Pros
There are some really good folks that are really amazing at their jobs, primarily in the individual contributor side. Remote work is allowed 100%. They try to encourage recognition between employees and teamwork. Their recognition app is really good at transmitting what people are doing. Some of the companies we worked with have really cool projects. Fun all-company events. Good usage of town halls to keep folks informed and upper mgmt is willing to answer hard questions. Partners are likeable and put in work. Used to have neat perks like concert tickets and sports tickets for employee recognition.
Cons
Under-utilizes employee skillsets. I was sold a much different job than I got, which felt more like staff augmentation rather than using my specialization expertise. I felt like I only utilized maybe 25% of my capabilities and was actively discouraged from using my other skills. There are 2 primary things you will do at Valorem: work for Microsoft on a project their employees don't want to work on, or work on something cool / interesting for another company. Most work for Microsoft. Upper management keeps most managers in a very weakened position. Your immediate manager has very little say on your salary or your promotional opportunities. This is frustrating. Reply decided to try to enforce more hybrid work and they are slowly eliminating people that don't live near a Reply hub (Seattle, KC, Chicago, Philly, etc). They got rid of most entertainment perks. Unlimited PTO isn't great. They measure you on PTO and will dock your year-end performance if you take too much, regardless of your project success. Severance package is agonizingly small. Medical is expensive.
