Fast Enterprises reviews

3.7

60% would recommend to a friend

(600 total reviews)
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Martin Rankin

72% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

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1.0
Dec 23, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

- The starting pay out of college is great. - Meaningful work (helping modernize state's outdated systems) - Yearly annual trip that covers you and your family (long-time girlfriend or spouse, children) and you can bring a nanny at a low cost. In 2024, they went to Cancun, and in 2023, they went to Las Vegas. - Probably the best health insurance in the industry and it is completely employer-paid, meaning 100% free for you and your family.

Cons

There's a lot... - WLB is pretty rough (especially during rollouts), I worked ~70-80 hours a week at times. - Culture is just plain horrible - big drinking culture and HQ is in their own world compared to state sites - Site dependent experiences (some sites are way better than others) - The team that handles your move is pretty bad/not reliable - No remote opportunities (HQ is hybrid as well as other sites, dependent on PM) - Annual bonuses are VERY low compared to the industry (~1% per yr) - Low-code/no-code environment so little to 0 growth for your career. All code is in C# and horrible code practices (ggSmd) - They will move you where the business needs, not where you want/would like to go - Low PTO (10 days accrue, you can get 5 days more with OT) - Very boring work.. would dread going in everyday. I would avoid this company at all costs. I used it simply as a stepping stone to get into another job. However, my lead was horrible to work with (super rude) and got away with it due to their tenure/title here. WLB was horrible and I would be on-call 24/7 with no compensation, compared to ICs that are not on-call and we receive the same salary.

2.0
Dec 5, 2024

Not flexible & difficult to grow

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Benefits are great, pay is good (if you are an implementation consultant, forget about it if you're a training or testing coordinator). Company pays for moving and incentivizes you to keep relocating with bonuses, so if you don't mind moving it's a plus. Most people you will work with are really nice. The job can be fantastic if you align closely with the company's approach to work and relocation.

Cons

Minimal 401k matching, partners have an old-school mentality about in-office work. Absolutely no flexibility for remote work or personal circumstances. Working hours are strict 8/8:30-5/5:30. Very little work-life balance support for people with families or those who do not wish to relocate (policies eliminate many financial bonus and salary increase options for non-relocaters regardless of how good you are at your job). Partners frequently disagree on policy and approach, so you will get decision whiplash from their varying opinions. Many policies are not explicitly documented, allowing for "partner discretion" to reign and for the result to be different depending on which partner is asked for approval. Flat company structure means that you will 'peak' in your highest position relatively early in your career and it is difficult to grow further after 4-5 years, unless you love what you are doing and are content to keep doing it in different places. The people elevated to management positions are not always right for the job and don't receive much training on how to manage a team, so your experience will be hit or miss depending on the leadership at the project you're assigned to. There is no interest at the corporate level in the changes that employees want; if anything, policies are getting more restrictive and benefit employees less in regards to the flexibility that many seek in the post-covid world. Simply put, if you do not fit into the status-quo box that they have created, you will not be happy here.

4.0
Dec 4, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

- Decent pay, especially for sites with Cost of Living Adjustments - Great coworkers on project sites

Cons

- Seems like the company is happy to churn hew hires rather than try to retain employees with 5-10 years of experience - Side-benefits like annual company retreat, annual bonuses, relocation benefits, etc. seem to have gone down since the company added 12 new company partners to the initial 5.

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