Fabulous first year - werkgeversreview Senior Software Consultant bij Object Partners

OPI's greatest asset is its people. Many of the engineers were the best I've ever worked with. They are a great technical force in the Twin Cities and host lots of meetups, etc. OPI has gone through a challenging acquisition but, even though I left (more on that below), I think it would be a great place to work and I highly recommend it, as long as the core OPI leadership is intact.

OPI is awesome but your daily life will be almost entirely dictated by your client. This is normal for consulting, though. Their benefits were restructured post-acquisition. While Improving's benefits were still very good, suddenly with more standard benefits, PAY became more of an issue. OPI paid, imo, within the average for the Twin Cities, but maybe on the lower end of average. However... OPI engineers are very good. :) With the benefits suddenly not all that special, I left for a 55% pay increase (not an exaggeration). Even though I loved and still miss OPI, it was too much to ignore.

Cool location, you won't ever work there, but it was fun to visit. If gimmick benefits are your thing, this is the place for you. They've got them all. Beer kegs? They've got them. Snacks? Got'em. Cabins you can Rent? Got'em. Paid Healthcare? Got it. Being, effectively, a contractor you get to just show up do your job and go home. If you're looking for a job with less emotional investment, this isn't bad.

It's contracting, so you're probably going to work for some bad companies. They didn't want to pay me as much as I thought I deserved, but I took it because I thought the benefits were pretty good. While this isn't false, they're really making up for it by paying below average and crunching every penny. You're probably better off in a place that covers less, but pays and cares more. The healthcare you're getting is only worth several grand and there's a cabin you'll maybe reserve once or twice. It's not worth *that* much, it just sounds nice. I was never convinced that there was any job stability here. When I got hired they wouldn't even give a job offer until absolutely everything was nailed down with my first client. It was less about hiring me and more about getting the client to sign. The "offer" I got laid out clearly that if the client chose not to sign the company, my employment would fall through. Despite this, I joined the company anyway, and a year later the company terminated me immediately when the client decided not to renew the contract.