Atomic Object LLC Software Developer Consultant reviews

5.0

100% would recommend to a friend

(3 total reviews)

Shawn Crowley and Mike Marsiglia

100% approve of CEO

100% positive business outlook

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3 reviews
5.0
17 Jul 2023
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Pros

- The people really are great. Atomic Object clearly cares about culture as the teams they have built out are friendly, very smart, and always excited to help each other grow and develop. - You will work on different projects so there is opportunity to learn a lot of cool modern technologies. This builds off my previous point of other team members being great teachers. Tons of opportunity for personal growth. - The hybrid work model is nice. You are expected to be in the office 3 days a week but there is some flexibility. Occasionally, I would go out to visit my parents for a week at a time and could work remote the whole week. - Feedback sessions are productive. I felt these were always about my growth and development and I never felt stressed about them.

Cons

- The hourly requirements can sometimes be quite hard to hit. It's expected you hit 40 hours a week, not taking into account breaks of any kind. If you want to take a 30 min lunch you have to clock out and make up those 30 min elsewhere. This can lead to long days or working on weekends. - In general there is a subtly competitive culture around who can work the most hours. During company meetings (big and small) hours are sort of held as the most important measurement. - Using PTO as sick time is quite lame. Getting sick means you have less time for leisure and vacation.

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Atomic Object LLC Response
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Hi reviewer, Thank you for your thoughtful feedback. We are pleased you enjoyed the growth, camaraderie, and learning during your time at Atomic. We also appreciate your advice. Just as our team members are always learning and adapting—so are we. We are proud to share that based on feedback like yours, we've eliminated the 2-month waiting period for health insurance for new hires. Our operations team has diligently evaluated this change over the past few months, and we've recently shared this update with the entire company. We wish you the best of luck in what's next, Mike Marsiglia + Shawn Crowley Co-CEOs
5.0
26 May 2023
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Pros

I've always believed fully that every person at AO is doing their best to do right by each other. The organization feels more like a co-op to me than a top-down business. Even when there's tension among teams or between leadership and makers, it's clear that everyone involved is trying to align on the common goals of doing good, interesting work well for fair compensation. There's lots of mentorship. There's opportunity to progress and take on new roles if you look for it. And there's space to just lean in to your craft and stay put, too. This org is not perfect, and sometimes I disagree with the decisions being made, but I don't think there's an organization on earth that can make every person happy with every choice all the time and still stay in business.

Cons

You get pretty limited say in what projects get picked up, so sometimes you have to find ways to make a dull gig interesting- the managing partners do listen and do their best to match people with projects that they enjoy, but sometimes other constraints win. It's true that you could probably make a higher salary via a remote job for a huge product company, but I think that working face to face with good people is worth the difference. And at the end of the day, billable hours are what keeps the lights on, so it can sometimes be tough to make a case for activities and benefits that chip away at them (e.g. leave, outreach activities)

5.0
28 Jan 2018
Recommend
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Pros

The people are hands-down the best part about working at Atomic. Everyone is just a grade-A thoughtful, interesting, caring human being. I'd happily dig ditches for minimum wage with these people- it's a bonus that I get to do really interesting, challenging work with them. There's lots of good stuff to say about AO, but the simplest way to say it is to direct you to our value mantras (can be found on our website). It's a really remarkable, unusual thing to be able to say that we /really do/ live them out every day- it's not a marketing campaign or corporate BS.

Cons

The nature of the job is that you don't get to have much say in what you work on. But, it's highly varied, and you're never doing something boring for long.

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