NOT a Good Place to Start Tech Career, or any Career in General - Software Developer Uline Employee Review

1.0
Jun 11, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Competitive pay...but they make you earn it in horrible culture and wading through old technology that will make you irrelevant in the current IT world.

Cons

1. OUTDATED TECH - All on premise service hosting. No cloud (no desire to move to cloud either), - Very little automation. - Not open to change or innovation. Don't think you can come here and change anything, all decisions are made by the president of the company, not the actual tech leaders. 2. NO WORK FROM HOME DURING THE PANDEMIC OR ANYTIME, FOR ANY REASON. 3. Wear a shirt/tie every day as a developer (non customer facing employee) 4. Uline doesn't follow standards such as agile. They say they do but really it's waterfall (old development methodology) disguised as agile. You will have to unlearn this after leaving Uline (I had to) 5. Micromanagement is strong here. Again, they say it's agile, but it's not. 6. I had to do hours of work on my own to stay relevant to even be considered for other jobs that are now predominantly cloud centric or at least in the process of moving to the cloud. DO NOT APPLY HERE, you're doing yourself a disservice if you want to be relevant in the tech industry. I am so happy that I moved to a different company that allows me to WFH and work on relevant technology that continues to advance my career. If it gives you any idea how scarred I am from Uline I felt compelled to write this a YEAR after I left just in case post pandemic job seekers stumble upon this review. STAY AWAY!

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
Jan 23, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Top management really does care about you. Food is amazing in the cafe. Free massages, fitness center and personal trainer available. Training is really good. Beautiful office. Not just stuffy white walls. Bonuses are awesome. The cons are out weighed by all these pros

Cons

Business professional Dress code, can only have 5 personal items on your desk, strict 8-5 hours, clock in and clock out even for salary employees.

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