QA - QA Engineer Tantalus Employee Review

Fast growing but still small company with big aspirations and a unique position. Individuals can really make a difference if they have enough time.

No work life balance for the majority of US employees; many are burning out quickly, feeling unimportant and under valued.

Work in new SmartGrid - Smart Meter technology sector, customer base in U.S., Canada, Carribean and South America. Potential for rapid advancement.Travel to beautiful spots of rural, wide open Canada and United States. Work with various electrical co-ops and municipalities. AMEX card, computer and phone with data package and MiFi hub. Room for advancement.. Good benefits, competitive pay, reasonable negotiation process, paid holidays and 401K with 4% matching. All employees company wide receive fixed 3 weeks of vacation. Canadian startup.

C-suite taken with themselves, founder of company unable to let go and let staff make intelligent decisions needed to rectify technical issues, excessive technical debt with no end in site, poor guidance of company, chaos, knee jerk reactions to problems, no development of staff, people fired for thin reasons, yet others kept that are obvious roadblocks to success. Repeated deception of product issues to customers. Technically unqualified people placed in management positions. Training marginal or solely on-the-job hands-on. Sales have dried up and people let go without position back fill. Low number of sales wins past 18 months, resulting in cash flow and other financial difficulties as a result. Financial position hidden from employees, and running on borrowed money month to month. Canadian startup.