Great work life balance, but very corporate and very political. - Software Engineer II Aquatic Informatics Employee Review

3.0
23 Sept 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Remote, good benefits, great work life balance. If you want a very low stress software job with very well defined success metrics, this is a fantastic place to work.

Cons

Accountability is focused on process following rather than results. Sprint velocity is far more important than creating a well functioning product. Additionally, there is massive architectural tech debt from long ago. It is improving now, but much remains.

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5.0
15 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great team, benefits, and flexibility to build your own schedule. Targets are within reach

Cons

Not many. Some growing pains of a startup-sized subsidiary within a multibillion dollar organization.

3.0
24 Jan 2023
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

The mission of the company is admirable. Working in the water quality industry was the best part about the job. Checks a lot of the "benefit" boxes: Nice vacation policy, benefit options are decent, can't complain about the salary. Option to work Remote, In Office or Hybrid.

Cons

AQI was acquired by Danaher's Water Quality Platform in 2020. Since then, numerous corporate and business processes/policies have been implemented. Some processes are genuinely beneficial, but most of them are overly complex, time-consuming, and not as beneficial as they are intended to be. There has also been massive turnover in leadership and other veteran resources, and the culture has done a complete 180.

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