Lack of Professionalism Turns This Opportunity Into an Emotional Quagmire - Software Developer Fuhu Employee Review

1.0
Feb 8, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity to work with kids projects - make no mistake: this company is about dominating the kids field. Substantial lee-way with implementation details - engineers generally call the shots on what technologies to use and how to roll out features. Huge opportunities to learn about business and technology. Never be bored - you won't have time to be.

Cons

Work is never consistent - each project involves huge surprises with absurdly tight deadlines. Atmosphere of fear is pervasive and unnecessary - deadlines are routinely cut in half to make people jump. Nepotism has created a paralyzing layer of tenured middle-management - and the middle management is rarely capable. Daily time-clock e-mailed to entire company. No official vacations allowed. Each year, the demos for Consumer Electronics Show are mismanaged and lead to a monster crunch. Getting licenses for necessary products is almost impossible, leading to dubious "install disks".

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1.0
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Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Cool office, free food, met some nice people

Cons

Toxic work culture, no work like balance

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