dev - Avis employé Employé (anonyme) US Dataworks

Good work life balance, smart people

Pay wasn't great but management was very good.

The office environment and work hours are flexible. There's no dress code. They don't keep track of vacation time (many employees abuse this). Office location is convenient if you live in Sugar Land.

There is zero job security. Lay-offs are frequent for a company this size and management constantly hires then fires new employees within a few months of hire. Expect to be lied to about everything from when to expect your performance review to salary increases. The company can't afford to give anyone a raise so they'll drag their feet for over 6 months past the review deadline instead of just telling you that. They even had to forgo holiday bonuses this year, but didn't say anything to employees. Management has the general attitude that "if a problem exists, ignore it and it will go away." Company culture is extremely odd. Employees are anti-social and any sort of company event like holiday pot lucks feel forced and awkward. It's very unusual behavior for a company so small. Most smaller companies seem to have a "family business" like feel. A lot of this has to do with the CEO and the way he runs the company so that it has the image of something it isn't - a big corporation. The product itself is so antiquated they can barely give it away, literally. At one point they tried to offer a free trial program and couldn't even muster up one bank to participate. They are light years behind the curve with their technology and don't have the right team members in place to turn things around in their product development department. I've never seen such a lack of clear product strategy. Upper management is constantly in disagreements over product functionality which only further adds to the problem. Ludicrous policies regarding business purchases require employees to finance company expenses on their personal credit cards. This includes everything from general office supplies to new computers to business trips. They take their time in reimbursing you and part of their policy is that they are not responsible to pay the interest on your credit card, should you go through a full billing cycle in the time it takes them to reimburse you. The company is cash poor and this "policy" is something they've come up with to extort their employees into giving them interest-free credit. Top-heavy management. The ratio of vp and c-levels to lower level employees is absurd. Middle management is non-existent.