams.

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5.0
Jan 29, 2026
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Pros

Good benefits and you can grow with in the company.

Cons

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2.0
Apr 30, 2026
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Pros

The benefits can be decent, there are growth opportunities, and if you’re lucky, you work with a great team.

Cons

Poor management on many levels. From a store level, extending to corporate, the “leadership” needs work on their people skills. People are only capable of handling so much, and the lack of support from upper management makes it harder to work day to day. Additionally, the goalpost is always moving. If you manage to exceed their expectations, completing those same goals will no longer be good enough. The lack of support when it comes to customer abuse is embarrassing. We’re in 2026 and we should want to support the teams that are keeping the company running. Corporate is out of touch with reality. Anyone making over 6 figures a year no longer view customers as people, but as numbers. It doesn’t matter what horrid stories you hear on a daily basis, they are expected to bend to standards that shouldn’t exist anymore.

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