I didn't want to write this review for a long time, but my trauma can't deal with all the fake reviews on here. - Software Developer Vretta Employee Review

1.0
30 Sept 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I made friends cause all of us had the same struggles and sentiments about the job.

Cons

- as a software developer, the man you will be working under is a sociopath, swears at you, belittles you when you don't understand something, never really gives you any guidance, expects too much from new hires, overworks you. - hours are insane (base hours are 9-6, but you only get paid for 8 of those hours everyday??), and often times you work till 9-11 because of the copius amounts of work - training was abysmal, basically non-existent, yet you are expected to perform starting day 1 - code architecuture is extremely outdated and confusing, made worse by the fact that there is 0 documentation, 0 code reviews, 0 guidance by the tech lead, and he is the only one who knows anything about the code, yet is constantly unavailable but expects you to just figure it out?? - There is no scheduling, and way too many surprises, I could have some tasks planned for the day, and all of a sudden get pulled into another project that I had never worked on and expected to finish more tasks for that, then get back to the current tasks that I already had for the day, and put in overtime to finish if I couldn't do it all by 6. - me and many other employees I know had to skip lunch constantly to put all our focus into work - Pay was lowballed, which I didn't even mind but to mentally ruin us and overwork us on top of that??

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Vretta Response
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Hi ex-software developer. It is quite unfortunate that you did not have a good experience during your short stint at our company. It is also quite unfortunate that you did not bring up any of these issues to HR. We would have been able to help you out. We are quite surprised about each of the points in your feedback. Our staff members only work 8 hours a day and manage their own breaks (including their lunch which is blocked off on their calendars). Additionally, anyone who works more than 8 hours receives overtime payment. This information is available in the Onboarding Policy document that is shared with everyone. Additionally, all new hires are provided with the required training. Those that require additional training are enrolled in external training courses to upgrade their skills. This information is available in our Training Policy document that is available to all staff members. The tech-stack we use is the most modern in the industry, and our technology team is setting new standards and best practices for the world. This is quite evident from the impact that our products are having on students around the globe, and the motivation and pride in workmanship of our technology staff members. We also maintain a live wiki with all the required documentation. Every software developer has access to this information. We are not sure how you did not have access to it. All project tasks are assigned by our well-staffed and highly experienced Project Management Office, with everything perfectly tracked down to the minute detail on our PM system that all our developers are trained to use effectively. We wish you had reached out to HR to resolve your issues. However, we wish you the very best in your future endeavours. Tara

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