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      In a word - disappointing - Anonymous employee Appster Employee Review

      1.0
      31 Mar 2016
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      • The team I worked with were excellent • Casual work environment • Decent coffee machine

      Cons

      • Being a 'culture fit' was far more important that the ability to do your job well. • Remuneration well below industry average. 'Company culture' considered to be a worthwhile replacement. Management expects people to 'do whatever it takes' and yet give the least possible in return. The attitude that seemed to come across was that staff are seen as disposable or easily replaceable. • Vague promises of better rates, employment or career opportunities that were never fulfilled. • For a company that perceives itself as agile and innovative, it was highly resistant to any input. Suggestions on improvement and streamlining of process met with anything between indifference to outright hostility. • As a result, there is a high rate of staff turnover, particularly of skilled and experienced people. • Lack of interest in producing quality products. We were, in fact, told explicitly to avoid any kind of value adding, even if we had time and budget. • People lacking key knowledge and experience making poor decisions to the detriment of projects. • Morally questionable attitude towards clients and potential sales

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      Appster Response
      9y
      Hi, Firstly I’m glad you enjoyed our coffee machine, the team and our laid back culture. We have some really awesome people in Melbourne :-) However, I don’t think any company is perfect and we grow we’re always looking to improve. I’m sorry that you feel our compensation and career promises were met. As you were engaged as a contractor in our Melbourne office on a project by project basis it’s hard for us to commit to taking every contractor on as a full-time employee as our hiring is based on client demand. We have taken feedback about contractor rates onboard and have significantly increased them since you did your project at Appster as we received this feedback multiple times. We’re really proud of our relationships with clients and quality, and while every company can do better this is something we track and share weekly NPS feedback scores with our entire organisation. We spent time through automation and manual testing focusing on API, Security, UI, performance/load and a number of types of testing through our test cases. We have over 40 QAs in our organisation. I’m proud that this year we became a top 5 developer on independent review site Clutch.co and recently won a prestigious W3 award :-) Without being privy to the specifics about quality and client management, I’d be happy to have a chat to learn how we can do better. My email is mark.mcdonald@appster.com.au and I’m always free for a coffee or discussion. - Mark

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      Pros

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      Cons

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