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Senior Software Engineer - Recensione dipendente - Senior Software Engineer presso HotDocs

1,0
14 lug 2017
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Work-life balance was important. You leave at 5pm, no exceptions. Autonomy with regards to tech stack

Svantaggi

Payed drastically under market rate for Tech staff. Watched the entire Development department quit rather than address pay disputes. Upper management will not listen to upcoming problems from the tech department, but will happily heap on the blame when the warned-about crisis happens. This is a sales company that happens to sell software. It's lead by salesmen who will happily promise anything to clients assuming they will deliver and the consultants hack-together a solution to fit this need. Despite professing otherwise, this is not an agile organisation. The dev team profess to operate using scrum, but some new emergency or another presents itself on a weekly basis, interrupting sprint work. They do not understand the importance of a quality service, and will gladly prioritise new features over robust features. Legacy product continued to bleed money and effort from top devs, until they quit (along with everyone else).

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5,0
8 giu 2016
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

I really enjoyed my time at HotDocs and only left because the commute from Salt Lake to Lindon was getting to be too much for me. The people in the Salt Lake office are so willing to share information and teach you something if you don't know it. People with different personalities still work really well together and understand that kindness goes a long way, and conflict was dealt with well. There is already ongoing product training for customers, so any new hires can get that training experience, too. It really helps to bring people up to speed more quickly. The upper management people in the Salt Lake office are really patient and willing to hear new ideas or concerns from the employees. They value what employees have to say, and communication is really open there. With a new higher-up added to the mix before I left, the company was really on track to become more unified in purpose and more transparent about what every team was working on/towards. I hardly ever worked more than 40 hours a week here. People are very focused on getting work done during normal hours, and people very much value their personal time here, which is great. The switch to agile methods is always a tough one, and it's no exception here. Long planning meetings and tension about how to get work done were regularly on the menu. Thankfully people understood the value of writing out really thorough feature requirements, so that helped mitigate a lot of the lag there tends to be between development and documentation in scrum. If you're hoping to work at home very often, this may not be the place for you. While I was allowed to work from home pretty often (because of my long commute), it was absolutely not the norm there. If you want a super social atmosphere, this may not be the place for you. Had much less work chat here than at previous jobs. Not that people are unfriendly, they're just focused on getting work done, and it's very quiet throughout the workday. Advice to Management 20 word minimum Ratings (Optional) Career Opportunities Very Dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neutral ("OK") Satisfied Very Satisfied Compensation & Benefits Very Dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neutral ("OK") Satisfied Very Satisfied Work/Life Balance Very Dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neutral ("OK") Satisfied Very Satisfied Senior Management Very Dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neutral ("OK") Satisfied Very Satisfied Culture & Values Very Dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neutral ("OK") Satisfied Very Satisfied Recommend to a friend? 6 Month Business Outlook [?] About You (Optional) Job Title Length of Employment Length of Employment Location CancelSubmit Review Keep it Real Thank you for contributing to the community. Your opinion will help others make decisions about jobs and companies. Please stick to the Community Guidelines and do not post: Aggressive or discriminatory language Profanities Trade secrets/confidential information Thank you for doing your part to keep Glassdoor the most trusted place to find a job and company you love. See the Co

Svantaggi

The switch to agile methods is always a tough one, and it's no exception here. Long planning meetings and tension about how to get work done were regularly on the menu. Thankfully people understood the value of writing out really thorough feature requirements, so that helped mitigate a lot of the lag there tends to be between development and documentation in scrum. If you're hoping to work at home very often, this may not be the place for you. While I was allowed to work from home pretty often (because of my long commute), it was absolutely not the norm there. If you want a super social atmosphere, this may not be the place for you. Had much less work chat here than at previous jobs. Not that people are unfriendly, they're just focused on getting work done, and it's very quiet throughout the workday. It took a really long time for me to even get the process started to get a laptop. So if that's important to you, this may not be the place unless you specifically get it worked out in the offer stage.

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5,0
7 mag 2016
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

HotDocs provides a lot of opportunities for growth. It's a great place to start your career and get lots of hands-on experience. There are a lot of really smart people at HotDocs who have deep industry knowledge (legal & banking industries). Managers want to see their employees succeed and work to get them raises. HotDocs has a 401k match, occasional free lunches, and a well kept office. You will seldom, if ever, work more than 40 hours a week at HotDocs. Work/life balance is highly valued.

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Product usability suffers a little.

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