A good company that ran into the ground - Software Engineer Fast Search Employee Review

4.0
25 Aug 2016
Recommend
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Pros

It was a dynamic company. Had a small start-up, at least at the beginning. Good people. Good technologies. Treated employees well.

Cons

Once it got too big, it started to chase all kinds of crazy deals. Financial situations became unrealistic. People started to leave.

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5.0
21 Aug 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, awesome team and good PTO

Cons

Salary not the same as other companies

4.0
20 Aug 2012
Recommend
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Pros

FAST was forward looking technology wise and was willing to spin off new groups to venture in new directions. The group I ended up working with was one of the best I've work. Although there was more travel than I would have liked, management tried its best to make up for the extra travel. There was a real sense that we all were moving in the same direction on this product.

Cons

Other than the unexpected travelling (and the financial ruin at the end), the sheer number of verticals being addressed gave one a sense that the left hand and right hand didn't always know what each other were doing.

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