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Neustar Sr. Software Engineer reviews

4.2

99% would recommend to a friend

(19 total reviews)
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Charlie Gottdiener

100% approve of CEO

98% positive business outlook

Sr. Software Engineer employees have rated Neustar with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 19 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Neustar is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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19 reviews
4.0
Jan 23, 2015
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Pros

Middle management is very open. We have flexible hours and some telecommuting. No aggressive power hungry coworkers. Relaxed work environment. Not too many meetings. Agile methodology is used for software development. There is interest in constantly advancing to new technology. Senior management acts on employee feedback and communication between them and the employees is improving.

Cons

Senior management is not very transparent, although this is changing due to employee feedback. There is no clear career path. The have embraced the "open floor" office plan which is not good for all people. There are far too many products that are very different from each other, so keeping a consistent company vision/mission is impossible.

3.0
Nov 19, 2014
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Pros

I worked with some very smart people at Neustar, but there wasn't an overall cohesive culture. Rather cliquish for a small office.

Cons

It's hard for a big, enterprise company to transition to agile. A lot of engineering employees just weren't onboard with the changes management was pushing through. People weren't happy, and we lost several good engineers. I think management could've found more palatable ways to make the changes.

4.0
Apr 5, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible work hours and work from home policy; good work/life balance; had the opportunity to work on several large, different projects during my time there (possibly rare for an engineer at Neustar); good, smart, hard-working teammates that were easy and fun to work with; GREAT benefits - health benefits probably one of the best in the DC area (free Fitbits, potential to have significant premium discounts if certain health activities are done during the year), stock equity program and ESPP program, significant bonuses, etc.

Cons

Re-orgs and shuffling of top management every couple of years, more bureaucracy than needed for a company of this size, slow to integrate new acquisitions into the full company different departments very independent - felt more like a bunch of small companies working side by side than one company

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