Poor Management and Culture - Wouldn't Recommend - Anonymous employee Gravity Jack Employee Review

1.0
7 Dec 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The work that is done at Gravity Jack is exciting and the clients are great.

Cons

Management is poor - lots of egos and stuff said behind your back. The company boasts that they have an awesome culture, yet hardly anyone even so much as says "good morning" or "goodbye" to each other. Basically everyone comes in, sits down with their headphones, does their job and hardly talks to each other, then leaves when the day is over. People tend to point the finger at each other and the environment can seem tense/hostile, rather than working as a team to come to a solution. There is definitely no sense of "family." Management tends to talk bad about employees behind their backs rather than keeping the matter confidential - this should only be a issue discussed between CEO/President and the employee. Management also expects employees to work late when its needed, then criticizes you if you're unable to stay late.

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Gravity Jack Response
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Well, we’ll be honest: This review is something that we would never hope to hear from any Gravity Jack employee –– former or existing –– but especially from someone who is an active member of our team. Four times each year, every member of Gravity Jack’s team gets a chance to offer feedback, receive feedback and discuss any possible concerns directly with me (CEO) and other relevant leadership in quarterly reviews. In addition to these incredibly valuable conversations, our team proactively takes part in anonymous surveys. Through this, we can confidently say that the overwhelming majority (if not all) of our team would strongly disagree with the sentiments expressed here. One thing we can all agree on is this: As a growing agency, focused on collaboration and, together, creating fun and exciting new experiences for some of the best clients we could ask for, each and every member of our team shares the goal of making Gravity Jack (and our culture) as great as it can be. This includes voicing frustrations in a transparent and constructive way that mirrors and represents the culture that we all hope to continue to foster and provides the entire team the opportunity to proactively respond to and fix on a genuinely personal level. We feel that this is always a far more effective approach to resolving frustrations. While it’s unfortunate to have one person’s anonymous decision affect the rating of our team, we’re confident that it doesn’t define us. Gravity Jack is an entire team of people who are personally invested in the company that we are and the culture we create. To the individual who feels this way, we would encourage you to bring the dialogue to the team in person so we can ensure it’s addressed –– even if we happen to have our headphones in! Just tap us on the shoulder. :)

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There is never a dull moment at Gravity Jack and I love the diverse projects and clients we get to work with!!! We get to work with cutting edge technologies and the team here is simply fantastic to work with- I couldn’t dream up a better team!

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5.0
11 Aug 2014
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Pros

At Gravity Jack you get to work on very exciting stuff and it is always changing. We get to play with cool toys: Oculus Rift, AR glasses, Google Glass, drones, the latest iPhones and Android devices. Free soda, drinks, and snacks. Everyone gets a nice iMac or Macbook Pro, and these get updated every 3 years. Developers do not get stuck working on the same platform if they are interesting in learning a new platform. Speaking of learning, GJ lets all their developers spend up to one hour a day on company time to further their skills. None of the developers have an ego problem, and everyone treats everyone with respect. Rarely does management ask for someone to stay late. Management is good at listening to employees. This company has grown at lot. In fact, many old employees are trying to get hired back.

Cons

GJ requires that its developers be somewhat self sufficient. If you need micro-managed this is not the place and you will not do very well. GJ takes on a lot of small custom software projects so often a developer will be a team of one. Some may not like this but the other developers are always willing to help out. These projects usually don't last long, so not a big deal. Salaries are probably slightly lower than other programming jobs in the area, but GJ makes up for it learning opportunities and interesting projects. I expect that salaries will pickup since business is clearly growing with several new government projects.

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