SPARC Reviews
Updated May 22, 2019
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Approve of CEO
Elizabeth Buske
12 Ratings
Pros
"It really is a fun work environment as portrayed in social media" (in 7 reviews)
"Work life balance and people that really cared about you" (in 4 reviews)
Cons
"The purchase by Booz Allen Changed Management style in some departments" (in 6 reviews)
"Like all growing companies, especially startups that grow fast, there are growing pains" (in 6 reviews)
"Acquisition"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at SPARC full-time for more than a year
Pros
- People were always helpful and nice - Great work life balance, always understood when you needed to have a half day for personal reasons - Senior software engineers were willing to teach and have learning sessions - Good salaries for Charleston SC
Cons
- Part of Booz-Allen Hamilton now and the large company bureaucracy happened
Continue readingSPARC2018-07-16"Hipster Daycare"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at SPARC full-time for less than a year
Pros
- Paycheck - I can't even come up with the 5 word minimum!
Cons
- This place is daycare for all the hipster dorks living in the Charleston area - Only a few lame & boring projects to work on - Almost exclusively government projects - Annoying wannabe Silicon Valley "culture" - Have to do bait & switch to get you to work there - Managers will lie to you - Lots of people screwing around all day - Not the place to stay current or advance your tech skills
Continue readingSPARC2019-05-22"Analyst"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at SPARC full-time
Pros
Amazing atmosphere Friendly people Great work and home balance
Cons
Below market salary Owned by government contracts No growth opportunity No annual bonus Annual salary raise does not correspond with performance No guarantee of salary increase with position movement
Continue readingSPARC2018-06-06"Intern"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at SPARC part-time
Pros
Great Experience, learned a lot.
Cons
Communication within organization is difficult sometimes,
SPARC2018-03-15"This company is still great even if it's not the same."
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at SPARC full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Great culture, some interesting projects and amazing people. Yes, it's different since the buyout but greater Booz Allen has pretty much kept out of our hair. A name is just a name! From reading other posts about Senior MGMT not doing their job makes me scratch my head. I've never seen anyones voice not heard or concern addressed, perhaps there's other things to those reviews.
Cons
VBMS is boring, some of the newer hires aren't the "rockstars " they claim to be.
Continue readingSPARC2017-09-08"It"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at SPARC full-time
Pros
Great atmosphere fun projects and new building
Cons
The purchase by Booz Allen Changed Management style in some departments
SPARC2017-08-31"This Company Does Not Exist"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at SPARC full-time
Pros
It was one of the best places to work when it existed.
Cons
The work wasn't always the most exciting back in the day.
Continue readingSPARC2017-09-14"This company use to be great"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at SPARC full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Flexible work hours and good restaurants in the area.
Cons
This company was once great and I enjoyed showing up to work every day. Since the company was acquired management appears to no longer care about culture. I now feel like I am working for a giant machine and no longer at the enjoyable company I was once at. The recruiting staff still pitches the fun and productive work environment Sparc used to have, but that is sadly no longer the case.
Continue readingSPARC2017-09-07- Helpful (1)
"This company no longer exists"
I worked at SPARC full-time
Pros
When it existed in 2015, it was a great company!
Cons
This company no longer exists. Booz Allen Hamilton bought most of the federal contracts and the people in an asset purchase and the company itself is basically vacant with no employees. SPARC is now just a fake brand name of a dev shop in Charleston S.C. and there is no CEO. All the systems are now BAH and this profile is very deceiving for future employees since they will not be working for "SPARC" since there is no entity named such.
Continue readingSPARC2017-09-04 "Chill Culture, Smart people, boring projects"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at SPARC full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
- relaxed culture - competent leaders
Cons
you end up working boring projects
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