Immense personal growth - Anonymous employee SQAsquared Employee Review

4.0
8 Feb 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

While negative reviews certainly have their place in community review sites such as Glassdoor, I think it's fair to say that unless there is a large volume of employees, the majority of the reviews for a small company like SQAsquared will end up being of the negative variety. Most people do not bother posting to these sites unless they have something to complain about. I intend to buck this trend. For me personally, I have learned countless different technical skills as well as interpersonal skills that have resonated very strongly with me today. I can honestly say that this would not be the case without the mentorship of the CEO and the exposure to different companies and projects. I think a lot of people that come and go in the company fail to see the bigger picture or feel like they have been slighted in some way. In the end, learning and growing with a company far outweighs anything else. Things will never be rosy with a company; there will always be things to complain about in life. How you choose to handle yourself in the face of inevitable challenges will really define you, and define how much money you make. I have certainly have had my fair share of ups and downs in this company, but I have grown stronger because of them.

Cons

Some core benefits are not up to par with many other companies - no dental and vision insurance, no 401k. To be fair, this is made up with other benefits - 3 weeks PTO after 3 years, 4 weeks after 5 years; Employee Savings Plan - matching money to buy a house. No advancement clear path, especially if you are a junior or mid-level member.

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5.0
23 Sept 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Alright here’s the truth. Yes this is a good place to learn, no it’s probably not going to benefit 80% of you in today’s job market. Most of these tasks that people get started here with for <5 years are extremely menial and will probably get replaced by AI in the next few years. I’ve been mulling this decision of posting this over for past few weeks but I think explaining this somewhere is the right thing to do: we’re all working on automation on the backend to cut costs and remove the need for sqaas. Hell, even most embedded positions are getting removed in the next couple years so a few of our QA Architects, Principals and a couple POCs can get rewarded for the extra work in their automation by taking over the contracts. It sucks to say but this company has always cared about protecting the individuals who’s been here since the beginning and will do anything to put us first. Even if this means screwing over recent grads or young kids to not have to cut our own salaries. It’s a bit sad to see how oftentimes my colleagues who’s been here for about a decade as well have weeks on end where they do almost nothing related to the tasks from their assigned business partners, but yet profit off of the hard work done by sqaas (of course when I say hard I usually mean easy just a lot of tasks). That part makes me the most guilty

Cons

I’ll give an honest break down the pay for those who are still interested: You start at ~33,000 After a year you’ll be at ~36,000 After two years you’ll be at ~40,000 If you do get embedded you’ll be at ~44,000 From there you’ll probably be stuck at that for a while, I’ve seen people who’s been here for 5 years and barely broke 55,000. However if (very unlikely I don’t see this happening at all) you become Principal, congratulations you’re finally an employee we care about - then you’ll be at ~80,000 Honest truth is only the VPs make high 6 figures. Every year Jeremiah would make presentations about the cost-benefit of sqaas and get raise after raise while at the same time laying people off when things get a bit rocky. Still think they/we care? But in this economy, even if you won’t take the 33,000, there’s always going to be another sucker who would. After all, sqaas is easy menial labor

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4.0
13 Oct 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Training is offered, Real experience with different projects and technologies Good Experience for newly grads

Cons

- Low pay - Lack of mentorship from the people ahead of you

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