Accelrys Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Accelrys

Pros – Lots of great customers with a global footprint
Stable and a money maker
Not a cut throat environment
Growing both organically and through M/A.

Cons – Too much of a focus on Science and not enough in other areas.
Slow to take up new technologies internally and within products.

Advice to Senior Management – Be better listeners and follow up on feedback. Provide more career guidance and opportunities to those looking to move up in their career versus waiting for them to leave.

Current Employee – been working at Accelrys

Pros – A place suitable to someone who does not mind tackling an inordinate number of action items all of which are super critical.

Cons – Potential to grow the business is guaranteed, the growth is not commensurate to the potential

Advice to Senior Management – Challenge the team to get out of their comfort zone. Currently most workers are doing what they know how best to do (which is good for staus-quo but not necessarily effective for demonstrating growth)

Current Employee – been working at Accelrys

Pros – Great leadership
Solid product
Fantastic customers.

Cons – Not as sexy as Internet and mobile companies

Advice to Senior Management – Grow beyond enterprise software. Quickly.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Accelrys

Pros – Happy Hours
Cafeteria
Clean Bathrooms
(Notice I can not think of anything positive work related to say about the company?)

Cons – Management is very risk averse and accordingly tends to micromanage its employees which is kind of a downer if you're not used to it.
If management values its employees, I haven't seen it.
Communication from the top is abyssmal.
Finally, if you're looking to work with the best and brightest, you won't find that here.

Advice to Senior Management – Let people do their job. Have confidence in your employees' abilities and give them the support and recognition they deserve. Finally, talk to your employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Accelrys

Pros – Company has great product and will be a leader in its industry soon. Employees are team-spirited and fun to work with. Management was flexible if employees needed personal time off. HR provided good moral events.

Cons – High turnover, especially in management. Company keeps changing its direction which makes it difficult for employees to adjust to all the changes and diffficult for new officers to transition into the company's culture and objectives.

Advice to Senior Management – Be more open with employees. Don't just pitch how well the company is doing on the financial side and then layoff employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Accelrys

Pros – Install Base is very strong

Cons – Saturated Market, no Industry knowledge in upper sales mgmt

Advice to Senior Management – Industry expertise is critical

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Accelrys

Pros – The benefits are good and the employees are nice to work with. Casual dress; Flexibility for personal time off. time

Cons – Company keeps changing direction and high turnover of Management. Management does not have enough support staff to effectively do their job. High stress level.

Advice to Senior Management – Find your strategic goal and stick to it instead of changing it every two years. Hire competent CEO who can competently lead company.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Accelrys

Pros – Challenging problems that invigorate the worker, Flexible work hours, understanding of work life balance, global experience

Cons – lean and mean sometimes means little respect to value added by resources

Advice to Senior Management – understand the needs of your customer base and they will come to you

Current Employee – been working at Accelrys

Pros – Like the people, the location, the benefits and the enviroment.

Cons – Management is more concerned with an outside employee survey being completed than ensuring the employee review process is started in a timely manner.

Advice to Senior Management – Timing is everything.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Accelrys

Pros – It is nice to work in such academic environment, lots scients are working there.

Cons – The company has been downsizing for the last few years, it is very stressfull to work there.

Advice to Senior Management – Focusing on constructive solution, rather than micro management to drive people crazy all the time.