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Rude, Disorganized Clique

Software Contractor
Former Employee
Worked at Verizon for 2 years
May 20, 2021
Atlanta, Georgia
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Get paid, but no more than 40 hours a week, with forced holidays and implied overtime, but never get paid for overtime.

Cons

Have a boss who makes you feel like you are texting a vindictive, 21-year-old stripper.

Be expected to produce LOTS of HIGH-QUALITY CODE by TOMORROW, or ELSE (with four people watching you, each assigned to one of those capitalized things).

Advice to Management

Don't tell people to use Source Tree.

Don't hire woke managers.

Don't force someone to take on another person's work while forbidding them from criticizing that person's work.

Don't have a project that takes 8 hours to download.

Don't hire managers who don't know how to build the project.

Don't force people to enable VPN, download a file, then disable VPN, then run a script, or have it crash and have your boss say he doesn't know why.

Don't hire managers who eavesdrop on conversations but only to yell at you if you say something that might offend someone who, in theory, might be there. They should never answer questions like "only he knows the password."

Don't assume that someone contributing 30% more than their career average is going to contribute 1170% as much as their career average in their first few months, especially when your boss doesn't know exactly how to build the program.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
1.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
2.0
Compensation and Benefits
3.0
Senior Management
1.0

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