8th Light Employee Reviews
Out of 37 8th Light employee reviews, 82% were positive. The remaining 18% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping 8th Light improve their work culture. The Engineering team, with 96% positive reviews, reports the best experience at 8th Light compared to all other departments at the company.
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
Terrific place to learn and grow. Lots of varied opportunities and a transparent leadership team
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What do you like best about the leadership team?
Transparent, put employees first, really good people
Very receptive to feedback. generally understands the culture.
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Transparent and actually in the weeds doing the work, connecting with clients.
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The leadership is courageous enough to try new things. And then they make adjustment based on feedback from the team. Courage + listening is a powerful combination.
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They understand technology and value quality. Many of them went through the apprenticeship program, too, so there's a lot of humility too.
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What does the leadership team need to get better at?
I'm confused. There isn't enough freedom.
What is the best part about your compensation package?
Open, true, employee-owned company. Fair compensation based on long-term planning.
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None. It's really low compared to the current market
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Well-defined mapping between compensation and performance.
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Vacation and *additional* conference speaking/attendance time.
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It reflects what I'm able to accomplish and what value I'm bringing to the company.
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Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
I would feel better if I get paid more per hour.
I'm not sure there's a good way to improve the compensation, as it's normal for contractors to make less. Still a little disappointing.
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What are some of the best things about your team?
Learning culture, everyone supportive, people want each other to succeed
Care about the work they do. Really emphasize quality.
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What a collection of interesting people, all passionate about creating excellent software.
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They are a supportive and (mostly) diverse group of people. It's been great to interact with so many people with different backgrounds.
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Openness to new ideas and willingness to dig in and get the job done even when it's hard.
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What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
Coworkers are all good, hard working, skills are perfect.
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
People care about each other's success. They truly care about doing quality work and helping others learn and improve.
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We greet each other when we arrive in the morning, and again when we leave in the evening. Great bunch of colleagues.
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Genuine caring for other people. Mentoring as a core value.
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The culture is the best part about the company. It is a learning centric culture.
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What needs to change to make the company culture better?
environment is open and comfortable.
What did you like most about the interview process?
Humanity. A real person connecting with you during the process.
It's always improving. We constantly tweak it to make it better, and we involve lots of people in the process.
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What makes you most happy at work?
Helping other reach their goals
Solving difficult problems and unlocking opportunities for my colleagues
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The problems are challenging and the team works together well.
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Solving problems for customers and mentoring other employees at 8th Light.
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What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Because I got paid not enough and there is no way to increase my pay at this company, and I have no other choice.
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