iTech Media FAQ

Pros

They walk the walk with their values and have really stood by people over the course of the pandemic

Cons

the benefits package sometimes compensates for pay, they don't have salary distribution transparency

Pros

You never have the dreaded Sunday fear, ITech is always a nice place to be even when the pressure is on or a deadline is looming. Mainly because there is no blame culture here and I really mean that. If you personally make a mistake, its a growth opportunity and if the team as a whole doesn’t reach its goal they look back on the strategy rather than trying to pin it on individual team members or Chapter (a chapter is like your area, engineering, product, design etc) The Ops team is also outstanding, they do everything they can to make sure ITech is a fun, supportive and caring work place. If you are off sick for a while they send a really good chocolate hamper (at least that’s what I got!) and they have a recognition system where you can record positive interactions with your colleagues so its not just one manager painting your picture. Pay is pretty decent, not as high as places like Amazon but certainly competitive and the 10% optional matched pension + the huge number of other benefits are so good I’ve never been shown better

Cons

Some of the work can be a bit chaotic, the company is growing so fast and they are so open to trying new things that some times you’ll work on something that never gets used, or you’ll have a couple of important projects on the go in parallel. Not always bad, but can be frustrating at times.

Advice to Management

Pay transparency and promotion process could be better. It’s great that you can be put forward for advancement every 3 months, but it isn’t a smooth process

Pros

Amazing benefits and opportunity to get creative in all roles. Building the healthiest workplace in the world where their people are number 1. The culture is good and most are open to feedback which is refreshing. Good and smart people and growing rapidly!

Cons

Need better communication and alignment at all levels

Advice to Management

Build the foundations properly and give your senior leadership autonomy

Pros

Absolutely amazing culture! There is so much fun packed around every corner and everyone works really well together. You are listened to and your ideas have real weight inside your team. Everyone is super happy and there is a real positive vibe everywhere you look. The company has so many great employee benefits and they keep adding benefits all the time.

Cons

For me, the work that I am doing is not challenging. iTech does not make complicated web applications that require any real thought. In-fact the sites very rarely have anything dynamic/real-time on them at all. Furthermore there is no desire to move to anything other than PHP which would interest a lot of other developers. During the day I can quite easily get away with watching Netflix and giving 40% while still receiving recognition for great work. Praise is often awarded to extroverted employees and/or people who put themselves in the spotlight. For introverted people it's difficult to get any recognition at all because of this. Awards are given out to the employees with the highest amount of recognition in the company and it feels unfair and like a popularity contest to the people who are working super hard every day but don't put themselves centre stage. Everyone is super happy. While this is a pro, it is also a con for me. I don't like the super happy environment, at times it feels superficial and makes me feel like I'm depressed because I'm not as happy as everyone else.

Advice to Management

Keep up the fantastic job. You all do a great job and I always feel like I have a place where I can go if I need help or anything else. Some of the cons I have mentioned are issues within the industry itself and are the same at any place you go to. It would be difficult for anyone to be able to fix them but iTech definitely makes them less noticeable.

Pros

Amazing benefits and opportunity to get creative in all roles. Building the healthiest workplace in the world where their people are number 1. The culture is good and most are open to feedback which is refreshing. Good and smart people and growing rapidly!

Cons

Need better communication and alignment at all levels

Advice to Management

Build the foundations properly and give your senior leadership autonomy