Springbot reviews about "team"

The company is young and still going through expected growing pains with product and process that can cause a lot of stress. There is also the a culture of advancing people based on popularity vs skill, although this is not true in all departments. It is a great company for some but buyer beware. Things are not as they seem. Other cons: - lower than industry pay - poor parking situation - lack of communication and cohesion among teams; especially sales - lack of honest visibility into senior management/leadership - accountability is not consistent across all departments and some people (depending on their “popularity” are allowed to get away with a lot - Long hours with no work life balance - disorganized (although typical of a start up) - if you don’t agree 100% with leadership, you are labeled as a bad egg

Work/life balance - You get out what you put in. Long hours can be expected, but there's flexibility in hours and vacation time depending on which department you're in. Everything is results-driven, not a run out the clock mentality. Building, food & parking - Colony Square is going through major renovations right now, so construction is taking up a lot of parking spaces and the noise can be pretty loud at times. Your only options for food in the building are Starbucks, Chik-fil-a, and 1-3 food trucks on any given day. Lack of sophisticated processes & procedures - This is to be expected at a high growth startup. There's lots of progress being made, but if you're looking for a structured, consistent environment this may not be the place for you. Compensation & benefits - The pay is competitive but on the lower end of the spectrum. No 401k match. Technology - Bring your own computer policy, but they do give you a stipend to help get you set up. Limited video-conferencing ability.

-Work hard/play hard mentality. The culture and team are the best, but bring your "A" game because these are some of the smartest people in ATL and you best represent.

The divisions within the company are unusually strong for its small size, and I saw them getting worse as it grows. The sales team seems to get the most priority from the top and the least respect from everyone else; from the outside, that side of the office often seems like a daytime frat party. For all the growth and new investment, the development team has stayed nearly the same size for years, and views itself as undervalued. New software requirements and deadlines are too often determined by other teams without input from those who will be doing the work. Usability and acceptance decisions are made by non-technical managers, not by customers. Employees are expected to provide their own computers to do their work. It took years for them to offer an inadequate stipend for this, and the result is a chaotic mix of technologies with no one in charge of supporting them. This always struck me as bizarre, and my concerns that it was hurting them in recruiting developers were met with shrugs. Training and advancement opportunities are mediocre. In the time I was on the dev team, exactly one internal employee made it to a management/architecture and stayed there. Their concept of an education program is to reimburse 50% on books, conferences (not travel), and so forth after the fact. It's very hard for developers to switch roles to things they'd be better at, and decisions affecting the team as a whole are often opaque.