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Great benefits, no advancement opportunities - Senior Software Developer Arbitration Forums Employee Review

4.0
4 Jul 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, decent salaries, great work life balance. Everyone is hired as a Senior Developer so the level of competency is usually very high. New Remote policy (2 days a week).

Cons

Slow or minimal technology innovation. As an insurance related company, AF tends to move slower than other technology companies. New frameworks or stacks are explored but often not implemented. Using “new” technology like the latest Java version, NodeJS, cloud based providers are frown upon and require new projects. No bonuses for non-developers. DBAs and QA analysts do not get bonuses. Slow VPN for remote users. This past year AF started a remote work policy, however the DevOps team has not been able to keep the VPN working fast at peak times. Change takes a long time to be implemented. Lots of our member companies use Cloud solutions but the Senior team insists on keeping some of its infrastructure onsite. Product/Business analyst team cannot communicate directly with members, this causes lots of missing requirements and sometimes leads to losing development time by redoing features (sometimes more than 2 times). Very flat structure, no room for advancement. People with more tenure rather than matching skills are often picked to become managers or leads.

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5.0
6 Oct 2025
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Pros

Good team and ready to jump on a call and help you. Good exposure to tech stack and great learning experience.

Cons

The team was great to work with and nothing negative comes to mind.

5.0
17 Jun 2016
Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
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Pros

The past few postings do not give a true picture of Arbitration Forums, Inc. workplace. I have been an employee at AF for over ten years. The turnover of employees is very low, contractors maybe higher, but isn’t this why contractors are hired? For project or specialized work? AF does not ask its IT employees to “clock in and out.” AF offices are in a multi-tenant office building, and for security purposes, employees are asked to utilize a security badging system when entering and exiting the offices. While AF does ask employees to work a full 8-hour day, I respect this expectation. Isn’t that what I get paid for? Forty hours of productive work each week. I enjoy the excellent casual work environment, compensation, benefits, time off, flexible work week and personal development opportunities. I believe that AF’s work/life balance is the best of all companies that I have ever worked at. I have not experienced any difficulty with taking time off for emergencies, appointments or illness. I have worked from home on numerous occasions. One of the best things about AF is its commitment to volunteerism. The company encourages employees to volunteer during work hours and be paid for the time volunteering.

Cons

Sure there are some employee’s personalities I do not agree with, but give me a break; these types of people are in every company. Overall AF is a solid company with good positive people to work around.

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Arbitration Forums Response
9y
Thank you for providing clarification of the Senior QA Analyst comments below. As you noted, one of the best things about AF is its commitment to volunteerism. Not many employers offer the opportunity to earn additional personal time off for being a chaperone for their child's school field trips.
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