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Second Order Effects

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Second Order Effects reviews

4.5

89% would recommend to a friend

(25 total reviews)

Dennis Fong

89% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Second Order Effects has an employee rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 25 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Second Order Effects employee rating is 22% above average for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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25 reviews
5.0
Dec 17, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The projects are very diverse and you may work on Aerospace, automotive, consumer products and medical devices all in the same year which is awesome. You get to work with a team of engineers from different disciplines and expand your knowledge.

Cons

No Cons, must be willing to grow with the company.

5.0
Dec 9, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- You get to work on some of the coolest engineering problems in the industry. - Small teams allow you to have autonomy and work on more parts of a system. - There is opportunity here to try new project roles, you could work on ME/EE/FW/SW/Test/Systems Engineering/Project Management/etc, and the leadership here works to build a path for employees to move into roles they are interested in. - SOE invests a lot of time and money in employees. Letting them make mistakes and learn from them. Sacrificing profit margin for long term growth of the business, employees, and community. - The high level leadership cares very deeply about building the right business. Supporting and enabling employees.

Cons

- We are a small business so we have to wear a lot of hats. - When we are in a hard spot we have to get ourselves out of it, there is no "corporate" or other divisions to bail us out. - We don't have the resources of a large company, we can't just buy a new building/equipment/etc so we have to be flexible and creative. - The pains of a growing business are evident with the infrastructure needing to be built as it is needed. This can also be a pro because as employees we are building the systems we have to use and that will support us and our teams.

5.0
Dec 9, 2022

Great learning-oriented workplace

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Lots of room for career advancement and role mobility within the company if one is interested -Wide array of projects that this company deals with leads to interesting work opportunities, SOE never does the same thing twice -Management is flexible with longer periods of PTO or remote work when communicated in advance -Catered lunch provided daily, with flexible dietary options

Cons

-Lots of trust put in employees, can lead to large amounts of responsibility on individual contributors -Consulting model of business puts emphasis on employees tracking their own time, can lead to time management/value stress

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