Prides itself on a culture that is very lacking - Web Developer Proteus Employee Review

1.0
15 Mar 2019
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Pros

willing to hire people without degrees who can show experience. Decent benefits for a small company. Free lunch on Wednesdays. 401(k) matching and an HSA.

Cons

Abusive culture that includes constant passive aggressive remarks and insults. Below average pay. Slow to adopt new technology. Lots of overhead on simple tasks. Lots of micromanagement. Outdated, un-intuitive, proprietary CMS full of buggy legacy code that is the basis of all of their products that drastically slows development. Exiting employees receive no exit interview unless they were on good terms with management, because they do not care to improve. Negativity and lies run rampant, and the company values are not followed or even respected in the slightest. Witnessed many times where clients were lied to, which received laughter from the group, when one of the company values is candid"

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5.0
4 Nov 2025
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Pros

After 24 years with my previous company, joining Proteus Discovery has been a refreshing experience — the culture, leadership, and innovation here are the best I’ve ever seen, and the talented team makes every day rewarding.

Cons

No significant cons to note — it’s been a genuinely positive experience so far.

1.0
25 Mar 2019
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Pros

Very laid-back culture. Some people don’t show up until 11am which is often a hindrance to collaboration.

Cons

Extremely outdated tech and management techniques. Well below average compensation. High rate of turn over for a company that supposedly prides itself on culture mainly because the company values are all talk and no action. Constant mention of candor by management while they simultaneously encourage developers and product managers to lie to clients about estimates and reasons for a feature not being done on time (You’d think they might pick up on the correlation there...) The senior devs skate by mainly because of their job security as they developed and are the only ones who could possibly understand the archaic platform the company bases all of its products on. They spend most of their time fixing bugs that routinely make it to production due to a complete lack of unit and/or e2e testing.

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