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private:connectedlab
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=957546
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Nov 12th, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Connected
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Software Engineer
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Canada
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CAN
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Great place
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Many opportunities for growth from being able to work on various projects many different technologies
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Sometimes can get stuck with a project that's not interesting to you
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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957546
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Open
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0.0
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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0.0
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Jan 20th, 2021 05:25PM
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Jan 20th, 2021 05:25PM
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Connected Lab
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private:connectedlab
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=957546
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Oct 30th, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Connected
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Senior Product Designer
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Toronto, ON
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Great company over all, amazing culture
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- great company
- cool, exciting projects/clients
- awesome people
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Nothing major to note. Overall positive.
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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4.0
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4.0
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5.0
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4.0
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4.0
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5.0
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957546
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Open
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0.0
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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2.0
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Jan 20th, 2021 05:25PM
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Jan 20th, 2021 05:25PM
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Connected Lab
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private:connectedlab
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=957546
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Oct 20th, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Connected
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Software Engineer
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Waterloo, ON
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it was good
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career growth opportunity and growth in organization
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it was good no cons
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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3.0
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3.0
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3.0
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3.0
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3.0
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3.0
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957546
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Open
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0.0
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PART_TIME
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No
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Yes
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1.0
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Jan 20th, 2021 05:25PM
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Jan 20th, 2021 05:25PM
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Connected Lab
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private:connectedlab
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=957546
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Apr 25th, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Connected
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Software Engineer
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Toronto, ON
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Amazing place with amazing people
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Awesome projects and great environment
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Work from home limitations
NDA super strict
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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0.0
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NEUTRAL
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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4.0
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4.0
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957546
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Open
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More openness about the company strategy would be nice.
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0.0
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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1.0
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Jan 20th, 2021 05:25PM
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Jan 20th, 2021 05:25PM
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Connected Lab
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private:connectedlab
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=957546
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Apr 16th, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Connected
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Leader
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Toronto, ON
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Times have dramatically changed at Connected
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The high quality people that work here.
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Leadership .. they have lost there way
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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8.0
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1.0
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2.0
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1.0
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1.0
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2.0
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1.0
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957546
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Open
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Remember who you were, because you are a shell of that.
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0.0
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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4.0
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Jan 20th, 2021 05:25PM
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Jan 20th, 2021 05:25PM
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Connected Lab
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private:connectedlab
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=957546
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Dec 13th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Connected
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Growth
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Canada
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CAN
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Strong Consultancy
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Great Culture, great projects - the company has a great track record in hiring smart practitioners.
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Needs more private spaces to work.
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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4.0
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4.0
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957546
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Open
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0.0
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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2.0
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Jan 20th, 2021 05:25PM
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Jan 20th, 2021 05:25PM
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Connected Lab
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private:connectedlab
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=957546
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Dec 11th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Connected
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Software Engineer
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Toronto, ON
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Not going strong... stay away
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I’ve worked full time at Connected for two years.
- Generous vacation time and personal time off
- Ability to work on new engagements or different technologies
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- Culture was pretty good. There’s no sense of culture now.
- Management says they care about you but they don’t. You may ask for things but they go unfulfilled.
- Career growth is non-existent. You will reach a ceiling where you cannot grow and the managers who did grow engineers are gone.
- Don’t expect to get promoted or valued to what you think you deserve. Connected only provides bonuses and promotions to a subset of hand picked engineers. How engineers are promoted do not make sense nor reflect typical engineering leveling in Toronto.
- Connected seems to place the same “high-value” employees on high profile projects. You will feel not valued.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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18.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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957546
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Open
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Don’t have HR write two reviews on the same day in an attempt to hide negative but truthful reviews. That in itself is symptomatic of connected’s transparency issues and comes across as incredibly disingenuous.
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0.0
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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2.0
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Jan 20th, 2021 05:25PM
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Jan 20th, 2021 05:25PM
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Connected Lab
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private:connectedlab
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=957546
|
Dec 11th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Connected
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Anonymous
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Canada
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CAN
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Best In Canada
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- People really care here and leadership is actively looking to improve
- Projects are very interesting
- Work life balance
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- Salary isn't the greatest but it is still competitive for Toronto tech
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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4.0
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5.0
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957546
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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0.0
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Jan 20th, 2021 05:25PM
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Jan 20th, 2021 05:25PM
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Connected Lab
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private:connectedlab
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=957546
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Dec 9th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Connected
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Canada
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CAN
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Going Strong
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-The management team really does listen to employees, any concerns which were called out are being addressed (from salaries to benefits, to flexible work, etc).
Connected is the type of workplace where you can bring about change, management encourages and is receptive to this.
- There has also been a big push to be more transparent at the executive level, lots of all-hands meetings and discussions about topics from new clients, to revenue targets, to the overall health of Connected.
-Great co-workers, the kindness value is really lived by everyone you work with.
-Lots of projects and exciting clients in the works
-Amazing work-life balance, hard to find jobs in consulting/services where everyone goes home by 5!
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We have gone through some reasonably typical startup growing pains. There has been a shift or change at Connected as we become a more established company. To some people this is scary, but I think these changes are necessary to ensure Connected is around for the long term.
Some of the rituals that worked when we were small have been forgotten or discontinued, but this is likely for the best.
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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APPROVE
|
1.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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4.0
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5.0
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957546
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Open
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Keep listening to employees and working to action concerns as they arise.
Transparency is key, keep the communication between the decision-makers and the employees open, it's nice to know what's happening and not be in the dark.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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0.0
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Jan 20th, 2021 05:25PM
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Jan 20th, 2021 05:25PM
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Connected Lab
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private:connectedlab
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=957546
|
Dec 9th, 2019 12:00AM
|
Open
|
Open
|
Connected
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Software Developer
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Toronto, ON
|
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Working together to achieve success
|
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- Strong culture with the opportunity to grow
- Management listens and takes on board the opinions of employees
- A lot of work is being done behind the scenes to take Connected forward
- Strong pipeline of cool new projects
- A lot of transparency into future projects
- Working with Smart, Kind, Reliable people
- Always the opportunity to learn new skills
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- Benefits are being explored and worked on so looking forward to these being increased next year.
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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4.0
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5.0
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957546
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Open
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- Keep up the great work, we know when scaling a company there are always teething issues. The management team has the full backing of fellow Connectors and we can't wait for the next year at Connected - exciting things to come.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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2.0
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Jan 20th, 2021 05:25PM
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Jan 20th, 2021 05:25PM
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Connected Lab
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