Terrible Culture and Outdated Tech - Software Engineer CollegeNET Employee Review

1.0
14 Mar 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

* The people working around the clock to keep this company going are very nice and capable people. * The workload isn't much.

Cons

* The tech is very outdated. It's a black hole for your career. If you work here for too long you will dead end your marketable skills because almost none of them are transferable to standard industry practices and tech stacks. * Management has created a toxic culture. The CEO regularly sends book length rants about random things. I have to ask others to interpret them. Everyone is afraid of being fired if they share an opinion. * Raises are scarce. * Working hard will not get you a raise. Management wants everything to be a rigid process so you will only get a raise if you are senior and merit is not a factor. It operates like a union.

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

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Cons

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