Pros
- Almost all jobs have been moved from India back to the US
Kontras
- No training process - No quality assurance - No testing process - No long term plans, goals, or vision - Learning about new technologies is discouraged - Use of new technologies is strictly forbidden - Very high turnover -- talented workers leave very quickly - Below average pay and benefits. Cost of living raises only. - You cannot get a promotion unless a higher position is publicly listed - You must apply for higher positions the same way as people outside the company - You must supply your own keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc. - "Cube Farm" office building - Developers are also the front line for user support, and carry pager 24/7 - Projects are approved based on lowest initial cost with no consideration given to long-term costs - Managers and directors regularly contribute to the code base, make deployments, run schema changes, etc. - Development is done directly on production environments - Resources are shared between teams. Communication between teams is forbidden. - Communication between team members must be kept to a minimum - Customer data, including IP addresses and passwords for their production systems, is not secure and is not treated with respect - Customer contracts are not accessible to IT so that we can claim "plausible deniability" - Networking bandwidth, disk storage, laptop capabilities, etc. are extremely limited - No recognition for work well done - "Cowboy Coding" mentality prevails, no plans or processes are ever provided - Management is not aware of industry trends or standard practices - Constantly use the wrong tool for the job. Consistently re-invent the wheel. - Management does not see any of the above as problems, but even if they did, they would be powerless to change the situation