Lab49 Reviews

Pros

Flexible work, good learning opportunities like hackathons, pluralsight licensing. Smart people.

Cons

Can be disorganized and stressful with projects.

Pros

Lab is known in the industry as a “premium” consultancy, and you can feel this externally when dealing with clients but also internally when interacting with colleagues. People here are extremely talented and will work with you to push a deliverable to its best – and that doesn’t just apply to the Engineering side of the business, but HR and Comms and other typically “support” teams too. Every team is made to feel like an important part of the equation by the leadership team and I really value that! As a whole, the company’s grown 3x over the past few years, and the projects keep on coming. Lots of exposure to different tech stacks and people to sponge knowledge from.

Cons

There’s a pretty high bar when it comes to the quality and standard of work expected by clients and colleagues. Not necessarily a con but this definitely isn’t somewhere where you can sit idly... We deliver some impressive work in almost record time that none of our competitors can match at a quality that none of our competitors can match. So that does probably translate to delivering high quality in pretty tight deadlines which can be stressful at times. The company is also still evolving when it comes to career progression and development which is a positive, but it means there may not be as much structure in these areas right now.

Pros

People are really great about giving others the freedom to pursue interests and explore new ideas and methodologies. There's a lot of trust - I feel like I can really own the direction of my career and build skills in many areas. Plus, Lab49 is doing interesting work in humanizing complex domains and making them more accessible and intuitive. I'm also part of a few of communities that have popped up organically and help make the transition onto these projects much easier and collaborative. I think one of the great things about consulting is the steep learning curve - keeps you on your toes and always growing. So many people here are amazing at their jobs - there are a lot of experts to learn from.

Cons

Even though financial services is known to be behind the curve and there are ancient legacy systems, we are modernizing that through new methods, ideas and tech. The work can be hard and challenging with different clients. You have to be adaptable and able to switch directions quickly.

Pros

Had a great experience at Lab49. Lots of opportunities for growth, the company does its best to stay focused on its commitments to clients. The advantage of being in a consultancy is variety - my experience shows that in established product companies you will be shoved into a dusty corner of a single module that you will keep maintaining forever. Like how we (almost always) have cross-functional teams - working with smart product owners makes life so much better for us mere developers. Overall, impressed how many smart people I meet here. Great conversations

Cons

Fast growth led to some chaos, especially during project starts. But if you are proactive, a good time to get noticed

Pros

I left a large consultancy because I was looking for more impactful projects to work on. At Lab49, the projects can be much more central to a client’s business, and as a result, our work can make a real difference. I feel like an actual partner to the client bringing solutions rather than fulfilling a skill set. We’re growing enough to be winning exciting new projects, but we’re still small enough where if you see an open bit of daylight, an opportunity that you want to own, you can absolutely take it. The leadership team are open minded, ambitious and driven to really build out how we do things and grow the business in interesting ways.

Cons

The sector we work in demands a level of rigor and meticulousness that you may not get in others and can be quite tense at times. A lot of our work is put under the microscope and challenged, but that's because things need to be working exactly how they should. Like anywhere, some projects are good, some projects aren't as exciting. But the good thing is because we’re a consultancy, we do change projects with regularity.

Pros

1. I get to work from home 100% with occasional travel to a Client site (since we both are located in the same area) 2. Get to attend some conferences (Blockchain, Fintech related) 3. Big focus on learning and development 4. A fun and engaging Book Club 5. Colleagues (across all the global locations) are very passionate about their areas and this has given momentum and support from Senior Management to build in-house innovation pods / hackathons that are open to anyone across the firm 6. Overall, very interesting projects!

Cons

Bonus could be better. Hopefully it improves with the accelerated growth that the company is experiencing

Pros

There's a promising crypto team, exciting projects, lead by good leaders Hoping there's more as I am just learning blockchain technology

Cons

CEO doesn't seem to add much Communication is non existent

Pros

-Pursuing your interests and being proactive and vocal about it is encouraged rather than something that management attempts to suppress. I took a risk joining this company as a frontend engineer wanting to eventually get into the crypto and blockchain engineering space, thinking there may be possibilities for this as Lab49 does fintech software consulting, but nothing was a certainty to me. As a new employee I initially was quite tentative and hesitant about pursuing this as the "new guy", and that I should stay in my lane, deliver well on my client work, and maybe do some crypto/blockchain lessons on the side through the company provided Pluralsight membership... and maybe eventually I could speak up about it after some time. It turns out, from a chance conversation with a colleague on the same client assignment as me, that there were other individuals interested in the crypto space as well. Not only that, but on a very short couple days notice they encouraged me to join them to go to the Bitcoin 2022 conference where we were able to network and speak with other industry level individuals, professionals, and companies in the space about what they were building and potential partnerships and opportunities. Not only was it a great experience at the conference given my interest in crypto, but I am now assured that there is certainly opportunity for me to get the further exposure I wanted in the crypto/blockchain space here at Lab49 (on top of attending the conference we are very active about it, having several meetings a week about working in the space and discussions in our Teams chat daily). More importantly, however, I now understand that anything I truthfully want to pursue that would benefit not just the company but align with my career interests is not just a possibility but encouraged. It is great knowing that you are able to speak up about your feelings and desires. -Highly intelligent, technical, friendly, and empathetic team members and colleagues that encourage and root for you -Great compensation and benefits

Cons

Nothing that I have experienced yet

Pros

Great to see them supporting people to embrace interesting tech like blockchain and cloud

Cons

So-so benefits, and weak 401k match.

Pros

Culture, projects, leadership are all great

Cons

Can’t think of anything at the moment