Preys on inexperienced developers for cheap labor - Recensione dipendente - App Developer presso Blue Raster

2,0
21 ott 2020
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

The clients and their projects are the only pro. It's nice to work with organizations doing good for the world, such as the environment and health. Also, if you are into GIS, you get great experience with the Esri platform.

Svantaggi

Favoritism runs rampant here. They keep salaries as low as possible, especially for women and minorities, where there is a huge pay discrepancy for the same position and years of experience. They will also claim you need to be put on a "path to improvement" in order to avoid giving you a raise or promotion come annual review time. Their strategy is to hire devs fresh out of bootcamp who don't know their own self-worth so they can take advantage of their naïveté and get them to work harder for less pay. (Do yourself a favor and apply elsewhere - you can easily get more pay in the area, even if this is your first dev job). Once people wisened up, it was a constant revolving door with people leaving and new, clueless hires joining the company. After a while, you feel like you're in a coding mill, being stressed out by your project managers who harass you every couple of hours and pressure you to spit out multiple tickets in a day for their project. The environment made you feel like you were in a competition against the other developers rather than feeling like a collaborative team effort since everyone feels fearful of losing their job. Poor planning and lack of devs led to everyone having to carry on the burden of 3-4 projects simultaneously. Overall, it was a very toxic and discriminatory company to work at and I would heed caution when considering this company as a potential employer.

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5,0
8 nov 2025
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Learned a lot very quickly here by working with many clients Helpful team Fully remote

Svantaggi

Limited opportunity for growth Sometimes had to work longer than normal working hours to meet goal for all projects

4,0
21 ott 2024
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Overall, the staff I worked with on a regular basis were great colleagues. Blue Raster's strength is its employees. Diversity in staff seems to be getting better and better - that's something I really loved seeing. I was happy with my salary and benefits - medical insurance is fully paid by the company and even though it's high deductible, the deductible is the lowest I have seen for this type of insurance. Management supports good work/life balance. PTO is pretty generous. I did find leadership a bit micromanaging but understand that for the two founders, this company is their baby. I think it's expected at smaller companies like this one, but maybe put more trust in your middle managers and make your own life easier? Also, a pat on the back for good work would go a LONG way. And maybe a smile. Getting back to the day-to-day, I can honestly say it's the people that made this job really enjoyable. My position was a new one and they were all very supportive and helpful. I was being schooled in the capture and BD part of my job, which I appreciated.

Svantaggi

I found leadership to be a bit intimidating but got used to it after repeated exposure (lol). Comments on performance were generally about what was wrong rather than also recognizing good work. My performance was in question so I get not wanting to invest in any sort of professional development for me, but it's something I really value so it was disappointing that I didn't get that kind of support overall. They don't offer tuition reimbursement like many companies do.

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