Excellent leaders, frustrating government environment - Java Developer Powertek Employee Review

4.0
28 May 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Powertek's executives and those just below them (directors, PMs, etc.) are great people--they are highly competent in their jobs and genuinely care about their employees. One remarkable thing they did was donate their own PTO to employees who were in need due to the two-week government shutdown in 2013. Leaders encourage career development, and employees who express interest in this are supported well.

Cons

As a government contractor, of course most of Powertek's employees don't work at headquarters. They must conform to the environment of their assigned government contract site. Contractors here aren't treated great, but that's not really Powertek's fault per se. Still, contracts with government should be better negotiated for fairer contractor compensation and treatment.

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Powertek Response
9y
Thank you for your input and recommendation. We will take your advise and recommend to our executives to make more frequent visits to the projects.

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