Disappointing experience from a software engineering perspective. - Senior Software Engineer Empower Employee Review

2.0
11 May 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits and a competitive salary. A very nice campus with cafeteria, workout room and company store. Reasonable paid time off.

Cons

Often long hours with expectation to put the job before family. Development teams tend to work in silos with little cooperation between them. Requirements and project planning haphazard leading to little confidence in project management. Environment is chaotic rather than proactive.

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5.0
18 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Empower fully supports work life balance. They also support and encourage community service. I like the fact that they match not only by monetary contributions, they also match actual volunteer hours with money. Management at all levels is committed and invested in you professionally and personally.

Cons

None that I have found.

2.0
22 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

It is a consistent paycheck in an industry that isn't going anywhere. The benefits are average to slightly below average. If you are lucky, your immediate manager will be a real person and not just a faceless suit.

Cons

A caution to the culture : Empower is more interested in APPEARING to be a good place to work instead of actually being a good place to work. The employees were instructed by HR to leave a Glassdoor review IF we enjoy working at Empower. They made no mention of everyone leaving honest feedback regardless of their feelings about the company. That is incredibly telling about the culture and priorities of the company.

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