Unique focus on employee professional growth - Software Developer Simple Fractal Employee Review

- Often the work feels very impactful - The other engineers are hard-working, curious, driven and collaborative - To a certain extent, everyone is welcome to express opinions and shape the direction of the company. - Founder/CEO is dedicated, down-to-earth, and intelligent. - Fully remote and I found WLB expectations to be healthy.

- Often working on legacy code and with clients who are limited in technical understanding and maturity. - Growth path involves more interfacing with clients (i.e. at this time there is less of a purely technical growth track). This could be a good thing for some as that client-facing time was extremely beneficial to my growth in the non-technical areas of SWE (communication skills, prioritization skills, etc.). But worth noting.

- CEO is a good boss, always makes time for employees and projects at a low level, truly cares about their growth and actively fosters a supportive culture - Opportunities for growth in many directions for junior engineers - Surrounded by smart, supportive people who are great to work with - Everyone always willing to drop work and help out anyone else - Convivial, tight-knit company culture. Culture was also unique because almost all employees had undergone engineering bootcamps instead of traditional CS education; therefore much more diverse backgrounds than in standard tech companies - RPA is an interesting area to work in

- Lower pay compared to other software companies - Ad hoc response to the unforeseen circumstance of COVID-19 economic downturn (many employees let go with very little notice and no severance) - Employee feedback (about pay or work-life balance, for instance) occasionally dismissed - No senior engineers (all bootcamp grads with max ~4 years experience); sometimes not enough technical guidance on best practices