Atlantic BT Reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(37 total reviews)

Jon Jordan

74% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Atlantic BT has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 37 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Atlantic BT 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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37 reviews
2.0
7 Mar 2019

Not a great outlook. Too many employees not enough work.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- People on same level are nice to work with. - Immediate supervisors are usually understanding and helpful if you need some flexibility in work hours.

Cons

- Upper management on a cost cutting rampage. The company used to be all about "the culture" and something they called "tribal knowledge" where they valued the experience of people who contributed to past and current projects. But they recently let go of several senior level developers, meaning the better paid ones, some of whom had massive amounts of that tribal knowledge. It's not looking great overall. The theory is that they would rather hire cheaper talent out of college who cost less. - Compensation and benefits are a running joke among lower level employees. It's not horrible but management likes to tell us that the company is doing "extremely well and is most profitable". We'd like to see some of that profit trickle down. - Talent is leaving left and right. It seems that every week, a couple more really skilled and well liked employees are either leaving on their own or being laid off. There is growing paranoia and it feels like most people are updating their resumes and looking around for other opportunities. We recently moved to a nicer location after being at a crumbling office building for a while but the office feels very empty now.

2.0
10 Aug 2014

Worst job of my career

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some of the projects are interesting. You get to work on a variety of different things.

Cons

This was by far the worst job I have ever had. They managed to suck everything I enjoyed about software engineering right out of it. You have to punch a stopwatch all day long to track every second of what you do. If you do not record X billable hours, you get yelled at. If you go over an estimate, you get yelled at. Then you have to go to a variety of meetings that are not billable, so you have to stay late or come over the weekend to make up for time you were doing things you were forced to do! They make a big deal about their fun activities, but knowing you will have to stay late to make up the billable time sucks the fun right out of them.

5.0
8 May 2015

Positive Changes

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Pros

Fantastic company to work for. I've been with ABT for almost 8 years and I have experienced the ups and downs of a company that has grown from a few people all the way up to 60+ employees. Professionally: ABT is a fast-paced environment that provides constant opportunities to learn different platforms, languages, and technologies, as well as advance your skill set. The bar is set high, but that's a great thing. I haven't worked along someone that didn't want to go the extra mile to make something better. Culture: This is the backbone of the company. I've never had a job that felt more like a family. Jon Jordan (CEO) puts a tremendous effort into investing in the employees and is genuinely concerned about their well-being. ABT understands the work-hard/play-hard mentality. Some benefits include: Friday lunches, game room, generous PTO, bikes, work from home, Summer hours, company events. Management: Due to a recent shift in leadership, our management team has never been stronger. They are engaged in the future growth of the company, but don't do so behind closed doors anymore. Our voices are heard and the decisions reflect that.

Cons

ABT hit a rough patch over the last 2 or so years causing a spike in turnover. The focus had shifted away from the culture and well-being of its employees to corporate-like mandates. A recent change in leadership, though, has brought ABT back to its roots and is no longer an issue. Time tracking will always be a negative part of agency life, but the new shift in leadership has also redirected our focus to quality. Time tracking is no longer such a sore point.

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