Blue Star Reviews

Its a very good company. Healthy culture

The president, Dan Sherwell, truly cares about each individual employee. He remembers your hobbies, the names of your children, and so on. He also cares about your happiness on the job, and is proactive about finding new opportunities for you, so that if and when you are ready for a new challenge, there is a job waiting for you. The training budget is extremely generous. You can use it towards technical books, conferences (registration fees and travel, if necessary are all included), classes, and the like. I exceeded my budget one year, yet Dan allowed me to go to another conference simply because he knew I would get value from the conference and share my knowledge with other employees. You can choose among many different health plans to best suit your needs. You can choose from an HMO, PPO, POS or HSA; most of these plans are fully covered by the company except for the PPO, but even then, you only pay a small amount out of pocket. The employee and dependents are fully covered, which is awesome. Time off: Some might not like this, but I think it's a cool idea: all time off, such as floating holidays, vacation, and federal holidays are all lumped together as PTO. Perks: We get a monthly internet stipend to cover the costs of broadband, and we get a free computer every other year. The company culture is great. We have DBAs, Developers, Sys Admins, and the like. Every other month, we have tech talks and a bonus is that we get paid to attend, and there's free dinner too! It's a great way to learn new things while meeting other people in the company.