Feb 1, 2014
3Pillar reviews
3.1
44% would recommend to a friend
Andres Angelani
Not enough data to show CEO approval
39% positive business outlook
3Pillar has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 736 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there.
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736 reviews
3.0
Jan 31, 2014
It's got lots to do with luck - depends on what project you get to work on
Current employee, more than 1 year
Timişoara
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
* Very driven CEO, who really tries to do something that works * You get to experience lots of different technologies, customer types, project types * Agile is taken seriously * Even if small, still funds internal research projects - haven't seen much of this in other companies of the same size (don't imagine they research nuclear fusion, though, but still) - working on such projects lets you learn a lot, but if you like your work to have an immediate, visible impact in real life, it's not very satisfying * Reasonable perks - health & dental insurance, gym money (up to a fixed maximum amount) - depends on location, I think * Lots of gimmicks - fruits, table soccer, sweets - what in particular you get depends on the location, though
Cons
* Professional satisfaction depends more on the customer you work for than on the company itself - nice customers or greenfield projects are usually nice, brownfield projects and bad customers make for a less pleasant experience - and chances are high you'll get onto one of these - bad customers are more likely to not be able to manage software development internally (but that's a given for any dev services company) * Periodical perf evals are crappy - but again, in all the years since I started working as a programmer I haven't experienced one single SW dev company where they aren't - the problem isn't the company type or size, it's that managers and HR typically don't understand what developers do, so they can't come up with a reasonable way to evaluate it * You're allowed to organize internal training activities (in fact, the company expects and encourages you to participate or initiate various initiatives, such as presentations at local dev groups, research ideas, internal trainings etc.), as long as they don't impact project work negatively, but there's not much investment in buying external training; the company does buy books, though, and gets involved with local professional communities * Slightly too many meetings for my taste - but this also depends on the customer * Mobility across projects isn't that easy (to be expected: the less gratifying projects would run out of people otherwise)
4.0
Dec 26, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
There is a relaxed work environment within the company and there are quite a few talented and skilled people. You are encouraged to learn new technologies all the time.
Cons
As in all large companies there are people getting in positions they don't really deserve
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