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FamilySearch.org

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Great people, ineffective upper management - Software Engineer FamilySearch.org Employee Review

3.0
8 May 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Work-life balance is great. Immediate management cares about employees. You get to work in an area that you can really believe in.

Cons

The new generation of upper (3+) level management doesn't listen to the employees on the ground. They appear to listen, but never make any changes in their behavior or direction. They seem to just plow forward in directions that do not make sense. They are only interested in getting the employees on board with their plan. They have eliminated the technical career path. If you don't want to be a people manager, then you will only ever be an individual contributor. They no longer have pure technical leadership. They even opted to not replace the CTO when he retired. The recently eliminated remote work and have opted for a hybrid model with the reason being culture.

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5.0
4 May 2026
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Pros

- Patient and instructive coworkers - No toxic management - Not firing people for AI - Full time level benefits available for interns

Cons

- Communication across teams leaves something to be desired - Upper management feels disconnected from actual work - Fixed term internship

1.0
28 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Well, I am not horse-whipped

Cons

If mediocrity and little work are your thing, then this is the place for you! The leadership, if you can call it that, has such rapidly changing goals, they really don't know what they are doing. Invent a problem, and then solve it seems to be their mantra. They have no idea how to develop people or get the most out of people. Just let the herd run wild.

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