software engineer

software engineer intern

associate product manager

junior software engineer

product manager

Publicis Sapient

The individual holds a strong preference for a workplace environment that offers a commendable work-life balance, recognizing its importance in maintaining overall well-being and productivity. They find value in on-site opportunities, seeing them as avenues for professional growth, collaboration, and the development of meaningful relationships with colleagues. The prospect of being able to engage directly with projects or clients on-site adds a layer of excitement and enrichment to their work experience.

However, their enthusiasm is tempered by a significant concern: the occurrence of frequent layoffs. Such instability can undermine job security, erode morale, and create a sense of uncertainty about the future within the organization. It not only disrupts the individual's professional trajectory but also instills a sense of unease within the broader workforce. Consequently, they find it challenging to fully invest themselves in their role or form lasting attachments within the company, knowing that their employment may be subject to sudden change. Thus, while they appreciate certain aspects of their workplace, the specter of regular layoffs casts a shadow over their overall satisfaction and commitment to the organization.

Everyone I met during my internship was great. There was plenty of time to chat and hangout. During a few Fridays, we were able to get out early and do fun activities as part of the internship.

However, parts of the internship felt like a waste of time. The first five weeks were dedicated to a full-stack bootcamp, which was just 7 hours of being in a Zoom call with a trainer everyday. It felt like a classroom. It was slow, dull, and mostly unengaging, but hey, we were getting paid. The bootcamp literally covered basic programming principles that we had to know to get the job in the first place.

After "training" was over, we were broken up into teams and assigned a project to do for the remaining weeks. While I am proud of what my team accomplished, our project (and many other teams') had nothing to do with helping the company or an actual client. It was more like a capstone project that simulated a real-life client project. Granted, this was my first job, so I do not know how other software engineer internships operate.

Overall, I enjoyed my time here and the connections I made, but I feel like time was misallocated. The bootcamp should have been shortened to allow more time toward development.

The overall work culture is good. You have flexible working hours and options to telecommute. A typical day starts with a project stand up after that you get to work on your tasks assigned.

Creativity is the major thrust for SapientNitro and technology takes a back seat. You typically do the same kind of work over years till the technology you are working starts dying. SapientNitro works in partnership with big brands to drive its business. It engages itself with the clients to create immersive experiences.

The work environment is good overall, with less of politics and an open culture. However still there is a layer of management which just thrives on others, but you may escape

The hardest part of the job is that it is hard for you to add a special skill set to your profile, if you are already tagged to a specialized skill set. Also, a lot of projects have unreasonable deadlines.

Depending on your project you may have travel or not. But most of the time, these are short travels which might be rather disruptive to your normal life.

The most enjoyable part of the life is its overall fun-filled environment and the team work exhibited.

Sapient is definitely a great place to work as an entry level employee: you will get awesome opportunity to train in India for 3 months to learn fundamental knowledge of working in financial/tech industry, you will get exposure to multiple projects and companies in less than 2 years, and you will meet tons of talented, helpful people.  Expect that your learning will be more breadth than depth based - that is, you will learn much about how to be a tech consultant across all aspects of the project development life cycle (requirements analysis and gathering, design, development, testing, support), but you may not necessarily become a "very good coder." 

My biggest problem with the company is how hard it is for people to grow. Even if you are creating impact for client, working long hours, and being an all around great contributor, you will likely not get that raise or promotion that you've been expecting, the one that your manager says he's been "pulling teeth" to get for you.

Publicis Sapient is a really good place to work - good benefits, almost all team members contribute to a positive and uplifting work environment. The main drawbacks that I have come to dislike are the following: (1) staffing and (2) the promotion process for senior members.

Regarding (1), the staffing process can sometimes be annoyingly long and arduous - in my discipline as a data scientist and as a consulting company, it's understandable that there won't always be DS-related work, but finding that DS work can be a bother and staffing partners can be lacking in communication. 

For senior promotions, the most annoying thing is the fact that promotions into senior levels (manager and above) are heavily tied to clients. Even if you are qualified with the technical and soft skills for a promotion, you won't get promoted unless there is financial viability tied to a client project - you basically have to be able to be staffed to a project where the client is willing to pay for your new higher billing rate.

If it wasn't for those two issues, PS would most likely be a 5/5 for me.

Out of the 10 weeks internship, 2 of them were used on training on various tools and technologies that might be used during the project phase. However, some tools (e.g. PowerBI) were not  in the training, so we had to learn on the job. All of the projects are made up scenarios, and they have wildly different levels of difficulty and how interesting they are. For instance, a team was tasked to recreate a trading platform with various functionalities exactly like Charles Schwab. The only difference is that they would have to add a chatbot to explain the trades and concepts of trading to the customer, and yet they cannot use ChatGPT APIs since it would cost money. 
Overall, the entire internship process felt really weird. Your project was assigned to you, so you had no say in selecting what you want to do. All of the tools used for your project must be free for the company, and it greatly restricts the capabilities of your app.

I've been with Sapient for nearly 3 years now, in two different positions. Currently, I'm a project manager, but have not had the opportunities to grow and learn like I was hoping for. I have not been staffed to a project for a couple of months and the lack of opportunities are really astounding.  

When first starting out, I was completely green and was put on a project way beyond my capabilities and experience. I love a challenge, however this was just ridiculous. I had no support and was asking for help for months, but did not receive any support until the client mentioned something to my boss. On the whole, management at Sapient is very good, and they truly care about enabling your potential to meet your goals. I think I just got unlucky.

Some of our clients within our Sapient.Razorfish branch are really interesting and exciting. The other branches aren't up to par.

SapientNitro is a great place to work. The people are fun, the office is buzzing (when people are actually there) and everyone is very intelligent. The problem is, the bar and partying take priority over everything. Over clients, over training, over pitch work, and the list goes on. Most of the people running the NY office can't go more than 24 hours without having a "meeting" at a bar which inevitably ends up in no work getting done.

It used to be fun but now its starting to show. They're losing clients and not winning new ones. They're laying off incredibly talented people because they don't have enough projects to keep them busy. The shop is salvageable but it's going to take a lot of strong will and someone to say enough is enough and keep the partying outside the workday.

SapientNitro only hires smart, talented, and solid individuals who fit in with the core values. At Sapient you have the chance to work with some of the best and brightest in the industry and because the environment is set up to be collaborative the chances for growth and learning are immeasurable. 
With all the pluses Sapient has some definite shortcomings. Sapient prides itself on adaptability and chance but many times there are changes made just for the sake of change. Processes change on a quarterly basis without solid communication from leadership. Many times once the change has finally been communicated there is a completely different process on it's way to be implemented which results in disorganization and chaos. 

PS believes in breaking boundaries and doesn't ask "is it possible?" but rather "how can we make this happen, and how quickly?". Fully based in innovation that is client-centric, upper management doesn't really ever feel like management because everyone works together as a team. The company also believes in personal career growth and provides ample opportunities to grow in your career path as well as skill sets. Overall one of the best companies I have ever worked for / with. The offices really felt like family from one location to the other and working with offshore and nearshore teams, and coast to coast was nearly seamless in processes and team effort.

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