SteadyRain Reviews

3.2

54% would recommend to a friend

(20 total reviews)

Thompson Knox

57% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

SteadyRain has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 20 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SteadyRain employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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20 reviews
1.0
30 Aug 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Friendly atmosphere, casual dress, and non-management co-workers understand the frustrations trying to meet managements expectations and willing to help each other out when possible.

Cons

If you come from a structured development background with experience developing solid applications this job isn't for you. If you're an intelligent open source hacker that loves writing client-side code desperate for a job you might consider it. This company believes in quantity over quality. Lures clients in making false promises by under projecting costs to make the sale. As developer 90% of your work is setup to fail before it hits your desk. Over 75% of your work isn't actual development work, instead it's troubleshooting technical problems caused by the following... CEO (or Sales Team) makes developers decisions without having any development experience or asking for advice. When advice is given CEO doesn't listen fearing of losing the sale and expects it done his way. This leads to bad software design but that's okay because "bad design means more money from client trying to fix it". Clients are getting smarter about application development and starting to see right through this strategy. Only long term employees are those that are making the decisions. Everyone else is a pawn that's been there 3 or less years. You'll be expected to work 40+ hours a week and all time must be billable to a client not the company. Benefits are horrible with very little work/life balance. You don't start earning vacation and sick days (no combined PTO) or become 401k eligible until you're already seeking a new employer. Developers are treated as an extension to the client's IT Department. If the client needs it done it's the developers job to do it even if it isn't development work. Much of your day is spent connecting to old/slow off-site servers working as a server administrator or SEO programmer. Google is the only source of training when asked to do work that requires you to learn something. Company lacks their own SDLC process instead lets each client dictate it, isn't afraid to test using production environments, and clueless what "best practices" even means in development. Copy and paste using shotgun surgery is the preferred development method. Management, Sales Team, and Project Managers can all assign work to a developer making prioritizing your desk impossible. Work is either over the top detailed with half of it becoming irrelevant about a third of the way through the development process or very vague lacking any sort of expectations; no middle ground. Both will require you to do extensive analysis work up front to implement a development strategy that isn't part of the planned budget.

1.0
23 Dec 2015

You will be used, abused and turned loose.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The area the office is located in is good. Walking distance to lunch, good happy hour areas and that's about it.

Cons

This place is a revolving door. And for good reason. They bring you in to clean up a giant mess of a position that has been empty. You will be the first on there, the last one to leave and work your tail off trying to make sense of things and fix issues that have been simmering for months. You will be assisted projects that you have to work with upper management on and they will be too busy to work with you on ANYTHING. You will ask for information about projects, clients, and you will be pushed a side and treated like a moron for asking questions.

1.0
2 Jan 2016

Churn and Burn

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The other non-management employees are friendly and try to work together to solve problems. The location is good if you don't mind working in the city.

Cons

Sales people don't listen to staff advice when bidding and most projects end up over budget. Tension constantly runs high as there's always multiple disaster projects to deal with. This leads to very long hours and weekend work. Clients aren't effectively managed either which causes additional stress. Most employees only last 3-6 months due to the above. The benefits are lackluster with time off taking 6 months to accrue. If you're around long enough to enjoy PTO you'll be questioned if requested since billable time is all that matters to leadership.

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