Poor leadership, inadequate development practices, and abrasive senior developers. - Web Applications Developer Steven Madden Employee Review

1.0
Nov 20, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Relaxed dress code all year. Free breakfast every Friday. 40% discount on Steve Madden brand and some other brands owned by the company.

Cons

There is little to no actual development work since most of your time will be spent on bug fixes due to poorly built software. Extremely abrasive senior developers who have limited knowledge of coding. No room for growth. Bad leadership within the technology group. Expected to work on holidays with no pay but cannot work remotely. Very limited vacation/sick/personal benefits. I never once heard from the CEO or Senior Management about the status of the company, whether via email, company events, or some other means.

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