Web Developer • Former Employee
Pros: In my case, I'm going to talk about Deloitte DXD, the technology consulting division, in Barcelona.
* Atmosphere 10/10, generally young (20-30 years old). I've met fantastic people at this company.
* Opportunity for personal growth and/or improvement of soft skills.
* In addition to the 22 vacation days, there are 5 more at Christmas and 4 at Easter.
* Intensive hours from 8 am to 3 pm from July 1st to September 15th (2.5 months).
* Intensive Fridays from 8 am to 3 pm.
* Flexibility in arrival/departure times (arrive between 8-10 am and leave from 5:30 pm onwards).
* Flexible compensation (transportation vouchers, restaurant vouchers).
* Access to learning platforms (Udemy, LinkedIn Learning) and English courses.
* Possibility of obtaining certifications (Java, AWS, SCRUM, etc.).
* There is always a willingness from the company and colleagues to help, or listen in case of any problem.
* On occasion, company events (Christmas dinner, training courses...), although currently paused due to the pandemic.
* Remote work (although this is a result of the pandemic; I don't know how it will remain).
Cons: - "Normal" work schedule of 43 hours per week.
- Salaries slightly below market average.
- Overtime: not paid monetarily, if it is ever compensated fully or partially.
- Depending on the project/team you land on, it can be a mess (lack of testing, lack of QAs, sloppy agile, old, poor-quality code, exploitative bosses).
- High staff turnover; they are unable to retain talent.
- Annoying and excessive bureaucracy (especially for installing software).
- The internal network proxy and the piles of software installed on the computer (e.g., antivirus) sometimes hinder work.
- Unobjective salary evaluation system (opinion shared by many of my former colleagues).