Working at Dominion Enterprises in Norfolk, VA: 13 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Norfolk, VA Area

"In my short time there, I found that the company has a growing product that needs more time to develop."

"I've worked for the company for more than 3 years. I was fortunate enough to work with one of the best teams in the company. The company provides very good opportunities for growth. I would recommend Dominion Enterprises for any recent grad seeking a startup like environment."

"This is my first job since I came out of my masters degree. It was great work with team."

"Dominion has been fairly good to me."

What do you like about working at Dominion Enterprises?

"I like the people I work with, and some of the more recent projects we work on."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The Dev team is big on OO, so make sure that you can hold you own in a technical conversation"

What don't you like about working at Dominion Enterprises?

"The pay is rather below the industry average for the area.We spend a lot of time retro fitting new technolofgies into legacy code which has led to q good deal of spaghettI code. Our main product is an amalgamation of three different frameworks, two of which are home grown and outdated. Our marching orders come from a business unit that has no concept of the technical requirements of what they ask and they set unrealistic deadlines. for example, we had to migrate from Oracle to MySQL/SOLR in under two months, over the Christmas holiday season. (which went surprisingly well thanks to 60 hour work weeks)"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Push back on the business unit when they set deadlines that are unrealistic. It is understood that things need to happen fast, but they also need to happen right."

"Human Resources was really bad and mismanaged"

What do you like about working at Dominion Enterprises?

"The building was very nice. Most people were nice and fun to work with."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"There isn't one particular style of interviewing, but make sure you negotiate your salary where you want it from the start, because you won't get raises."

What don't you like about working at Dominion Enterprises?

"The Human Resources department clearly did not care about people at all. Lay offs were handled terribly. And unless you were in the 'in crowd' you were a no body."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get rid of Human Resources top management and possible look at outsourcing HR functions so that everything is not so personal."

What do you like about working at Dominion Enterprises?

"Forward-thinking company this is 100% digital in scope. Good reputation in the marketplace. Excellent portfolio of solutions."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Determine what you will be selling and how much of the product actually works."

What don't you like about working at Dominion Enterprises?

"Slow to market with new product development and launch. Some confusion among the senior ranks."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Establish a better plan for new product development and launch."

"DE is rapidly changing from print advertisemtn to online services, and as more web savvy senior managers are brought on board the better the work experience becomes."

What do you like about working at Dominion Enterprises?

"DE has put me through a management training program which as been very valuable."

What don't you like about working at Dominion Enterprises?

"DE has too many senior managers with print backgrounds. They are very slow to adopt new ideas and business practices. It is a very rigid corporate environment."

What do you like about working at Dominion Enterprises?

"The professional atmosphere."

What don't you like about working at Dominion Enterprises?

"Politics and buck-passing practices."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Create a career advancment track, with clear milestones and next steps."

"Dominion Enterprises was a great place to work. I was able to learn a lot about search engine optimization, gained so much hands on experience with excel."

What do you like about working at Dominion Enterprises?

"I enjoyed my co-workers, many of them were in my stage of life (young professional). Management was eager to help me learn the new field (webinars, meetings, brainstorming). The only reason I left Dominion Enterprises was because I wanted to re-locate back to florida."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"be yourself!"

What don't you like about working at Dominion Enterprises?

"I loved every moment of it."

"Not people oriented or innovation oriented company, desire is to maintain status quo for eventual sale of the company."

"Great Learning experience."

What do you like about working at Dominion Enterprises?

"The friendships and connections that were built."

What don't you like about working at Dominion Enterprises?

"The commute."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Communication is essential!"