Not great, not terrible - Software Engineer OpenBet Employee Review

2.0
6 Dec 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work life balance The management within Australia is/was competent and cared about the employees Fun team to work with Really smart engineers Occasionally interesting problems arise and it's a fun challenge as an engineer to find a solution

Cons

Everything you heard about the tech being legacy is wrong. It's not legacy, it's ancient. You should be a paleontologist to be working with something that ancient. The primary language used is TCL and the database is Informix, enough said. Pay is much lower than what you could earn at competitors. Let's just say you are looking at a 25-30% raise if you switch jobs. The local management within Australia is great, but I can't say the same about the ones at the top of the food chain. The company has been sold thrice in the few years I have been there. Their primary focus is constantly looking for higher bidders instead of focusing on making a sustainable product or rewriting the decades old code. The tech debt is, well let's just say at Chernobyl levels and it's a testament to the engineers that the product is still managing to hold well even though it's dated.

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4.0
17 Nov 2015
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
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Pros

nice work culture, nice people, good job; good progress; good env; good collegues; good benefits

Cons

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3.0
14 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Learned a lot on the job

Cons

Needs more organization. Not everyone knows how to do the job.

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