Awesome! Cutting edge of AI and Retail - Software Engineer Focal Systems Employee Review

5.0
Jan 31, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

I am posting here because I really enjoy working at Focal Systems. They are work from home which allows flexibility. They have Friday in the office which is nice to if you want to meet people face to face and chat. The work is challenging and interesting. You feel like you are working on the cutting edge of AI applied to retail. No one is really doing this. There are copy cats of Amazon Go which automates the cashier, but who is automating the rest of retail like inventory management and planograms. Focal is the only one I know that is doing this with modern AI. Its very cool and interesting.

Cons

After COVID, a lot of the engineers went full remote which isnt the biggest deal but would be nice to have everyone in the same place. I like to be in the office with my team which isnt for everyone so I would like to get everyone back in the bay.

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5.0
Dec 7, 2023
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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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