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Good Place to get Foot in Door - Junior Software Engineer Silverwork Solutions Employee Review

4.0
9 Aug 2022
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Pros

Although some of the bad reviews may have been true a few years ago, as a recent former employee (as of August 2022), I didn't really experience any of what those reviews were saying. The work life balance was very good and all the coworkers I collaborated with were easy to talk to. I also felt that there are some pretty fundamental technical challenges at the company that you can be exposed to if you are a self starter. You probably won't be doing anything flashy, but the skills you will learn are valuable nonetheless. Its also easy to get your ideas and suggestions conveyed to your team and leadership with the current team structure. So if you'd like to work on side projects for the company, I would say its a good place.

Cons

Team structure has changed, and I would say it has pros from a company standpoint, but a few cons for devs. With the most recent model, you might expect a bit more support work than you'll like if you are a new entry level developer. However, leadership recognizes this and is trying to get more development work for new devs. Testing is still a work in progress and so you'll probably not work with any of the latest testing models.

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5.0
16 Aug 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Interesting field and unique business solution. Management consistently shows that they care and are open to new ideas. Availability for growth and development as a part of the team. Strong sense of camaraderie. Interesting and varied dev stack with accessibility to work on different aspects. Great work/life balance.

Cons

Still working to make some procedures more standard and organizing certain aspects a bit better.

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4.0
15 Jun 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The flexibility and responsiveness to problems. Any problem I've had, or even just a suggestion for improvement, I have been able to get the ear of leadership and seen them make the changes happen. They survey their employees to invite this feedback and then actually use it to inform their decisions (eg, they wanted everyone back in an office, but the employees said they preferred WFH, so they changed their plan to a more flexible hybrid). I also like that they're flexible about where we work, what our hours are, and what kind of side projects we can pick up within the company. There may have been pressure to overwork in the past, but they're moving away from that now that they're growing and hiring a People Ops person. So many new benefits have come put since they started focusing on People Ops (unlimited PTO, monthly social nights, reimbursed WFH hardware, flexible return to office plan, etc.). There's an emphasis on socializing, with paid company events both online and in person. Most folks seem like good and competent people, especially the leadership. The product has a lot of potential.

Cons

It's small and siloed and some of the code is a bit of a mess. They hire in at kind of low salaries (at least for engineers) and then raises seem arbitrary. No diversity. But as I said under pros, these are all documented problems in the company that are currently being worked on.

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