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4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(105 total reviews)

Ben Carle

83% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

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5.0
Feb 4, 2018

Awesome company for experienced developers.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Everyone is given a lot of responsibility and ownership over their projects from day one, even junior people. You can work from home one day per week. They pay well. If you work overtime the pay can be REALLY good. Good 401k plan with 4% match. Cool office with a fully stocked fridge. Everyone gets a new MacBook pro, dual monitors, a standing desk, nice chairs, and any ergonomic equipment you need. There's a gym next door and FullStack pays for 50% of the membership fees. The hours are somewhat flexible. You get to work on cool projects for impressive clients. They work with a lot of cutting edge technologies. They expect you to self manage, so as long as your project is going well, you're given a lot of independence. The managers really care about the team and conduct surveys of employees to make sure everyone is happy on a regular basis. There are a lot of really talented developers here...and everyone is constantly getting better. You get to build complex apps from the ground up, so everyone is regularly learning a ton, and learning new technologies, techniques, etc. FullStack is the opposite of being a "cog in a wheel"....everyone has a direct impact on their projects.

Cons

Consulting is hard work and can be challenging. Tracking billable hours isn't a lot of fun, but it's expected when you're a consultant. The company is growing fast, so there’s not as much structure as larger / more mature companies. You have to be OK with a dynamic environment and a hands off management style.

2.0
Jan 28, 2018

Better opportunities out there

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Pros

Possible remote work Tech used is current and interesting

Cons

Micromanaged time entries (seriously the worst single experience of any job in my life) Senior management can be bullying Pay is not good No performance review schedule to increase the below average pay

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Fullstack Labs Response
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Thank you for this feedback. We're constantly striving to improve as an employer, so this type of candid feedback is valued and appreciated. In the early days of FullStack when we were small and didn't have an operations team, we would sometimes forget to perform annual reviews. However, in 2018 we built an operations team and annual compensation reviews are now performed for each employee. We still don't do annual "performance reviews" as we prefer for this to be an ongoing conversation, as opposed to discussing it once per year. But we do now have annual compensation reviews for all employees. We benchmark our salary ranges against GlassDoor and Dice, and on average, we pay above market rates. Once you factor in overtime pay and profit sharing, most employees end up in the 90th salary percentile for their job title + years of experience. We bill our clients by the hour, so it’s important for our developers to properly track their time, so that we’re able to correctly invoice our clients. We use Toggl integrated with Jira to do this, and we try to make it as seamless as possible. One advantage of time tracking for employees is that it allows us to pay over time. If employees work more than 40 hours per week, they receive overtime pay for each additional hour worked. For many employees this adds up to tens of thousands of dollars in extra pay over the course of the year. Alternatively, employees are also allowed to bank these over time hours and take additional time off at a future date, instead of taking a bonus. We consistently hear from employees that this is one of their favorite perks. For employees who don’t work the required number of hours (8 hours per day, 40 hours per week) they may feel like they are being micromanaged. But we feel this criticism is unfair. We make it clear in our interviews and our offer letters that you are accepting a full time position if you come to work at FullStack. So if you consistently only work 30 hours per week (or less), your manager will check in with you and see what they can do to help you get in full work days.
5.0
Feb 9, 2017
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Pros

You get to work with pioneering technologies, very smart people and interesting projects. For the same reason you never get bored and end up doing a repetitive task every day. Great team work environment, never had a no for an answer when any assistance is needed from a coworker. One get's to learn something new everyday.

Cons

More company activities and work from home one day of the week would be nice specially since the move will affect the ones that live closer to the company current location.

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