xTEN Reviews

3.0

50% would recommend to a friend

(2 total reviews)

Phil Grayson

50% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

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2 reviews
1.0
6 May 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The pay is pretty good, and some of the people there are quite nice.

Cons

You'll be contracted to work 09:00-17:30 with a 1 hour lunch. You'll be required to participate in a meeting at 09:00. You'll be required to use your own hardware to connect to a VM. Which takes 4 minutes to start up. Requiring you to start work being 09:00 - otherwise Phil (CEO) will get snarky. You'll be required to track every minute of your day using Toggl so that Phil can make sure you're doing your work all the time. There is no flexibility in working hours. Also, aside from Phil's partner, it's all cishet whit men.

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xTEN Response
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Thank you for the feedback. It’s always welcome and helps us improve. We provide a lot of flexibility in working hours, and one of the team even posted about this on LinkedIn when he was working while biking around Cornwall. However, it takes a bit of time for new starters to integrate into the team, working practices, and tools before they can be productive without working the same hours. We spend a lot of time and effort onboarding new starters, and I’m sure it can seem intensive initially. You’ve made incorrect assumptions about the diversity of the team and we have a non-discriminatory recruitment policy which is rigorously upheld, although we should do a better job of making our policies more visible. We don’t always get it right, but we’re committed to improving. Good luck with wherever the future takes you, Phil - Managing Director
5.0
1 Feb 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

During my time at xTEN I gained several Microsoft certifications which are heavily attributed to the opportunities and expenses xTEN was happy to provide. They are more than willing to enable their team engage with tech meetups, conferences and online learning platforms, they see any investment into the team's knowledge base as a cost worth covering which is great. Alongside this, the projects the team take on both internally and for clients covers an awesome array of technologies, so work is not only continually interesting but you can build skills and gain confidence in the latest Azure services among other areas. Every Friday there is time set aside for training, where one member of the team will walk through a certain process they are familiar with to ensure knowledge is shared. The team are great, often in IT jobs you can come across an unapproachable member who keeps their cards close to their chest, but no one is like that at xTEN. Everyone is happy to answer questions regarding process or jump on a call and screenshare if anyone gets stuck. The team approach projects as a company task rather than an individual. While there are owners for projects, the ideology is that no one should feel like they're stuck and can't ask for help, as everyone is more than willing to get involved including Phil the Managing Director. The company operates a strong feedback loop and is open to changes in process to continue to build efficiency and job satisfaction. Staff are encouraged to criticise different aspects of their day to day, and from this I witnessed this shape the company approach to service and project management, improving the teams workflow and building stronger relationships with clients.

Cons

The company keeps itself lean, so if some are not used to self-management, task prioritisation and autonomy then it may initially be difficult to ensure projects are approached in the correct order. That said, there are daily check ins and and Work In Progress meetings for the team to catch up which gives ample room for any re-evaluations or questions regarding priorities.

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