Still a good place to work - Senior Software Engineer OCLC Employee Review

5.0
Nov 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

OCLC is going through some changes and faces strategic long term challenges. New management is trying to find it's way through, somewhat imperfectly. Having said that, it is still a really good place to work if you shuffle 1's and 0's around for a living. The work's not so hard that you don't have time to read up on new technologies, so if you are disciplined you can keep current. This is a place for the technologist who wants to invest in learning about Library Science and is playing the long ball. If you are a rock star then please, go consult and spare us the "new framework of the week".

Cons

Right now the organization is in flux. If you can't deal with changing priorities and management uncertainty without developing a Malox dependency, then maybe there is a better position for you with state government or a bank. But if you are curious, willing to invest time in learning library science and can approach managerial thrashing with bemused detachment then I recommend working here. I know I enjoy it. And if they do right the ship, it will be all the better a few years from now. If they don't, there are plenty of IT jobs in Central Ohio believe me.

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Cons

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Pros

The benefits, particularly the thrift plan, are good for as long as they still exist. The employees are generally smart and caring people.

Cons

Upper management is neither good nor trustworthy. To go into details would most likely violate this website's TOS. Trust them not to tell you the truth, trust them to blame you if they can save themselves for another year. Any stories you've heard about a great place to work are based on old data. That company no longer exists. While layoffs have always been a threat, employees are constantly on edge now and having the CEO tell them if they want to stay on they shouldn't make trouble does not help, to say the least If you get hired here, understand that this cannot be a long term destination. Get your experience, have an exit plan, don't get comfortable and fade into mediocrity because that is your future, and that's if you are lucky. I just want to add that everything the other reviews say about the president is true. He absolutely did mock employee responses to an opinion survey at a town hall.

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