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Good at the beginning

Java Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at Capgemini for 2 years
February 12, 2018
Wrocław, Poland
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Nice office, flexible working time (in most of the projects), mainly good atmosphere (unfortunately not in every project). Pretty decent salary for beginners. Technologies in some projects are good, but can be out of date in the others. The company offers a standard but decent benefits package.

Cons

The company is not a bad place to start your career, but if you want to develop and learn, and you value good practices, clean code, etc., you will not stay here too long. The company itself puts working code over well-written code, so in the end, many of the projects are managed poorly, and the quality of the product could be much better. Projects are flooded with inexperienced people because they are simply cheaper. The computers that we get are terribly slow, and in many projects, it is impossible to replace them with something decent. The company does not fire people, and unfortunately, this creates a perfect environment for lazy and incompetent people, which naturally affects your work. In some projects, the atmosphere is terribly broken (e.g., constant mobbing and lack of respect from project managers), and you cannot work it out, since the company does not punish people for such behavior.

Advice to Management

Change recruitment policy, put more effort into the employees' evaluation process, appreciate people who are trying and want to learn and develop, and punish (fire if necessary) people who are simply incompetent. Value good written product over tight schedules that are forcing bad quality.

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