Second Order Effects Reviews

Lack of infrastructure, little mentorship (Many departments lack a dedicated, experienced manager. Management often lacks consistent directives.), almost no onboarding. Lack of diversity in people and values. Many employees who leave are dissatisfied women, people of color, or both. Only a handful of woman engineers. Mediocre pay. Employee suggestions not valued. Lack of psychological safety. Lack of appreciation. Much higher expectations than average. You will do many things beyond your job description and pay grade.

SOE is still a small company, but growing like crazy. Internal infrastructure takes a back seat to project outputs, and thus processes and standards are variable and in flux. This can be challenging when first getting hired and trying to spin up and learn the company. In an effort to win contracts and build reputability, SOE tries to provide cheaper contracts for clients so that they are won. This often evolves into requests for more hours or delays in projects timeline. SOE work-life balance is highly dynamic. Projects vary in timeline and commitment drastically. As expected considering the clients requests. Resourcing is a growing pain of SOE and engineers don't know their next project until only a week or days in advance, as is common in consulting generally though.