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"The things I love about programming, I also hate about programming. It's easy to get lost in work and come out hours later feeling like you've time traveled into the future.Programming is fun, challenging, tangible and rewarding (with a side of creativity)."
Posted 12 years ago in Oneonta, NY
Programmer at Larch Technologies
in Cheektowaga, NY

What do you like about working at Larch Technologies?

"All employees are work their works with share.with no tension and relax"

What don't you like about working at Larch Technologies?

"I always like in my company. But now I change only for my future growth"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management always supports for all employees. So I wish for continue their works"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Programmer at City of Hope National Medical Center
in Duarte, CA

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"Great institution with great people but the culture ultimately soured me."

What do you like about working at City of Hope National Medical Center?

"The people I work with and the prestige of the institution"

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

"Try your best not to become too embroiled in the politics of the place or it'll make you too cynical to do your job effectively."

What don't you like about working at City of Hope National Medical Center?

"The culture and the political wrangling between departments. The nepotism in some departments."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"You need to reign in some of the rock star doctors and researchers and make the rules and procedures apply to everyone equally."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Programmer at Hewlett-Packard
in Palo Alto, CA

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"Great field related experience with lots of learning opportunities."

What do you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"It was related to my field and expertise, and there was always something new to do or develop or to learn."

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

"Do your best if granted the opportunity to have a better position."

What don't you like about working at Hewlett-Packard?

"Wage, and how it interacted with employees, no continuing education."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Better understanding of what or how the production line is doing their job efficiently."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Programmer at MetLife

What do you like about working at MetLife?

"The company overall is great but I think it depends on your group."

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

"Too many levels, no promotion, it's more like a job, not career."

What don't you like about working at MetLife?

"No structure, sometimes too many layers of management to deal with. Too much politics, you have to fit into a click to move up."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think he's on the way to turning the company around."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Programmer at SunGard
in Bethlehem, PA

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"Working for here was a pleasant experience until later corporate integration"

What do you like about working at SunGard?

"The team members here were very friendly and experienced in executing their duties."

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

"Take a look around the company and look how many other are stressed out."

What don't you like about working at SunGard?

"Toward the end of my employment, the amount of work expected from each employee was unrealistic, resulting in too much stress."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The people that restructured the company did not consider the amount of support work required for the product I was supporting."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Programmer at Packaging Corporation of America
in East Point, GA

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"I was there best mechanic"

What do you like about working at Packaging Corporation of America?

"It was a good place to work for. I love my job."

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

"no. Cause this company has a lot of of to offer also when it come down to interviewing,"

What don't you like about working at Packaging Corporation of America?

"I never had a dislike about the company. I just did my job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They could use a little more help. sometimes managers don't have the time to help."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Programmer at Crucial Computers
in Addis, LA

What do you like about working at Crucial Computers?

"Dynamic work environment where I always had to deal with new technologies and challenges."

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

"I would tell them that the company is interesting if they like to work in a dynamic environment."

What don't you like about working at Crucial Computers?

"Lots of works relative to the human resource and working under tight schedule and on different projects at a time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Increase its human resource and try to keep experienced employees."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Programmer at Screen Actors Guild
in Los Angeles, CA

What do you like about working at Screen Actors Guild?

"It was a large company with a lot of support."

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

"It is a great company only tip would be to have fun with the great people"

What don't you like about working at Screen Actors Guild?

"The fact that it is very tied to the entertainment industry causes the company to fluctuate a lot"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Try to find a way to stabalize the company so it is not fluctuate with the industry."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Programmer at AFS Technologies
in Milford, CT

What do you like about working at AFS Technologies?

"Working with the wine distribution system, the end-users (15 wine customers), cobol environment."

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

"The company is down-sizing, wants to move wine customers off of the current wine system and onto their food/wine beverage system."

What don't you like about working at AFS Technologies?

"Daily tavel and commute, slowly losing the wine customers by pushing them to the food/beverage system."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To promote the use of .net technology, and also assist in the training of the functions."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Programmer at Shasun Consultants
in Delhi, CA

What do you like about working at Shasun Consultants?

"Small company with great projects. So it was a great step in my carrer"

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

"We will be an experience of a lifetime. You will learn at every day"

What don't you like about working at Shasun Consultants?

"It environmnet, it was we are a team, no owner, no employee"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Please keep that transparency we had, that was they most important aspect"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Programmer at Quomation Insurance Services
in Orem, UT

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"I had a good job until I had been there for a few months and then I was let go."

What do you like about working at Quomation Insurance Services?

"I was able to talk to my co-workers for help if I had questions and we had a relaxed atmosphere for working."

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

"Check the Better Business Bureau rating for the company before applying. Notice they are always hiring and not getting bigger."

What don't you like about working at Quomation Insurance Services?

"If you didn't share an interest in the 'Heroes of Newearth' game you were some what sidelined at lunch time and if you had issues that require speaking to the HR representative, she was only in the office twice a week or if you message her often enough."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would suggest not playing favorites and ignoring one employee. One employee had his birthday ignored while every other employee's was celebrated."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Programmer at Z2Live
in Seattle, WA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"I love my job and the people I work with, but not always the corporate policies."

What do you like about working at Z2Live?

"The job itself and the people I work with on a daily basis."

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

"Know your stuff well, and be able to communicate clearly."

What don't you like about working at Z2Live?

"I feel that some of the higher-up decisions are short sighted."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Put more emphasis on tools and long term gains over short term profits."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Programmer at University of Virginia
in Charlottesville, VA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"My experience is good, but I am looking for a better position."

What do you like about working at University of Virginia?

"The people, the boss. They always treat me with respect, even if they want to improve or correct my job."

What don't you like about working at University of Virginia?

"The technologies they use and the way they have to work some of my co-workers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The work of a computer scientist, should be done by a computer scientist, and not by a person from other fields that knows programming."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Programmer at Market Strategies
in Livonia, MI

What do you like about working at Market Strategies?

"Being able to work remotely and work supervision based on personal responsibility"

What don't you like about working at Market Strategies?

"Exported my position offshore, not recognizing that time lines are unreasonable based on staffing"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Bring jobs back from offshore, hiring internally, provide more training"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Programmer at Open Priority
in Moscow, ID

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Great opportunity to learn web-development, but broken management"

What do you like about working at Open Priority?

"The ability to learn new stuff and work with experienced team member"

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

"It's better to stay away from this company. Otherwise expect money lose."

What don't you like about working at Open Priority?

"Broken management and financially ruined company. They just don't pay."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't get more people if you cant pay them. Have a clear business strategy."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
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