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Failing - Software Developer FarHeap Solutions, Inc. Employee Review

1.0
Mar 17, 2017
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Pros

They have some really talented and friendly software developers.

Cons

They have a standing policy of doing rounds of layoffs every 6 months. ~ It's a very political environment. ~ They can't build systems to scale at all. ~ They're losing traffic and revenue to vistaprint.com ~ Rather than being completely original they have weekly meetings where they discuss among other things, how they can implement features found on vistaprint.com. ~ They don't license software as they should i.e. they make millions of iText but refuse to license it. ~ They ship off as many jobs as possible to their Russia office in Saratov. ~ I.T. considers transparency as enemy #1 and the Cloud as enemy # 2. ~ Requires people to work 45 to 50 hour weeks, but only credits for things such as accrued vacation based on 40 hour weeks.

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FarHeap Solutions, Inc. Response
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We take strong exception to your review, as it misrepresents software development at our subsidiary (Farheap Solutions, Inc. has no software developers), as well as purports to present factual information about the company's business practices, but distorts that information beyond recognition. The company has no policy whatever of "doing rounds of layoffs every 6 months". We do not now have that policy, nor do we ever intend to implement one like it. We do periodically review the performance of all employees, from customer service reps to software developers, and release employees who are not productive or who block the company's progress. The company also prides itself on maintaining software licenses for the software it uses. Since one of our subsidiaries does in fact create and license software, we are sensitive to intellectual property matters and always seek to respect the IP of software providers large and small. Regarding your claims with respect to competitors: Even if you were correct (and you are not), you violate the terms of the NDA you signed upon accepting employment with the software subsidiary of the Farheap group. We can assure other job seekers that this reviewer's claims regarding "failing" business are utterly without merit and baseless. Yes, we did release a few software developers recently, but due to poor performance. In every case, the teams these former employees left are working smarter and more cohesively since the departure of the former devs. We do wish this reviewer the best of luck in finding a company that is better suited to his or her skill sets. Every company has a unique culture. The Farheap culture encourages fun, camaraderie, passionate debate -- and most of all, excellence.

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