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3.7

60% would recommend to a friend

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Martin Rankin

72% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

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1.0
Dec 28, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

They throw a lot of money at you and get everyone together at an exotic location once a year to drink themselves stupid

Cons

You have sold your soul to them - they literally own you. They will relocate you without any regard for you or your family - on little or no notice. They actively DISCOURAGE any sort of nigher learning or career progression - they want you to learn their proprietary software and then never leave. You sign a document signing that you are forbidden from taking any classes/education. It's EXTREMELY career limiting and a suicide to your marketability. They will invent reasons to fire you at a whim. When roll-outs happen (frequency depends on project and time of year) - you literally are expected to stay 24/7 - I personally have worked 100+ hour weeks during those periods with little or no incentive. There is a nasty, politicized environment that promotes those who take credit for other's work and puts down those who actually produce anything. They are 100% tied to a niche market that will only get worse with time and the changing political tides.

4.0
Nov 7, 2012

Fun and dynamic company.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great company to work for, lots of responsibility. Your salary is competitive and based each year by your performance. Lots of "team bonding" activities at each site, such as dinners, sports games and other activities.

Cons

Relocation every 2-5 years. Required to work in state buildings.

2.0
Aug 1, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free annual trip to 5 star resorts (isn't much of an incentive to stay with the company though, especially after having gone to 6 of these) Good living adjustment if you relocate Competitive salaries and raises in the first few years Development center in Denver is nice (probably the only place to go if you actually want to improve on your technical skills)

Cons

Lots of overtime and not enough new and interesting things happening, which makes the job both stressful and boring at the same time. After the first couple of years, you pretty much work with the same system and the same tools, even though the software may "look" different with each new version released, it is more or else the same thing. Many of the development tools you work with are proprietary, so there are not many transferable skills you can take to the next job. Even though I technically have around 6 years of experience with VB.NET and working with SQL databases, I am still extremely weak in those areas and would still consider myself as a beginner programmer, which makes it hard to transition to another job if this job doesn't work out. My advice to new hires is to try it out for a year or two if you want and you can usually tell if you have a future in this company after that and if you know that you don't, then get out immediately! I'm regretting not getting out sooner right now, and it is going to be quite difficult for me to find a new job that pays even 2/3 of my current salary. A word about Martin (CEO): First of all, Martin is only one of the 6 partners of the company and he is the partner responsible for new product development. He is an extremely intelligent person with lots of ideas and visions for the software. However, it is quite difficult to work with him because he will not ask you for design ideas, he will simply just tell you what to do. This is the reason why I selected to disapprove of him in this review.

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