Good place to start your career as a software developer - Software Engineer QA Employee Review

3.0
2 Oct 2020
Recommend
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Pros

1. Training, courses and certificates paid for 2. Nice staff 3. Working with some very big companies, very good opportunities to build your CV 4. Travel and work expenses paid

Cons

1. You get locked into a two year contract, stating you can't leave. If you do leave within the two years, they'll fine you £12,000. How enforceable this is, I am not sure, but I didn't take the risk 2. Salary doesn't really grow that much even after two years. I started off with £26,000 and now I am £30,000 after two years :( 3. This isn't really a consultancy for experienced software engineers. Its for grads. Once you do your two years, probably best to find another better paying job.

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1.0
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Pros

The skills platform developed by the former Cloud Academy team was innovative and well-received by customers.

Cons

Since my voluntary departure, the company has proven to be unreliable and somewhat cagey. Under the terms of their articles of association and ISD, they had 12 months to repurchase my preferred shares. Nearly 18 months have passed, and they refuse to repurchase my shares or communicate any reasons for the delay. One might conclude that they are dealing with financial difficulties.

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