Spokeo Software Developer reviews

3.2

52% would recommend to a friend

(16 total reviews)
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Harrison Tang

61% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Spokeo with 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 16 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Spokeo is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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16 reviews
1.0
Apr 2, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

The fake reviews on glassdoor are awesome. They make this place seem great!!!

Cons

Apply if you answer yes to any of the following: * Succeed in an culture based off of fear and suppression? Then this is the place for you! * Apply If you love to see the most incompetent, dumbest, and non-knowledgeable middle management somehow get promotions while the competent get pushed out. * Allergic to technological innovation? * Micromanagers apply NOW. * Hate a diverse culture? * Love maintaining a legacy stack? Tips to succeed at Spokeo: * The more you complain and finger point the better off you are. It deflects any criticism of you or your team onto another team. This is key to survive and succeed at the chaotic and toxic Spokeo office. * Be non-female. All female leads and managers has been pushed out. * Make sure you bring your 'A' game for office politics. * Be nice to EVERYONE but stab them in the back to higher ups when convenient. * DO NOT TRUST ANYONE (I can’t stress this enough)!!! * Physically be at your desk later than everyone else. Higher ups love when people stay late. Wait, what flex hours? * Make sure you stay out of the executive’s radar. The more they know about you and what you are doing the worse off you are.

5.0
Nov 2, 2015

good place to work

Recommend
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Pros

Nice people here. All kinds of activities. A lot of projects you can participate in. Engineers are experienced.

Cons

As other rapid-growing companies, spokeo changes so fast. Pretty hard to follow its pace. Also need to improve the diversities of FOOD!!!

4.0
Sep 4, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Cliche as it may be, the people at Spokeo are really enjoyable to work with. The hiring process puts a lot of emphasis on cultural fit and it shows. The higher-ups understand how important happy employees are to a successful business, and so they do their best to make Spokeo an enjoyable place to work. You get everything from over-the-top parties, to company sponsored events once a month with a lot of thought put into how to make them fun and integrating for new-comers, to catered lunches, to 18 days PTO, to top-notch benefits. As an engineer, work was pretty great. The engineering manager, Byron Wang, is best-in-class. A lot of effort goes into making sure work isn't stressful for engineers. And, more than anywhere I've worked, the engineers at Spokeo are passionate about code quality, so working with the codebase--although dated--is a mostly pleasant experience.

Cons

The passion a lot of the employees have at Spokeo, from engineers all the way to management, is sometimes detrimental. Also, QA and customer service need to stop being treated like second class citizens.

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