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Bait and Switch - Software Engineer Dev9 Employee Review

1.0
23 Nov 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Management will always be friendly to your face, they like you when the client is happy, they try to always keep you working,

Cons

I was let go after coming back from speaking at SpringOne without being given a reason. I was originally hired to do API development but when I got in, they did a bait and switch on me and sent me elsewhere to work on payment systems. I was salaried and they said they were moving everyone OFF salary two weeks into the job. I asked around and it turned out I was the only one asked to sign paperwork to move off salary. I helped to bring in a contract with Tmobile worth at least $300K and acted as the initial point of contact and they let me go the very day I was going to meet with them. I was also hired to do one job at one company and they bait and switched me to another company entirely. When they let me go, everyone instantly stopped talking to me. It was bizarre and cult like. Since then, had people say to me they would never work there again and never suggest anyone to them.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
25 Sept 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Their engineers are their assets and selling points, so the better you are at what you do and your reputation in the engineering community the easier it is for them to get new contracts and clients. Because of this they invest heavily into their engineers w/ books, con-ed funding and lots of tech seminars. Even though it's a consulting gig they still some how make you feel like part of the Dev9 family. It was the first place where I started a new job and immediately felt like "these are my people". Medial benefits were amazingly affordable considering the size of the org, I was really impressed at that.

Cons

Their office in Kirkland is old and smells funny, but they are moving in January 2016 and we spend most of our time at the client's offices so it really doesn't matter.

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