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Accelera Solutions Reviews

3.0

48% would recommend to a friend

(66 total reviews)

Chong (L.C.) Yi

49% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Accelera Solutions has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 66 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Accelera Solutions employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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66 reviews
1.0
23 Jan 2015

Don't work here

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

It's better than unemployment. Trying to be objective, there are good people working here and they treat each other great. Mostly it's a wink/wink that they all know the place is terrible and they're all trying to leave...so they are really nice to each other. Why pour salt in the wound?

Cons

Hard to list them all. The owners have absolutely driven this once great little company off a cliff. They took advantage of their people, business partners, and even customers. And the birds came home to roost. The only good people who don't want to leave have personal relationships with the owners. Just about every posting here says that people are underpaid. That used to be ok because it was fun. Now it's a mess. The only way to get good people to join a mess is to overpay them...which they can't afford to do. So A's were replaced with B's. B's with C's. And so on. Now they just advertise that they can do whatever is hot in the market, but everyone knows they can't deliver anymore. You should only work here if you have no better option.

1.0
30 Jan 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I worked at Accelera for a long time and was a huge supporter of the company. In the early days (5 years ago minimum) it was a family company. The owners cared about their employees, you could talk to the owners and management about concerns and they would be addressed. We had top level engineers, we were paid bonuses and although the salary was below average the atmosphere more than made up with it.

Cons

Let's see.... they fire employees (2 weeks before Christmas no less) and and they can't replace engineers at the rate people are leaving. While there are good people there most senior people are leaving. Their is more money to be made elsewhere, there is more experience to be gained elsewhere. 401k - Doesn't match, Stock options - Fake and aren't worth anything, don't be fooled. Do yourself a favor and read the reviews, question why some reviews are 1's and others are 5's. Management requires that employees make reviews to raise their ratings because even they know how bad the company is.

1.0
18 Dec 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Like many posts on this company, this company WAS once a top flight visualization company. They have rested on their laurels to the point where they have completely lost their reputation. Anyone that knows anything about visualization in the DC Metro area can confirm that. If you want to learn and willing to pay your dues for a short time, this place is for you. If you want to advance your established career, don't bother.

Cons

Wow, where to start? Let's say first off that any review with 4-5 stars is being written by the owners or asked to be written by the owners. This company is completely dysfunctional at this point, and they are in a downward death spiral. I can see them dissolving maybe a year or two. Most of the new hires are from out of state. There is a big difference between making 60k in PA, OH, NC and 60k in Northern Virginia. Just remember that the price of a efficiency/studio in Fairfax is anywhere between 1200-1400 per month. The average household income is 100k in NOVA, which puts things in perspective. Stocks don't mean anything. They will never sell at the asking price and the stocks aren't really yours. If you leave, you lose the stock. Also, there is no guarantee that the stock will be paid out, it's up to the potential buyer to decide. The stock thing is a farse. BYOD which really stands for buy your own device is horrible. They give you $1000 dollars for a laptop which seems nice. The catch is that you need to buy 24/7 support on that machine, so have fun buying a 500 dollar computer. Plus the computer isn't really yours. If you leave after one year, be prepared to pay back $666, fully covered after three years of employment - Amazing!

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