Stay away - Software Engineer Timber IT Consulting Employee Review

Our team feels the same as you. We wished that our client would have kept their commitment and that we could have joined the engagement as it had been communicated to us for months. The recent communication from TIMBER’s CEO was in fact in response to another recent review posted on Glassdoor that referenced the project from last Fall. This prompted our team to revisit this again (now 6 months later) and after we had already communicated with each of you individually (in some cases daily) on both the project status and the hope of pivoting to take on another project given that the client was indicating this as a possibility. As we all came to discover, neither scenario materialized, and for that, we apologize again. Clients have the power to (and sometimes do) make changes that affect budgets and organizational direction. This fact does not change how our internal team did the best job we could with the information we had and how we were in regular contact with our engineers to over-communicate status. The goal of recently communicating our own company hardship during that scenario was to be real and authentic and in no way to discount or overshadow your own experience last Fall. All too often, we see in the market that many consulting firms are painted in a negative light as you describe. However, we wanted you to know that the pain was also real for our team and we did everything we could to make it right. TIMBER is a startup that has set out to disrupt this industry for the better and address the concerns you have communicated. This is no small undertaking, and it is met with tremendous headwind as we attempt to alter the status quo. However, it’s a risk that we take on with open arms as we want better for you and for all those that are interested in positive change as a consultant employee and for clients that are looking for a better way of delivering solutions. The truth of who we are as a team and what we are striving to do for our customers and clients does not make difficult scenarios like this any easier. The hope was that by giving even more transparency into the resources (time, energy, and finances) spent by our company to make this program phenomenal, and details of the chronology of interactions with the end client, it would help provide more context and personal empathy to those affected by this. It matters enough to us that you understand and are made aware of another point of view. We wish you and the few others affected by this project falling through could have fully experienced how we are different and the tremendous amount of care we have for our employees. If you would like to discuss anything further, please reach out to us directly.