Pros
- Well-established software company with a very large customer base.
- Great benefits.
- Good CEO, CFO/COO, and CISO.
- There are a lot of good, intelligent, hard-working people at this company.
- Overall, a decent place to work.
Cons
All cons of working at Pega depend on the reporting organization you report to.
- Culture can be toxic in both the US and India, depending on the reporting organization.
- Depending on your reporting organization, metadata associated with anonymous employee voice surveys is scrutinized to identify individuals and take action.
- Depending on your reporting organization, staff in India may be treated poorly and pressured to work excessive hours, even during holidays/festivals.
- Depending on your reporting organization, employee reviews can be heavily influenced by personal bias and lack objectivity.
- Depending on your reporting organization, leadership may have noticeable deficiencies or an inappropriate level of subject-matter expertise.
- Working at the company feels like you have taken a step back 10-20 years in time.
- Due to the lack of use of common modern off-the-shelf agile project management, productivity, and ticketing tools, productivity is hampered (and at times prohibitive) by internally developed, stovepiped solutions that are buggy, slow, and 10-20 years behind their off-the-shelf counterparts. If you speak out against the use of the homegrown tools, they will give you a "drink the Kool-Aid" answer. If you persist with your criticism, your career opportunities will be limited.
