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Outlier Technologies

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Ground Floor Responsibility (With many hats). - Software Engineer Outlier Technologies Employee Review

4.0
25 May 2021
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Pros

• Work with lots of autonomy. • Opportunity to work on exciting projects with a real impact for customers. • Very lean and efficient work culture. • Relatively flexible work from home/PTO options. • Opportunity to define company methods from the ground floor.

Cons

• Frustration is often expressed in an unprofessional manner. • Lack of clearly defined processes can make it a necessity to wear many hats.

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Outlier Technologies Response
4y
Thank you for your feedback and advice. As you know, we have begun working on formal processes and internal systems to support these processes. It is still a work in progress, but I think we're headed in the right direction. As for expressing frustration, you should know I am frustrated with myself. Rather than expressing my frustration, I will do a better job at asking for help before reaching that point. - Mark Parker

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5.0
9 Apr 2024
Anonymous freelancer
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Pros

Nice people, good working pace

Cons

no complaints everyone was nice

1.0
21 Mar 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Not a bad commute as it is quite some distance from downtown Cincinnati. Good camaraderie among the actual developers.

Cons

The president, Mark Parker, had a habit of throwing tantrums when dissatisfied with the work product, but offered no clear guidance or direction. On one occasion threw a marker at a project manager during a particularly heated disagreement. Had a policy of no cell phone use in the office. Mark also installed spyware on his own servers to monitor the screens and internet use of the employees, without informing them. These incidents were thoroughly documented. The environment was caustic, the president had no clear direction or focus, and lacked any ability to effectively manage the organization.

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Outlier Technologies Response
6y
Thank you for your review, I am always open to constructive feedback from past and present employees. That being said, I think it is important to put your review into the proper context. Although the review is dated March 21, 2019, the claims stated occurred over 15-years ago when the company was named MAP Software. In 2004, we did install monitoring software on a few computers for a brief time, which all employees consented to at the beginning of their employment, and yes at that time we did have a no cell phone policy in our Employee Handbook. I do not recall the marker incident, so I am unable to respond to your accusation. Quite honestly when I started MAP Software at age 24, I wasn’t thinking about culture or what it takes to hire and retain great people. Over the years I have learned a lot from my employees, and have become a more conscious and effective leader in part because their feedback. You obviously didn’t have a positive work experience at MAP Software, and for that I am sorry.
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