Conversica Software Developer reviews

4.6

95% would recommend to a friend

(14 total reviews)

Mike Gilson

Not enough data to show CEO approval

66% positive business outlook

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1.0
Jul 26, 2013

Cheap

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They had free food and energy drinks. There was an office pool table with an office pool ranking. There was occasional office beer and pizza.

Cons

The pay was very poor. It was barely minimum wage. It was a threatening office environment. People were either being fired or afraid of being fired. The code quality was low. Everything was constantly being written and rewritten as fast as possible with little to no attention to long term maintainability. They forced you to work unpaid overtime hours and threatened you if you didn't.

Conversica Response
12y
We are always striving to compete for talented Software Developers. While your experience at AVA may not be what you had hoped for we support your decision to work somewhere else. For anyone reviewing these posts notice the date they are posted is between July 24th and July 31st. This could be one person's account or past employees from over 4 years ago voicing their opinions. Yes we are a start-up company and are not perfect. We do however, respect our employees and continually strive to grow and develop cutting edge artificial intelligence software.
1.0
Jul 24, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Honestly the only two good things I found while working for AVA.AI (formerly AutoFerret) were the free snacks and the 100% paid health benefits.

Cons

50 hours minimum on salary but expected to work more. Any hours worked over 40 are not counted as overtime. Unpaid all night long hackathons for products that benefit the company. Constantly asked to work after hours with no pay. Constantly stressful. Not always paid on time. Salary docked if you don't work 50 hours. Very low salary to begin with. Many illegal employment practices.

Conversica Response
12y
We are always striving to compete for talented Software Developers. While your experience at AVA may not be what you had hoped for we support your decision to work somewhere else. For anyone reviewing these posts notice the date they are posted is between July 24th and July 31st. This could be one person's account or past employees from over 4 years ago voicing their opinions. Yes we are a start-up company and are not perfect. We do however, respect our employees and continually strive to grow and develop cutting edge artificial intelligence software.
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