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"Flexibility and great work/life balance that's needed in today's workplace" (in 12 reviews)
"Great people, great company to work for overall" (in 16 reviews)
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"Some team members are overworked and (I'm assuming) underpaid" (in 5 reviews)
"Project managers are constantly asking for SE's to try to squeeze in extra work" (in 3 reviews)
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"Amazing culture, amazing people, amazing growth"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookI worked at HelloWorld full-time (More than a year)
Pros
HelloWorld was an amazing place to work. It was my first proper engineering job, and it was an incredible experience.
A developer's first program in any language typically prints HelloWorld, and I honestly can't think of a better place to have started my engineering career proper, than here.
Onboarding was smooth, within a month I felt like I had known everyone on the team for a bit. The work was fun, and challenging, and the open floor plan made everyone appear very approachable. The best part is people were actually very approachable, and I still maintain contact with quite a few of them.
I especially liked the communication between my manager and our team as it helped set expectations for software delivery. Sure we had some crunch deadlines, but it was nothing we didn't discuss as a team and agree too.
This open and transparent communication made it easy to ramp up and contribute quickly. When I think back on it, I gained responsibility with time, but it never once felt undue or burdensome; it all happened rather naturally.
By far the biggest pro, the people and culture. Honestly. Everyone was just really cool. Being a marketing company, I happened to like to go by the creative team quite a bit as it's really nice to see the stuff they make. As a plus, they happen to really like talking about their work and it makes for a great listen IMO.
There's also a pretty nice game room to unwind in if you need a breather, and jigsaw puzzles if you want them.Cons
None for me, but it did feel like developers lived in a different world than producers at times with regards to pressure and needing to deliver. I'd chalk it up to my manager being able to set and communicate reasonable expectations and delivery dates however.
Advice to Management
Don't change the culture, by far the biggest thing I miss. Just great, great people.
HelloWorld 2018-11-23 20:15 PST ![HelloWorld Logo]()
"Work/life balance"
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Pros
PTO, WFH, Summer Fridays a plus!
Cons
Limited growth opportunities. Long work hours
HelloWorld 2018-12-30 11:30 PST![HelloWorld Logo]()
"Software Engineer"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at HelloWorld full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
The people are great, very loyal and happy. good flexible hours and good PTO/holidays. the company is solid and the business is plenty. lots of good work.
Cons
management is a mess in some areas. there is little communication between some of the team leaders. promotions felt random and were most of the time empty promises. raises were almost non-existent except for select people and not even cost of living increases were done this past year. multiple promises and delays of a bonus that never happened. also people work too hard and burn out.
Advice to Management
Listen to your Engineers, promote those that deserve the promotion and give them the opportunity to prove themselves. going over 5 years without a promotion is detrimental to an employees state of mind and just doesn't show respect for them, specially after multiple empty promises of said promotion.
all that being said, I loved this company, and would come back if there was an opportunity to do so.HelloWorld 2018-12-10 11:31 PSTHelpful (2)
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"A great experience so far"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at HelloWorld full-time (More than a year)
Pros
HelloWorld has a friendly culture, nice offices, and flexible work environment. The work is, for the most part, interesting.
I feel like they make a real effort to motivate through positivity.
I also like the size of the company - it's small enough so that you can always find the right person to talk to on an issue, but big enough that the scale of work is complex, enjoyable, and challenging.Cons
Recent acquisition by Merkle may lead to uncertainty, especially in administrative areas.
Advice to Management
I really like the way this company works. I can't really think of any specific advice.
HelloWorld 2018-11-23 14:34 PSTHelpful (1)
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"Great Company"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at HelloWorld full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Flexible, great culture and coworkers
Cons
A lot of changes to senior leadership, uncertainty following sale of business
HelloWorld 2018-11-19 09:46 PST![HelloWorld Logo]()
"Good company to work for"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at HelloWorld full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Great people to work with
A lot of clients to work with - makes the work different for each client
Good culture in the beginning (see Cons why only in beginning)
Location was ok
Agency Agile changed how work was done, for the better (and great teamwork)Cons
No raises in the last few years, and sometimes just 1%
No advancement, unless managerial (No technical career path). There was at one point an initiative to create different career paths, but then the person who leaded this left, it just disappeared.
Since sale of business, future uncertain
In beginning, good culture. But since sale of business, things changed
When you get assigned to one client, work gets a bit boring.Advice to Management
Give better raises
Create different career paths. Not everyone is a good manager, but they are great leading technicallyHelloWorld 2018-11-21 09:16 PST![HelloWorld Logo]()
"Great Work Environment! Needs More Focus on Core Values"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at HelloWorld full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
There's great work-life balance. You can take as many PTO days as you need and work from home when need be. The employees are pretty friendly (for the most part) and you work with larger clients like Kraft or Starbucks! Another thing I liked about working at Hello World was the agile methodologies they used when building their projects. While there were sometimes miscommunications, implementing agile in our daily work routine allowed us to build our projects efficiently and stay on the same page as a team.
Cons
There is no onboarding when you start off depending on your role. In my experience, I had no work to do my first 3 months. I also did not get much recognition for the work I did do there. After I was given real tasks, I worked over-time almost every day, completing tasks always on time or before then, and my work was never really accounted for. One of the greatest things about working at Hello World is the fact that you can work with larger clients, like Starbucks. Ironically, they don't always use the most modern and useful technologies. While working there, I realized that the work you do at Hello World is generally "Hello World specific" so the knowledge you gain wont always be applicable elsewhere.
Advice to Management
My advice to management would be to take the feedback from the employees more seriously. A number of people have complained about similar things that were never solved. Another thing would be to pay closer attention to the employees, there's a whole lot of undercover unprofessionalism.
HelloWorld 2018-11-29 15:45 PST![HelloWorld Logo]()
"Producer"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at HelloWorld full-time
Pros
Great company culture is amazing
Flexibility and great work/life balance that's needed in today's workplace
The workforce is diverse on all levels
Pay is fair
Interesting and cutting-edge workCons
Southfield location is not the greatest
HelloWorld 2018-10-17 07:56 PDT![HelloWorld Logo]()
"Great Team"
StarStarStarStarStarRecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at HelloWorld full-time
Pros
Fantastic culture and team environment.
Cons
Difficult to really move the ship, management not accessible.
HelloWorld 2018-10-01 11:06 PDT![HelloWorld Logo]()
"An OK place to work"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at HelloWorld full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
The pay was competitive as were their benefits.
Cons
There are almost no C-level people there anymore since they were purchased. The middle management is not great. There was almost no advancement in certain departments.
HelloWorld 2018-10-11 09:30 PDT
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