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Cool place to work. Great vacation. Challenging, but overall working experience depends on your manager

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at GoDaddy for 6 years
March 11, 2013
Scottsdale, Arizona
4.0
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Pros

Good pay for Engineers. Great benefits. Unbeatable vacation time at 4 weeks after your first year and 6 weeks after 5 years, especially for the Phoenix Metro area! Flexible work schedule, with the possibility to work from home permanently for "privileged" people. Most engineers can work from time to time from home. Overall, an "above average" to "very good" place to work.

Cons

Often stressful, and "very stressful" for some months of the year. Many people "tire out" quickly, depending on which group they are in. Your work life depends on your manager's management style.

It could be too challenging for some people. For most people, you don't move around. You could start in the wrong group and end up miserable.

If you end up in a cool spot, you should stay there, but will sacrifice learning new stuff and possibly your career goals.

Advice to Management

Management needs to be more consistent about management style and flexibility.

For example, if a team member works from home, all members should be allowed to work from home, no questions asked or special requests required.

Management should only require "extra hours" on special occasions like a very important deployment. It should not be considered the "norm" or expected to work 55-60 hours a week just to finish low or medium priority projects.

This ruins morale, especially when more staff should be added to a team.

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