Off Mission and Ill-managed - Technical Expert Thinkful Employee Review

1.0
7 Jun 2019
Recommend
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Pros

I met some people truly interested in changing people's lives through education.

Cons

Half the managers have no experience and it shows. Lots of nepotism; promoting employees with no experience into highly responsible positions. The percentage of people actually graduating and getting employment is almost fraudulent. If you are a part-timer expect no feedback or guidance. BTW, all the delivery is from part-timers. The company hires these "experts" often with less programming or domain knowledge than the students. Pay rates are also very low which is why they hire the incompetent. In fact very few professional educators exist in the organization. Lots of millennials who believe they know what they are doing but lack experience and any humility. The whole company is one giant "fake it till you make it".

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Lots of "control" in mentorship, schedule flexibility, get paid to enhance your craft, and typical benefits of being an independent contractor

Cons

Unsteady flow of work (would be wise to not rely on this for primary income), pay is sub par for industry, pay schedule is roughly a month after service(rediculous lead time on billing), the company clearly cuts corners every year to save money and this directly impacts the contractors, unclear communication / expectations of the junior engineers that you train (we get lots of questions that must be deffered to Thinkful and many rules are not clear. You will also find students who seek help beyond the mentorsession as a last resort and must decide to leave them hanging or go above and beyond without additional pay)

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