Terrible Company - Senior Developer FortyAU Employee Review

1.0
20 Oct 2021
Recommend
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Pros

There is nothing positive about working for this company. Frequently, they mislead employees and contractors when taking on unrealistic development projects. There is zero support from upper management.

Cons

There is zero management skills/support when running into issues. There is no project manager to assist with upset clients who are lied to about meeting timelines of projects. The company has really no idea what and who is responsible functional software development. Software is often flawed and there is no support when trying to problem solve serious issues. This in return makes an extremely toxic relationship with clients. Often times coworkers are pulled from one development project and placed on another project. There is no accountability from management when it comes to assisting with correcting software glitches. Clients become extremely upset as this often occurs, because they were lied to when contracts were originally signed. Failure of development projects routinely occur. Clients are lied to often times by upper management regarding timelines to correct issues. My advice to anyone interested in working here is to not apply. Company continues to take on software projects they no nothing about and will not work towards finding solutions. The major issue is the company has grown way to fast and really have no idea what they are doing. A lot of these development projects are still in the infancy stage. They are ultimately set up for failure due to the inability of upper management to take charge and oversee project solutions in a timely manner.

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5.0
20 Nov 2025
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Pros

Get to experience a lot of variety at one job

Cons

Won't master things as quickly because you may hop around from project to project that use different technologies

4.0
9 Feb 2026
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Recommend
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Pros

Exposure to many different industries, company sizes, and technologies. Being connected to a large pool of technical professionals is nice for staying up to date on new developments and discussing technical topics. You can essentially "window shop" different tech stacks and companies to see what you want for yourself longer term if you decide consulting isn't for you. On that note, being a good consultant is a great way to network; it's not rare for someone to get scooped up by a client. Prove yourself on more than one occasion and you'll get a lot of leeway out of management. If your clients love you, management will too. From there you can get as much out of the company as you feel like putting in - coast and chill or grind and progress. Just keep the people signing the checks happy. They give bootcampers a chance to get their foot in the door (more on that in Cons)

Cons

Pay is below market rate Working here is a radically different experience from person to person, depending on what clients you've got, what your team is like, and how good you are at playing the consulting game. I've been perfectly happy, but I've spoken to others who have been overworked, miscommunicated with, or otherwise set up for failure. Which brings me to bootcampers - I've seen them shoot themselves in the foot here because they were dropped in the deep end and didn't speak up when they were drowning. It's a harder environment for a newbie to get started in than other companies with more stable workflows and less fragmented teams.

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