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Dear IT Professional
You made a smart decision to check
out UCG as the potential next step
in your career. We have created this
web page to tell you about the company
and what it can offer you.
UCG is a content-driven business-to-business
information publisher. We use technology
to serve our customers, and add value
to our information. Due to the eclectic
nature of our operations, we offer
technical positions in many different
areas, which utilize many different
technologies.
We've been in business since October 1977 and started our
first online information service in 1981.
Here's
What You Stand to Gain
from UCG
More Autonomy. Those
we select to provide our technical services are smart professionals
we trust to call the shots on project implementation.
Rather than tell you how to design your project, we count
on you to be creative and to set the project's development
course. As long as you're producing a quality product and
meeting deadlines, there is little intervention from your
manager, whose role is more that of a coach than of a boss.
More Challenging.
At UCG, being an IT professional engages many of your skills,
some you didn't even know about. We challenge you to be
creative, and provide the best solutions possible.
More Money and Opportunity.
We pay talented IT Professionals top dollar, and there's
no limit on how much you can earn or how far you can go
here. If you're like most, you're striving toward a salary
goal. To help you reach it we have removed the traditional
barriers found at other organizations. At UCG, you can receive
a raise at any time, rather than have to wait for the big
once a year review. There are no corporate caps on raises,
so you and your manager are free to discuss pay increases
of any size, whatever makes sense in light of your past
performance and the new responsibilities you take on. There
are no pay scales, either.
As for advancement, UCG believes that people should be allowed
to grow along the path that most closely meets their skills
and interests. You will not hear a lot of 'That's not your
responsibility' at UCG.
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Promises UCG
Makes to Every IT
Professional We Hire
1.
We'll respect you.
2. We'll help you
grow and develop.
3. We'll give you
the tools you need.
Let's start
with respect. You won't find power-tripping managers
looking over your shoulder. Instead, our managers play to
your strengths and help you improve where needed. We know
what it's like to tackle a new, unfamiliar technology, to
work under deadline pressure, or to have a system crash
unexpectedly. Rather than nagging and finger-pointing you
get support and encouragement from a manager who's been
there.
Growth and development.
We hear it all the time from talented professionals who
apply here for jobs. "I don't get enough support from my
manager." Here you will, from technical managers who believe
the best way to get the job done is to empower the person
tackling the project.
No matter what your skill level is
right now, you'll be a better IT professional after just
a few months on the job at UCG. We're committed to formal
technical training and peer mentoring. For example, every
IT employee is mandated to attend at least one training
seminar in a new technology every year. In addition,
our programmers gather for in-house seminars where they
teach one another how to improve programming practices.
We want you to become the best developer possible. If your
dream is to work for a large technology company, movie studio
or even Microsoft, great. We'll help you get there.
What about tools to do your job?
UCG understands that the nature of technology positions
requires an investment in proper tools. If you feel you
need a new workstation, compiler, system utility, or library
-- ask your manager. Chances are that you will have what
you need within 48 hours. UCG has no cap on the amount spent
on development tools. We understand that they are not an
expense, but instead an investment in increased productivity
and better products.
Since UCG is committed to providing the highest quality
products in every market we serve, we are routinely on the
cutting edge in the technology utilized by its developers.
Because we challenge our employees to find the best way
to solve a problem, we have a wealth of different development
environments. We don't implement hot new technology just
for the sake of having it on our corporate resume. Instead,
we use the right technology to serve our customers.
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On
a Personal Note...
 My
name is Bob Koran. I'm one of UCG's six partners. I thought
my story might interest you.
In the winter of 1980 UCG's founding
partner Bruce Levenson was faced
with a problem. He had an office in
Bricktown, New Jersey and an office
in Silver Spring, Maryland and a
Thursday night deadline for a Friday
OPIS publication. The data (wholesale
oil prices) was collected in New Jersey
until mid afternoon, then driven
to Maryland where it was typed and
laid out for publication. The process
usually took until the wee hours
to complete and the employees were
burning out. Bruce contacted me through
my wife (a UCG editor at the time)
and asked me to help him prevent a
mutiny. Two Heathkit computers and
two 300 baud modems later we were
in business. What started out as a
productivity solution quickly evolved
into one of UCG's, and the country's,
first commercially successful online
services. More than twenty years
and many modems later Petroscan is
still going strong today with it's
data available at speeds of up to
T1.
Today UCG supports more than dozens of electronic products
and services on platforms ranging from Intel to Sun to Stratus
to IBM, supporting NT, UNIX, and VMS. The best part of working
for UCG's IT department is that you have the ability to
work on a product one day and see it in production the next.
You feel a sense of real accomplishment when your software
is being used by thousands or more customers and is considered
an industry standard.
If you have any questions about UCG or what it's like
to work here, please feel free to contact me at bobk@ucg.com.
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