Scotland/Glasgow - IT Staff - stay away
Pros
* Central location. * A consultancy that has a base office for developers.
Cons
90+ Developers have resigned over the last 14 months (20 in the last 10 weeks) from Glasgow's two delivery centers (ODSC, Java Development Center) leaving 18 staff total. 1) Salary - average 35-50% below industry average across all levels. 2) Bonuses are denied by moving financial targets. 3) Offices are jokingly referred to as "dystopian looking" 4) 2 Senior VPs purposefully sabotaging the departments, bullying staff at all levels (5/8 senior staff were off with stress during 1 month). 5) Unsanitary working conditions (thick dust on desks and hair balls on carpets) and utilitarian with (literally) no storage. 6) Offices are never large enough for all the staff (staff work full time in the kitchen). Plants are not allowed in CGI offices as they are "unhygienic". 7) You may be told to "bring devices from home" to meet contract requirements. 8) Project mangers routinely out-number developers due to corporate bureaucracy and standard billing practices: a recent project had 1 Developer and 8 PMs. 9) You are expected to work on new I.P. in your spare time - unpaid, with no rewards for projects that lead to business. VPs have refused any action being taken on the above, despite 4+ years worth of reports/complaints/requests for assistance.
