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Just avoid - Recensione dipendente - Software Engineer presso Phoenix Interactive

1,0
18 gen 2016
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

People are nice but a bit incompetent. They don't mean to be, they just don't know any better.

Svantaggi

Disorganization and lack of information are the cornerstones of the Phoenix experience. Other reviews have stated this is a good place to work if 'you’re willing to work hard' but it should really say 'this is a good place to work if you’re willing to work hard due to the incompetence of the management’. The workload and general management are reminiscent of a start-up company but where as you might work later and longer to advance a small company that is short on resource this shouldn't be how a multi-million dollar company operates. Expectations are to work every hour of the day and be available pretty much all the time. Holidays are a joke as even when you give the 3 months required notice to take a day of this will more than likely be cancelled and you will have to reschedule. Are Phoenix busy during the summer? Well, you can just take 2 weeks in November instead then. Sound good? Expecting employees to work extra for no additional pay and cancel holidays isn't acceptable for a company with an annual turnover of 3.05 billion USD. Even before the Diebold take over Phoenix was still a multi mullion pound company and hasn't been a start-up for quite some time. There are plenty of 'opportunities' as the turnover of staff means there are plenty of 'project management' jobs available but as there is no project management process in place don't expect to get any training in PRINCE or similar. This is really just an exercise to shift responsibility so someone else can take the blame for the most recent screw up. Just avoid. I read these reviews before I started and thought 'it can't be that bad' but it is.

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1,0
12 ott 2014
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Company may give you exposure to new products for ATMs, if you are on the right team. Agile work environment helps to keep development moving along.

Svantaggi

Company expects you to work unpaid overtime when projects are due. Most work is troubleshooting, testing and refactoring. There is very little new code writing. Your coding skills will suffer over time working here. Expect to have to travel, given no advance notice whatsoever. A very "cheap" company - Your car mileage is only recovered at .50cents a kilometer, less than even the government repays. You will get paid less than the industry average salary working here. The company is in a spiral of hiring more and more from India all the time. I won't be surprised if they soon stop hiring from Canada altogether.

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1,0
8 nov 2015
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Salary was decent, more than I asked for, although I'm told it's worse than average. Good benefits, but your paycheck is docked. A lot of people are friendly and helpful, but not everyone.

Svantaggi

May depend on the position, but generally it's way too stressful. The culture is one of intimidation. You are expected to work ridiculously long hours and do the work of multiple people because management refuses to assign proper resources to a project. Management won't listen. It's nearly impossible to get anything changed / improved. Everyone is overworked, tired, and frustrated. Even parking is a problem. In short, do not work here.

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