Liberty IT Reviews

Pros

I've started to write this review a few times but it's hard to put down in words what makes a company a good or a bad place to work and it can be different for everyone as the people we work with directly are so important to our own experiences.

For me it was the little things like being warmly greeted on my first day at reception or reading the culture and values while I waited there ... they speak of integrity, treating people with dignity and respect, which was my experience at Liberty IT from start to finish.

My time there was in EBAT/Hosting which became Compute and it was like being with friends and family; a safe place to build back some confidence in my own abilities that had been knocked in the past, I got to attend technical conferences that I wanted to attend, learnt some new skills, even gave some talks and started a meetup group.

If you are considering Liberty IT and reading these reviews I know they are all very personal but if it helps my only regret was not joining Liberty IT sooner in my career and I wish everyone there all the best for the future.

Advice to Management

Just keep the Liberty IT culture going! It's so important how we treat each other.

Pros

positive learning environment, internal opportunities, strong management

Advice to Management

Stay the same which you are

Pros

The entire technical staff are amongst the most highly skilled, knowledgeable and experienced individuals I have ever had the pleasure to share a workplace with.

On a personal basis, the staff are very friendly, there is a nice atmosphere in the Dublin office and people generally get along very well with one another, giving the vibe of a tight-knit community.

Canteen is subsidized with a fantastic chef.

IT Equipment in Dublin is very well spec'd and looked after with a great laptop refurb and refresh policy.

Advice to Management

Cut out the buzzwords, cut out the nonsense and acronyms of "HPE", "LIT 2.0 Method", "WIGs", "BAMs", "KCCR", etc, this is not Silicon Valley. Focus on providing your staff with excellent, high-quality work for them to over-deliver on and solidify relationships with their US counterparts and potentially open up further avenues to lead on key, business-impacting projects.

Stop with the nonsense of blanketing ethos's and values, methodologies across the company. Not everyone is a software developer, not everyone needs to adhere to a practice that realistically does not apply to them, or the technologies/workspace they utilize. Acronyms won't fix problems, actual business plans backed up by research and reports (external customers, provide different levels of support etc) will. New acronyms or buzzwords won't.

Get rid of the Silicon Valley attitude, it's embarrassing. You are paying certain individuals in there a salary to sit there spewing propaganda which is overall contradictory and not really valuable. You need to really think about the direction you want to take the company in rather than trying to gloss over the problem, you have been told time and time again what the problems are. It is long overdue that you address them, otherwise you are just letting down your absolutely fantastic staff that you are very, very lucky to have.

I was not the first to leave due to all this nonsense, nor will I be the last.

Pros

Great people and environment to work in.

Pros

- Great Work/life Balance
- Considerate Manager and colleagues
- Great support for newcomers

Pros

They are crying out for bright people to showcase their creativity and self-lead visions.

This is a positive environment where employees are respected as individuals.

Passion for IT is fostered well here.

Advice to Management

Keep up the good work with Units and recognition of fresh ideas.
Avoid negative-reinforcement and harsh language that some managers have been guilty of.

Pros

I've been here less than a year and have been impressed so far - LIT is a forward thinking company, interested in innovation and improving, both technically, organisationally and in business terms.

The Dublin office has a nice friendly, relaxed culture and everyone I have dealt with in other offices (Belfast and Boston) have also been great, I enjoy coming into work every day. The offices themselves are good - spacious and modern and whatever tech is needed is available.

There is an overall culture of wanting to be better in LIT - to have better coding standards, to be using the best cloud services, to trying new technologies and concepts, along with trying to actually be a nice place to work.

It's also good to be part of a larger company (Liberty Mutual) as it offers a greater scope of work and projects, along with travel opportunities.

Advice to Management

Keep up the progress, along with the communications.

Pros

Modern office lay-out and good meeting facilities, common areas and cooperation spaces.

Advice to Management

Take a paused long look in the mirror and think about what you are doing with this company as it needs a complete change of direction.

Pros

Great environment, Professionalism between management and all others, Social Activities, Trainning

Advice to Management

Making more effort on get people to participate, engage on social events, training and career development

Pros

Modern office, good workspace. Flexible working options / work from home (team dependent). Good variety of people who generally are very amicable. Canteen & free parking. Good training opportunities for lower grades anyway. Office director seems to be really trying to improve things. Appear to be very active in promoting from within.

Advice to Management

If you talk the talk, then you better walk the walk. There are so many messages being transmitted, its like every tech buzzword is whizzed around the place but often very little substance behind it, which means you lose credibility. Shut the Dublin office if you don't really want it to succeed, there's plenty of other companies in town hiring at the moment. Offshore all legacy applications if LM wont finance modernizing them. You have a two track organisation and nothing bridging them. You need to be very careful about what some of your pm's are doing.