Pretty good all around - Software Development Engineer III/Senior Engineer Nortal Employee Review

- Career management requires a lot of proactive effort. This isn't so bad if you're willing to do that work, but it can be an unpleasant surprise to those coming in with an expectation of managers who monitor and recognize your status and growth without being asked, and it probably leads to an imbalance in who is and isn't recognized. This is something Nortal is aware of and continues to try to address, but hasn't been resolved yet. - I've been in situations with direct access to delivery directors, and situations where project managers and delivery managers were in the middle. In both cases, it seemed the DDs held almost complete authority over finances and especially team composition (a major influence over developers day to day), yet never once solicited feedback from the developers on the ground or valued skip-level feedback or requests for help when they were given. There seems to be a high wall between sales/client management and tech, which was exactly what I hoped to avoid by choosing a software company instead of other industries. This has been consistent across 4 different DDs, and surprised me, because in a consulting model, I expect occasional developer feedback would offer key insights on project needs, sales opportunities, and general status of client relationships - Nortal has a smaller US presence than many consulting organizations, meaning less client variety, which negates some of the growth opportunities - Less PTO than similar places, especially without sick days - The company is still growing into product functions, which means lack of overall experience in managing full-solution teams, which can make them feel a bit clumsy - There seems to be a close circle of US architects with ideas and technical collaboration, but I haven't seen the outcomes of this collaboration really reach developers