SQAsquared reviews

CEO - he has created a business that seems to succeed and stay in business by having a revolving door of employees. The increments of future raises are very low compared to the rest of the industry despite what the CEO and his "research" says. Raises - You start at a REALLY low pay. Once contracted, you automatically make the jump to $40k. When your first review for a raise comes, you can get up to a 25% raise which sounds great but when starting at such a low salary, it doesn't amount to much. Because of this, it really seems that they would rather hire someone new to pay them low and have people leave rather than pay to keep the people that have already gained the knowledge and experience to do a great job. What I get paid now would have taken 4 - 5 years at SQA to get to! Benefits - The benefits provided still have a pretty high out-of-pocket expense and really doesn't cover all that much.

While improvements have been made in regards to giving more employees benefits, there are still many aspects of this company that need improving. Unlike almost every other tech company around, employees are required to wear dress shirts, dress shoes, and slacks or other business professional clothing during the week with a business casual Friday at the end of the week. I would understand if the employees were in direct contact with the business partners but since a majority of them are not, I find it hard to understand why such professional attire is required. The pay is low as well for an industry standard and this is justified by telling the employees that they are training to become professionals because coming out of college we have "bad habits" and do not understand the business world. At the end of the day, a company can pay its employees in whatever way they want but I was under the impression that there is some level of training for any company and last I checked they still pay you what you deserve. There is room to grow in the company, but the path is very unclear as you can be promoted on a whim without having prior knowledge of how you are performing. On the flip side, since there is not a ton of movement from the on-site analysts,so it can take close to a year before you reach the $40,000 mark. That same mark is very common as starting pay for entry level QA positions at most other companies so it is hard to justify staying for a prolonged period of time.