Awesome place to work, very challenging, fast growing - Anonymous employee Focal Systems Employee Review

5.0
Mar 3, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Having worked at big companies and startups, I have seen a lot. I have to say that this team is destined for great stuff. They work really hard. And they push out a ton of awesome code that does some awesome stuff. It is a startup so everyone has a big role to fill and can contribute and learn a ton.

Cons

Focal is not for everyone. If you do not want to be a part of a fast paced startup, it is definitely not for you. They are growing very fast and they do not have a lot of tolerance for people not executing which if you like to work with A players is a good thing. But if you want a more "cushy" job where it is ok to slack for a week or two, it is not the right place. The CEO wants it that way so the team is more potent and IMO that means that the equity is actually worth something vs. other startups that blow all their VC capital on fancy chairs and massages.

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5.0
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Pros

High growth rate, brilliant people, CEO has excellent vision!

Cons

Have to sacrifice a bit on WLB

2.0
May 30, 2024
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Pros

My manager at the time didn’t breathe down my neck and the work wasn’t very difficult. You were paid for travel time and miles driven to each job site.

Cons

The job location kept changing every few days going to every ShopRite in the area. You are on your feet 100% of the time when you’re working. They got my pay wrong on multiple occasions and did nothing to truly rectify the issue. The issue was so bad that the payroll coordinator quit because of all the requests for changes. You would have to drive to every job site with your own vehicle and sometimes you wouldn’t know until a day before. It was never told to me that the job was temporary. Once we finished the jobs at ShopRites in the general Tri-State area I was unceremoniously laid off without my knowledge while promises of more work were made by my manager. Once we were finishing up the list of stores and we were told that there would be no more work we became unmotivated to continue but my manager lied to us saying there would be maintenance work available after but there was none. They called 2 weeks after the last job to let me know I was laid off.

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