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Sovereign Sportsman Solutions

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Politics and nepotism. CTO suffers from poor understanding of technology and lacks people skills. - Senior Software Engineer Sovereign Sportsman Solutions Employee Review

1.0
26 June 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Remote work was good and bad. Nice to be remote, but very little cohesion among teams. Benefits are pretty cheap, and pretty good. They pay 75% of the cost. Salary was OK. Definitely competitive, but middle of the road. Several developers I talked to considered this to just be a temporary stop in their careers with zero intention of staying beyond one year. Technology base is very legacy, and they are stuck in a decade old mindset. Many of the projects were just forks of other projects with custom development haphazardly lumped on top. Their turnover is very high, so often you're looking at code that has been through several different developers, all with their own styles and mindsets. This makes for an extremely unorganized and bug-filled product.

Cons

Lots of politics and nepotism. CTO makes most of the decisions on employment without consulting anyone and without regard to the effects on the projects. Long term employees were often let go with no warning, even after receiving top reviews just weeks earlier. Very much a "good 'ol boys" club. Many of the long term employees are family members of other employees. If you're not "in the club", don't expect to stay too long. They'll figure out a way to get rid of you when they're done with you. Hostile to new ideas, they seemed to be looking for the cheapest developers and only wanted them to follow specific orders. If you are a "robot-coder" with no desire to present your own opinions and ideas, then this is the place for you. If you want any sort of say in what you build, forget it. There is absolutely no upward mobility. The company structure is flat, and they people in positions of power got there because of who they know or who they are related to, not because of merit or any sort of exceptional ability. Absolutely ZERO diversity at all. Mostly all the same type of men and very few women. No racial diversity whatsoever.

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5.0
7 July 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Great benefits (Health, Dental, 401k match etc) affordable and on the better side of coverage. -Satisfying work (often times we are working on projects that benefit the wildlife and people enjoying nature and usually we are pioneering those solutions- there is a mix of old projects that aren’t on the cutting edge- but there’s tons of new projects and development growth opportunities) -Upward mobility (I’ve read some of the other reviews on here and don’t understand- I’ve gotten several raises and responsibility advancements in just a few years by providing value) -Supportive leadership (there might be internal conflict here and there but it always seems genuine and for the good of the company)

Cons

-Little Busy (There’s plenty of work to do- but it is definitely manageable and the management team understands this and takes care of people)

4.0
10 June 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Interesting work. Working remote was great.

Cons

Nice office location in Nashville, but sometimes space was cramped..

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