Balance of good and bad... - Hosting Mitratech Employee Review

I waited for about 2 months after leaving Mitratech to reflect on this so that I could be thoughtful. I worked for Mitratech for about 6 years and left to go to another company. I miss some things. I miss a lot of good people. I don't regret leaving. Almost every negative thing I would say has a positive side and vice versa; often they are two sides of the same coin. Each person who reads this probably ought to think carefully about how to weigh the benefits and consequences of working for Mitratech. 1. If you have a lot of energy and passion you will have an opportunity to do good work at Mitratech! With that said there is a good chance that you will feel overworked. 2. The company tries hard to build an open and fun culture. This really helps team building. Unfortunately for some people (working under deadline) these events become a distraction and/or an annoyance. 3. The company really tries to maintain a leadership position in the enterprise legal market. On the upside this should ensure profitability for the foreseeable future; but it often leads to radical shifts in project prioritization and chaos among the technical teams while the sales team and leadership are off chasing dollars. 4. Mitratech does do a lot of promotion from within, so if you see yourself in a management role this is not a bad place to be! But a consequence of this does seem to be some problematic internal politics (jealousy, favoritism, good engineers turning into mediocre managers). 5. Mitratech is pretty open-minded when it comes to HR policies and sometimes this forward thinking approach works (remote work policy is pretty good). Sometimes it has mixed outcomes ("unlimited PTO") and sometimes it leads to terribly counterproductive ideas ("open office plan" ... Did I mention how great working remotely is?) 6. There are some very smart people working for this company and it is a good place to learn! On the other hand the amount of support for formal training varies from department to department and company-wide needs to be strengthened. 7. It's based in Austin! With that said, Austin has some really awful traffic (again, remote workong policy!) and it is no longer as affordable as it used to be. In conclusion I think Mitratech is a great place to work for young people out of school or starting in IT/software development. As one gets older though the negatives will start to outweigh the positives. Most people I started with 6 years ago are gone. A few people have stuck around longer (including some really brilliant guys) but most folks have moved on.