UDA Technologies reviews

Culture: this company has no HR department at all and the structure is incredibly flat. As a full time-developer you will answer directly to the CEO, this is a problem for many reasons that will become clear. Working hours are 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM and you will be made to arrive at 7:30 AM at least once a week. As my first software development job, many of the negative cultural aspects of this company did not become apparent until joining a larger company to which I can now compare. Salary/Raises: While the salary of a full-time develop may be "decent" for the area (Auburn, AL) it is laughably low for the skills required to do the job compared to what any other company will pay for the same level of competence. You will be promised performance review-based raises when you are hired, this is a lie. In my 4+ years at UDA I received one raise, which I had to ask for several times, and culminated in receiving half of the requested raise with an incredibly rude caveat "if you feel underpaid then today should be your last day." Afterwards I got hired at a new company making well over double what UDA's CEO believed I was worth. Development process: What development process? This is a sink or swim environment. Developer labor is mostly supplied by an endless stream of co-ops rotating in and out who, more often than not, have no experience at all. This results in an overworked support team fielding calls from customers who are upset about the performance of the software. Repeated petitions from more senior developers to move away from this endless cycle of co-ops were unsuccessful. CEO: To begin, I would bet quite a bit of money that many of the positive reviews made by current employees were "encouraged" by the CEO after a consistent stream of harsh reviews. Multiple times I witnessed firsthand the CEO screaming at one or more of his employees, in public, for things often out of their control. A fully on grown man screaming across a quiet office. Developers answer directly to the CEO, which with a company this size wouldn't be the the biggest problem if the CEO had ever written a line of code. When a friend of mine gave a presentation as part of an interview for a position at UDA, the CEO publicly and openly mocked him to all who were audience to the presentation. He had a habit of sending out stressful company-wide emails with light threats of termination for various reasons. The CEO has a documented history of pursuing and engaging in inappropriate extra-marital romantic relationships with his employees, which was the stated cause for quitting by many female friends/coworkers who were made uncomfortable by his advances. The number of examples of this type of behavior is quite frankly astonishing. This even resulted the CEO's mother in law storming into the office to scream at his latest target, loudly calling her awful names.

No major cons. There are the normal challenges that come with growth, but the solutions usually result in positive things for both employees and customers.