Horrible - Senior Front End Developer AllClear ID Employee Review

1.0
May 1, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

They have free snacks and beverages available. The benefits are really good. Pays really well. They have a downtown location. They have a two day a week work from home policy (but see notes about that in the cons).

Cons

I was hired as a front end developer. Angular/React. They made me develop in Java, JSF, Seam, and JBOSS. I told the manager this was a bad fit after near the very beginning and that I would be completely okay with resigning. They told me to "hold out" for a better project. But the next week the manager said I needed to "engage more" and "gel with the team". After spending weeks trying to ramp up on outdated technology, the next month they gave me the "option to resign". Granted, I had a blank date resignation letter already written before my first one-on-one meeting with the manager. I resigned without hesitation. They had a huge turn over where they got rid of the "bad apples". But the few that stuck around are vehemently resistant to switching to a modern REST-full or microservice architecture. Their stack is very old. You spend most your working day waiting for things to compile. They also make you pay for parking that they lease out. And all the locations are a hike. When it is cold, hot, or raining, it is very unfun. My welcome package include an umbrella. Their two day a week work from home policy is not what it seems. Only the old guard use it and it makes it difficult to ramp up with them. I was given a talking too for using it even when the office was mostly empty. Nobody there that is a new hire seemed happy to me.

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Pros

Great leadership! Great place to learn new skills and advance in your career.

Cons

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4.0
Mar 10, 2020
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Pros

- The company feels essentially like a new company (startup-like) but with existing money in the bank to fund growth of the refined vision and new product. - Good for career growth and plenty of opportunities to pick up new skills and responsibilities. For me, personally, this has been a good place to grow leadership skills. - Interesting and exciting product (CrossChannel™ Platform is the one I work on) and SaaS development - The cloud engineering teams utilize modern technologies and practices like Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, Docker, Google Cloud Platform, monorepos, Python, Java, etc. - Development is not hindered by slow release cycles. We utilize a form of Scrumban as our product development methodology. - Intelligent, fun, and pleasant co-workers - CEO is attentive when you talk to him, regardless of your role. This was a drastic change from my time at IBM where even my director was less attentive than AllClear's CEO. - Flexibility with work/life balance - Travel opportunities, especially to the other office in Oslo, Norway - Pay is competitive - Nice office

Cons

- In the current stage of the company, you will need to wear multiple hats, which can be a con for some. - It took longer than I think it should have to re-focus the company into the current direction and product, but as of now it's going in the right direction and trend. - Need to be comfortable with the risks and unknowns of a company/startup with a runway - Sales team is in very early stages

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