I wouldn't recommend it
I wouldn't recommend it
- Good WLB
- Good people
- Decent pay
The company has shifted its focus from growth to profitability and has become extremely cheap. They are cutting back on everything:
- Employee events
- Travel
- Hiring
- Bonuses
- Stock refreshes
They even cut back on the candy delivery to our floor. Cheap Hershey's Kisses candies are the only form of free snack the company provides. The company has decided to delay annual raises by six months to save a few pennies, and this has happened multiple times.
A massive offshoring to low-wage countries, especially in engineering, is occurring. You will be left wondering why they even bother paying you to sit in a high-wage country. You will see your colleagues leave, and management will replace the headcount by hiring two engineers in a low-wage country such as Poland.
Extremely dated technology is in use.
The general feeling is that the company is slowing down and stagnating in a major way.
Get rid of the CEO. He's brilliant, but a stereotypical cheapskate mathematician, and he cut too deep.
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