A few changes, more pros than cons: opiniones de empleados con el puesto de Software Engineer en Sunview Software

The Vice President of Support and Services is the best boss I've ever had. He's humble, patient, and extremely knowledgeable. He understands the value of making a genuine connection with your employees and keeping them challenged and supported. I miss working for him. He's a good man and it was fun getting to know him over the years. I learned more from him in 3+ years than I did from any other boss (or coworker) at any other job. The most senior consultant in Professional Services also made my time at the company a good experience. He's one of the smartest people I've ever worked with in 20+ years of software consulting. He's a quiet guy who's really busy but he always made time to collaborate/strategize. He understands the value of building up your team because it raises the bar for everyone. He was easy to approach with complex issues/questions and never used it as an opportunity to make you look bad or advance his own image at the company. He just helped you and moved on. Whenever I read reviews on glassdoor that are overly positive, I think they're fake or clearly trying to "get something" out of it. That's not the case with my review. Maybe they'll figure out who I am (and that's fine) but I purposefully waited a couple years to speak up about my experience at the company because I didn't want it to be just a knee jerk reaction. As a guy who's been on the road for most of his career, I've been exposed to companies all over the world and I can split them into 3 categories: top 10, middle 80, and bottom 10. I don't remember the middle 80 because they all blend in with each other. I do remember the top 10 and bottom 10. Sunview is in the top 10. Their people make it an amazing place to work - good people working hard to take care of their customers with an innovative product. I currently work for a place that I would consider in the bottom 10 - so perhaps it's the contrast, but it certainly gives me a good perspective on how good I had it at Sunview.

Honest answer - the money. It's why I left. I'm guessing they really take care of their top tier performers because they're all long term employees. I never quite made it to that level in my department.

- The engineers are very smart and nice to work with. - Director of engineering tries to do their best and is flexible with the team. - New area for engineers looks great

- Low pay and no retirement plans. - CEO is too involved in the every day work of engineers. CEO tells managers EXACTLY what he wants the engineers doing at any time. The managers are great at their job and should be allowed to lead the team, instead of taking orders. - CEO has the last word on any decision. If the CEO wants some one fired, managers has no say in it. Watched two good co-workers get fired one morning (one of which moved from out of state to work there) and given a generic reason for why they were let go. Several people were fired around that same time and given the same generic reason. - Code is quite old, dating back to 2004. There is little to no documentation and the company does not train new engineers on how the code works. The "training" back and forth emails with senior engineers. Senior engineers never sit down with you to help you or teach you something. While the other engineers are very smart, they unfortunately cannot help new people because the code base is so old, the piece you are working on hasn't been touched by any one in years.