LAB49 ENGINEER - Senior Software Engineer ION Group Employee Review

4.0
May 4, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Although it has recently been acquired by a larger organization (ION), Lab49 maintains a culture of a small software consulting company. Engineers get to work on a wide variety of technologies building software for its capital market clients. Interesting and challenging work, competitive pay, good work/life balance. Most engineers get the chance to change projects several times a year, which allows you to learn different technologies and problem domains and work with different teams. Ample opportunity to stand out and be recognized

Cons

Communication from top-level management could be better and was lacking during the ION transition where there was some confusion. Things have improved on that front.

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

I get to work from home and have a grand-fathered in unlimited PTO policy. And that's about it.

Cons

RUN. This is just a horrible company to work for. Either you are living in constant fear of being fired or you are so overworked you feel like you have to work 60 hours a week just to do the bare minimum. The CEO, Andrea, is just gutting everything, doing mass layoffs over and over again. He has no clear visit for the company, goal posts keep changing, and everyone is setup to fail.

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