Please do research before considering a position - Engineer Sparkcentral Employee Review

1.0
Oct 4, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1) free catered lunches, except on Fridays 2) health, dental, and vision benefits 3) adheres to unlimited vacation policy 4) readily provides requested work equipment 5) passionate and communicative office staff 6) engineers receive annual $2000.00 education budget

Cons

1) Career development and growth paths are non-existent 2) Non-transparent leadership 3) Middle-leadership lacks tactful communication and feedback 4) Upper management severely lacks communication with their teams 5) High levels of meetings to discuss problems, low levels of problems being solved 6) Engineering decisions are based on preferences rather than facts and proven technologies 7) Compensation is 55%-60% to market - a leader has been quoted to state that those hoping for market compensation are to look for employment elsewhere

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5.0
Oct 16, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The environment is productive, great benefits, career path oriented goals.

Cons

There can be some internal drama somtimes.

5.0
Feb 11, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Professionalism - everyone takes their job seriously and puts care into the decision-making process. Ideas are welcome and usually acted upon if they are value-adding for the company. I don't think you can ask for a better perspective from co-professionals. Fun - The workplace environment carries with it an essence of drive and hard work, but work is rewarded with play. We go out as a team to celebrate successes and forge friendships as a result. I don't think I've enjoyed working on a team as much as I have here. I believe it requires energy and drive to keep up, but it's the payoff is worth it :) Random - As a developer, I have nightmares about managers that approach me with buzz-words and say "make $buzz happen", without being able to defend its uses or the value it adds to the company. This never happens at Sparkcentral. Decisions are always defensible and we iterate quickly to reduce the costliness of mistakes.

Cons

The code base is rapidly evolving to meet client demand. Sometimes it's tough to keep our toolset (think Puppet scripts, CI deployment tools, etc...) up-to-date, but luckily management is forward-thinking and helps us keep up by giving us time to prioritize such improvements.

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