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Depends on the team and manager you have(some are good and some are really bad) -- In general technologically backward

Software Developer
Former Employee
Worked at Susquehanna International Group for less than 1 year
August 24, 2009
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
2.0
Doesn't RecommendApproves of CEO
Pros

Some of the teams/managers are not bad to work for...Good benefits and free lunch/breakfast

Cons

Technologically backward, very little scope of learning or growing technologically, lot of politics, review process is the worst I have seen....starts with manager telling you since he is the manager you have to accept his review comments and then you don't get to talk to anyone above him as part of review.

So even though you can talk to management...you have the risks. Otherwise very ill managed software division, you have event driven applications running from PCs which nobody knows of, you are expected to work on applications with no documentation or source control.....so you even don't know if the code is latest....but anything fails or happens you are blamed....There are lot of better places in Philly to works...which pays nearly same or more sometimes.

Advice to Management

The yearly review process should not be done only by the manager, but even the senior manager or director should also spend some time with the employee to make sure that the manager is not playing favouritism or politics.

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