In a Nutshell!
Pros
- Friendly and cosy environment and polite co-workers. - Work-life balance is respected and maintained. - Offers a good opportunity to learn some market-new technologies. - They offer good start/base salaries (Could be considered the median of Alexandria software companies). - They have overtime policy with very good compensations.
Cons
- Projects and Work Cycles: # Work is in intervals: sometimes workload is very intense and deadlines are tight and other times work is calmer and deadlines are flexible. # Projects are similar, they work on apps and websites for churches. - Time Logging: # Sticking to logging productive work hours can be sometimes a burden although it guarantees the employer and the employee rights. # If you didn't complete the working hours through the quarter, double the amount is deducted either from you salary or your vacations. (If you have a shortage of 4 hours, 8 working hours are deducted from the salary or a full vacation date is deducted from you vacations credit) - They lack clarity and transparency concerning salaries: # They forbid salaries disclosure among employees which could point to large salary gaps between employees of same title and years of experience. # There is no defined policy for salary raises boundaries, you could spend the whole working year waiting for a raise between 10% to 20% and shocked with a raise of 2.5% of the total salary! - There is a gap in the hierarchy, either team leads and managers or juniors not a lot of seniors to share experience to juniors. - You will not be an expert in a single technology which is: # Good if you are junior and seek to learn. # Bad if you are willing to stick to a technology to become senior in it.
