SquareBoat Reviews

4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(122 total reviews)

Gaurav Gupta

89% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

SquareBoat has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 122 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SquareBoat employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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122 reviews
1.0
17 Apr 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Director is cooperative and helpful in some ways.

Cons

You really need to be a gymnast to work here, I made some mistakes and paid for it, because every time you get a project its urgent, coding standards are maintained for some projects, agile is used only for saying. You will be asked to stretch and told that it's not a 9-5 job so don't expect a work/life balance.

2.0
28 Jan 2022

Good place to learn but are overshadowed by lots of management problems

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. A large number of diverse projects 2. Colleagues are very supportive and ready to help 3. Good place to learn and develop new skills 4. You get full ownership of projects

Cons

1. There is a lack of trust from management towards their employees and it is evident at very instance and decision that the company takes. 2. Work life balance is not good 3. Coding practices and guidelines are present but enforced as per connivance 4. Work place is very noisy 5. You are expected to complete projects with unreasonable deadline and you are expected to work overtime to achieve these deadlines 6. Company rules can be changed at any time as per management's connivance 7. You are expected to answer all company phone calls even after working hours and at unreasonable timings 8. Lots of rules around office timings, attendance and daily updates, violation of any rule leads to Leave without pay. 9. You are expected to juggle between multiple projects quite regularly with unreasonable deadlines. 10. COVID was handled very poorly, the management wanted to resume office as soon as possible disregarding employee safety.

3.0
20 Mar 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. Decent projects in terms of size and complexity. 2. Your manager i.e. the founder will try his best to accomodate any special requests you have ex. new equipment, changes to the office, switching between projects, etc. 3. The founder is a techie so explaining things to him is easier. 4. They don't treat their clients like gods. 5. Hikes are pretty good if you are an above average performer. 6. You feel you are working in a safe and fair environment. 7. Collaborative learning is encouraged.

Cons

1. No special incentives or bonuses whatsoever. At least not for everyone. The top performer (yes, singular) gets a bonus. 2. Lots of stupid rules about timings, calls, daily updates etc. They are ready to mark a leave without pay the moment you disappoint them. 3. They don't pay you for any overtime. If you can't finish a project in its timeline, it's your fault and you need to make up for it no matter how many hours or days it takes. 4. Also, you might be asked to stay in the office late (till 10-11 PM). Even women. Not too often though. 5. Hikes are good like mentioned above but starting salary is pretty crap for all experience levels as far as I know. 6. They don't like to spend money, as you might have guessed by now. Trips, parties, work laptops are all a sham and bare minimum is spent on them. 7. It's NOISY. People will be pinging you and calling you whenever they please. 8. Growth is limited after you have already worked for 1-2 years. Also, you don't get any special treatment or additional incentives as a senior. At least not anything noteworthy. 9. They expect you to work 9-10 hours a day which is pretty much equal to a 6 days week.

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