Pay me - Junior Software Engineer Sigma Labs XYZ Employee Review

2.0
7 Nov 2024
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Pros

Fantastic Training. Genuinely some of the best teaching I’ve ever gotten

Cons

There’s very little clarity over when you’ll be placed. It’s very exploitative to target people from lower-income and disadvantaged backgrounds, then underpay them. Very evasive about answering questions regarding placement. Also, the London living wage is £29k, and the salary has not been increased to reflect this. They’re making a massive profit off of each trainee and severely underpaying them.

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4.0
17 Apr 2026
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Pros

- Amazing training. They don't just teach you but coach you. Its an environment that constantly demands you to be proactive, communicate and push these valuables skills in your career, not just on the tech side. A key reason why is because you get tonnes of feedback. - Meeting an amazing cohort of smart people. The socials have been really fun and you do get close with some people. - You aren't just learning to code, but be someone who codes well, with clean code thats readable. Learning how to use AI, Github collaboratively, .... - The MVP system and retro at the end of the week is always fun that recognises your hard work. - Coaches are fun to joke around with. - Learn non-technical things like; how to present, communicate, interview skills, time management, ...

Cons

- You have to be quite flexible in terms of job role and industry you're going into. You don't really get a choice unless its due to personal reasons. (With this job market, anything is better than nothing :) ) - It is intense. There is a possibility you will be kicked off the course but you will always be given a 1 week warning. I think this is mainly for you to show in that week you do care and can follow their feedback points to improve. - They push for you to not work overtime, as it can lead to burnout. But in reality (personally) I had to do a lot outside of the 9-6 to finish the weekly courseworks. - Your first year of deployment will be 30k and then 38k 2nd year which is a bit low. Your benefits as well will be SL ones rather than the company you are deployed at.

5.0
1 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

They train you really hard, but really well. You on-board a lot of information in a short space of time. Particularly useful is the non-technical skills they teach. By the time you land an actual salaried job you feel under less pressure and have more time to dig at your weaknesses.

Cons

Hard work for no pay for weeks, and at the end you have to hope you perform well enough that you impress a potential employer. But they're upfront and transparent about this, and you know the score going in.

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