Pros
Great place for young developers to start or if you want to live in Netherlands for a short time and don't care about being paid A lot of great and talented people from around the world Different cultures English is the language of the company Social events: Freaky Friday and big end of year party (Limited) ability to move teams Business is growing Choose your OS (most use Linux) Stock and permanent contract after 3 years
Cons
No opportunities to advance or try new things No job security, no raise, no bonus, low salary (about 2500 EUR each month before 42% tax) No flexibility in work hours Company doesn't deliver what it promises Company promises a quarterly bonus that "everyone gets" but lot of people don't Company gives very little relocation money (1500 EUR) No relocation money until your first payment (about 26th day of the month) Very little assistance at all, while pushing you to find a house in one or two weeks Employees are judged with double-standards, and the company plays favorites Some people, who kiss asses, get away with everything and get special treatment, while they are really hard on others Senior management and Senior developers do whatever they want Very slow doing anything to benefit you, renewing contract Performance review is mostly self-assessment Clueless managers Code is messy, unorganized, and not documented People whisper about you behind your back, The company fails on communication Lots of brainwashing, Company "culture" is a joke Lot of churn in IT, but they say "nobody ever leaves" They hire anybody, even people who don't know any Perl
