Friendly Environment - Software Engineer Solera Employee Review

3.0
Jul 24, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

People are friendly, helpful. Generally work life balance is good.

Cons

Compensation is not good. No clear direction from management. Minimal carrier growth.

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Solera Response
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Dear Software Engineer, Thank you for your feedback. I agree we have great people and good work life balance. Recently our people created a one-of-kind mobile application for MAACO: http://www.fenderbender.com/FenderBender/July-2014/Maaco-Launches-Mobile-App/. This is just one example of what our people are delivering for our clients - in this case cool Innovation! Regarding compensation, we use Mercer market data to benchmark our people each year. Markets can and do move quickly at times, but in general, I think we pay very competitively on base salaries, and more than half our of associates also participate in an incentive plan. I was surprised to read your comment on "clear direction from management". I know our MD has been very clear with his management team and the next level down leaders on our 80/20 priorities. None the less, looks like we still have some work to do. Thank you again for your contributions to AudaExplore and for the feedback you provided. Regards, Greg von der Linden

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Pros

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Cons

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