Squandered opportunities and failed leadership - Software Developer iContact Employee Review

2.0
Aug 16, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting technical challenges, opportunities to learn good tech skills, at the time I was there we had some amazing talent that I learned a lot from (which has since mostly left). The pay was very competitive, I would even say generous.

Cons

Office politics, confused business direction, lots of unnecessary drama, not safe to express opinions that differ from management (even privately). Many people fired (not laid off) for questionable reasons (not me fortunately, but many others). There may have been legitimate reasons that weren't shared in some of these cases, but I'm dubious that it this was true in all cases. A lot of extremely capable technical talent was squandered and ultimately left the company in frustration.

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5.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great team of people working to make email marketing easy for the customer.

Cons

The biggest negative about working at iContact has been the uncertainty that occurs when the company is purchased or merged with another company and that changes that come of it

5.0
Feb 15, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Enjoyed the 2 years I worked there

Cons

I don't have any cons

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