Great company, but it's losing their own culture - Software Engineer ArcTouch Employee Review

3.0
2 Sept 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

We have great projects from well-know brands, the VP of Engineering is very smart, on Thursday we stop earlier to have beer and talk about the projects, weekly we have tech-talks, fully-kitchen and free snacks. Good healthcare, dental care, gym discount, free parking, no dress code, it's allowed to work from home on Fridays, co workers are very friendly and approachable. There's a PS4 with Fifa Soccer.

Cons

The company was acquired a few months ago and initially, it shouldn't change the culture. Previously, we were self-manageable team, which is great, but now, they created managers role which is very useless. We should have inspiring leaders/conversation, not boring ones. The company should avoid IBM/HP culture and be more like Google / Facebook. Otherwise, the best developers will leave the company. There are not many restaurants around so we usually go to the same place, everyday.

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ArcTouch Response
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It should be noted that while it is true we were acquired in January, we have worked hard to retain our company culture. This is clear in the list of "Pros" in this review. About a year ago, all employees were given the opportunity to give their feedback to senior management one-on-one and the consistent theme was a "lack of feedback". We recently appointed team leads (not managers) to help provide some of that feedback. We are also in the process of hiring an Engineering Manager for the Florianópolis office so that the level of feedback and development will be what our staff is asking for and deserves. We take these reviews seriously and work hard to respond not only to the comments but to the situations that are creating them. Thanks to the reviewer for speaking up!

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5.0
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Pros

ArcTouch provides an unprecedented level of transparency to its employees. Their managers and executives are all available to anyone and they provide regular forums for asking questions. ArcTouch provides significant career advancement opportunities, but they expect you to grab the bull by the horns, they won't just hand it to you. You have to know what you want and go for it, then show you are capable of doing it, then you can aim for advancement. I've seen a lot of people get promoted to very important positions from fairly low level starts. Project and client variety available, but also stability for longer term depending on your client assignment and if you like what you are doing. Great work life balance.

Cons

The company's growth seems to have stagnated and they had to pull back and right size recently. Only the underperforming and extra overhead people seem to have been let go so everyone left seems to be high quality.

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Pros

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Cons

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