Great company, lacks a wee bit of democracy
Pros
- They offer a good salary - They have plenty of teams spread into 4 buildings. If you can't get along with your team, they will relocate you so hard that you'll think you changed companies. - If you're not in a coolgen team, great learning opportunities - They pay for overtime
Cons
- If you're hired as a Coolgen programmer, your skills will be useful for very very few companies around the world. Also, your knowledge about other platforms and general CS will diminish over time. - Word of the boss is law. Even if hundreds of employees dispute a high ranking manager, they won't be able to sway them. - Paying for overtime weaved overtime into company's culture. Project planning is made with the assumption that you'll be staying in the evenings. Sometimes people stay just for the extra cash. - You're kind of expected to work overtime. If you're an efficient person who never needs to work overtime, you'll still look lazy. - They are very, very, resistant to change. It might require a lot of persistence to use some newer technologies in a project. - Some key divisions are understaffed and you get very slow responses. - If you are not a new graduate, They divide your years of experience by half. It makes getting promoted very hard. Also this is a condescending attitude if you ask me.