Operational Culture
✅Privately held — no PE pressure, no quarterly earnings
✅Low offshoring (~20%) — most work delivered locally
✅Genuine work-life balance in most teams
✅Rarely does mass layoffs — stable employment
✅Largest locally-owned IT company in Australia
🚩Below-market salaries (A$85-95K average vs A$128-138K market)
🚩Career stagnation — 'dead man's shoes' culture
🚩Internal politics favour tenure over talent
🚩Graduate program used as cheap labour pipeline
🚩Manager quality varies wildly between teams
Worker Pros
👍Stability — private ownership means no restructuring cycles
👍Work-life balance is genuinely good
👍Local delivery — your job isn't being offshored
👍Good graduate programs with real mentorship
Worker Cons
👎Salaries are 20-30% below market rate
👎Career progression is slow — 'dead man's shoes'
👎Manager quality varies wildly — your experience depends on your boss
👎Innovation is limited by risk-averse culture
👎Internal politics favour loyalty over competence