Very Mature IT Process, but a Bit Slow Moving at Times - Senior Programmer FM Employee Review

4.0
Jul 16, 2009
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Pros

Very stable company with a rock solid business model. A lot of lateral movement is possible across departments. Good attitude towards professional development. Good bonus policy based on the performance of the company as a whole.

Cons

Very biased towards "long-timers". You're treated as the new kid on the block for a long time. The pay is a bit low compared to IT positions in the Boston are. A lot of levels to get through before even a simple change can be made to IT assets.

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5.0
Apr 17, 2026
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Pros

Good company, fantastic work life balance and people there are really nice

Cons

salary is okay but not the best compared with the other big tech companies

2.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

* Great business model at the foundation * Solid compensation program: Base salary + bonus * Sustained high profitability over the long term * Stable employement * Pension Plan

Cons

* Extremely hierarchical and regimented * Promotions based on favortism rather than true merit. Employees are precategorized and stigmatized on their ability for future career progression. * Extremely focused on metrics and internal objectives. This leads to box checking, cutting corners and bending rules to meet the numbers. * Extremely heavy workload. No work-life balance. * Management doesn't really incorporate employee feedback; they pretend to to check a box. * Quality of job suffers to keep up with quantity. Everything is becoming data driven and the data is often wrong. Enormous pressure to hit a button and accept at face value whatever the system spews out. * Our CEO builds fancy gold plated office buildings that aren't needed and pulled the plug on hybrid work to justify the investment in the real estate.

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