Strong growth opportunities if you are looking for it - Software Engineer Focal Systems Employee Review

5.0
Jul 8, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Focal Systems is a pretty cool company, really exciting tech, with passionate employees. They are hitting a growth spurt right now so action level is high. The company has grown from 1,000 cameras deployed 6 months ago to now 20,000 and will hit 100k by end of the year. The leadership team likes to promote from within. The Head of Product for example started as an entry level web dev / data analyst. The head of supply chain started as a field ops technician. So if you want to grow your career and wear many hats, and grow, this is the place.

Cons

Like many fast growing startups, there is never enough time in the day to get everything you need to get done done. It is true to the core values. Its a work hard / play hard culture. So if you want that, go for it. But if you want a more relaxed cushy job, I would not recommend Focal. There were comments on here about this already so I wont repeat that.

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5.0
Dec 7, 2023
Recommend
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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
Recommend
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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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