Good Co. - NLP Engineer Neuro Systems Employee Review

I was employed for 3 years. I worked for 2 different clients. 1. when you are hired as a Full time Employee (means you work on internal company products) , the expectations from you are that you will be able to adapt to the changing technology needs every 6 to 12 months. e.g. i started of as a Junior Java dev, then got into Adobe Flex for sometime and for the last 1.5 years have been doing Amazon Cloud, Angular.js, backbone and Spring. I worked with a large insurance and a Finance client. pretty good resume builder and good exposure. But i must warn this might not be a good fit for people who are looking forward to do the same thing i.e. 9 to 5 types. it may not be a good cultural fit. This company pays a full time salary (means they even pay on bench), so you cant have any preferences on what you want to work and what you dont. thats the downside. But its mostly a JAVA shop. So i would advise php, python or .NET guys to stay away from this company as you may not learn much. 2. Otherwise i got my Visa taken care of (which was a big relief as other small companies that are willing to hire less experienced people dont file for Visa and some dont even have the experience to deal with the complexities of H1b process).

Cons are quite a few. 1. the company is split between 2 schools of people. (1 that are too product focus and want to build complex Apps and others that are focused on pleasing the clients i.e. similar to accenture, deloitte, E&Y etc). becuase i worked with both kinds, i can say the strategy of the company is so divided. 2. You cant have location preferences. not atleast for the first 1 yr becuase they pay you on bench, they expect you to pack your bags and move once a year or so. 3. Another thing is you need to be able to adapt to their technical needs (once again becuase they pay you full time it all depends on what the client needs.)

Provide opportunities to get your hands on latest IT Technologies and Skills. Work load could vary depending on the office you are working. Dearborn, MI office has more workload because of heavy product development work. Virginia office is less loaded and workload is normal. Technical Team is supportive. when you need their help They can support you technically. I was a relatively new entry level developer with little experience. When I was stuck in programming, the senior developers would assist. Technologies can change depending on the direction but that’s how I learnt. Mostly they use JAVA, J2EE, Mobile UI development and Cloud. Also Getting H1-b done was a big relief also. Didn’t have to worry much as attorney takes care of everything

Management is very much focused on client engagement. doesn’t have much of a direct contact with staff. Once you prove yourself, There is some Resistance by some of the managers to let you leave and join new projects. Appraisals & Promotion policy is somewhat different. The starting package may be average. Don’t expect appraisals/promotion in the first 1 year. After the 1st year, things could go fast.