Everyone I talked to was very nice and seemed like great people. What scared me away was the contract. Your contract may be different from what I received so make sure you review it. However, what I was offered was basically a boot-camp that costs $10-12k and accrued interest at 1% per month right away. The contract said there is no expectation of employment after the training and I could be expected to pay the "debt" for any reason. The trainers seemed very smart and had a good training plan. I would bet that it is a good training program but I would not bet $10k plus interest. I understand the contract is necessary to protect the company because they could lose money on lazy people and the trainers should get paid well. The part of the contract where the loan accrues interest immediately was the deal breaker because that didn't seem necessary to protect the company and seemed slightly greedy. The fact that they take around 35-40% of your first years salary combined with a very high training fee makes the offer hard to accept. 55k is a good entry level salary depending on location. But if you don't get placed into a job right away or you're put on a short term project, that "one year" could very easily turn into a 16 month contract and the 55k/yr turns into 40k/yr

I applied online, and I received a call from HR to talk about my background information. Unfortunately, they have an unpaid training period with a $1k stipend before finding a job for you.