Achilles Information Employee Reviews about "great people"

Pros

Great people, great product and great prospects

Cons

Nothing negative to add - covid has obviously got in the way of things but the company dealt with it well

Pros

Office accommodation is quite good. There is some flexibility for workers. For the lucky few, a chance to travel globally. If you look and try hard enough, you will find the tiny number of great people.

Cons

Since writing a positive review in June (at the insistence of the CEO) and believing in it, my view has rapidly changed. The brutality with which seniors have been exited and threats of the same made to others has shocked me. Any half decent company would treat people with dignity and respect. What I have witnessed has destroyed any goodwill towards, and belief in, the CEO. I hadn’t recognised the behaviours described by others in previous reviews. Now I realise that it was just a matter of time. The perilous state of the company is continuously denied. Regrettably truth is jettisoned to maintain a positive, upbeat outlook. Yet the inability of the Sales team to drive real growth is now clear for all to see. The latest executive savagery, culling three executives, has led to shockingly bad decisions. Basic principles of organisation design have gone out of the window and it is now muddled, unclear and incoherent. Worse though, is the sidelining of good people, promoting staggeringly under-qualified people to jobs whose success will be down to those that know what they are doing or, certainly in one case, is likely to fail. I thought the CEO and the company were better than this. I could provide constructive help, help others see how to improve and identify those that are genuinely out of their depth. Instead, we have a CEO who encourages feedback, but simply cannot take it. The dysfunctional behaviour and disintegration of relationships in the executive team is as sad as it is appalling, with one notable exception. There is a crisis at Achilles and I will allow myself to be treated in this way. You almost always reap what you sow and you get what you deserve from others when you treat them badly. I am bitterly disappointed as I thought there was bright future.

Pros

I enjoyed my time at Achilles, right up to the end, there are many great people who work (and worked) there who are supportive and helpful, with a great work ethic and attitude, these go right up to the top in some cases. I always found some business functions to be much more helpful than others and I can see that that this is because of the way these departments were managed from the top down (others not so much, again because of the way they were managed from the top). There has been a lot of change, some positive, some reactionary. Positive change is always good, but there was a lot more reactionary change, leading to uncertainty and poor moral.

Cons

There are a number of people who work there who are too single minded in their goals, this goes all the way up to the top. There are some people in roles that they genuinely shouldn't be doing, either because they are not right for the role or because they have little understanding of what the role entails. I'm not going to pick on people or give examples, but there are some people who really shouldn't be there. The impact of the large scale negativity in certain areas is having a detrimental effect on the work/life balance of some of the great people who work there

Pros

Some great people although dwindling as every week goes by.

Cons

An Executive Board who constantly delegate everything down as they offer very little themselves and eventually there shall be no one left to do the work . The current bunch shall no doubt move on and leave a mess behind them once they are uncovered as not being in control. A CEO who works on soundbites that offer very little substance who struts around not getting involved with those of us working whilst looking forward to his next business class flight home. A company that is becoming very brand conscious, however lack of sales and products shall soon make branding irrelevent. A new false positive review shall be along shortly.

Pros

Great people, nice office (Abingdon) Good location Good middle management

Cons

Lack of strategy Chronic "Short Termism" when making business decisions Lack of employee benefits

Pros

Great people to work with, real sense of community. flexibility on work life balance lots of opportunity for relocation to other offices around the world

Cons

New exec are removing flexibility and some perks small company so limited career advancement at the top end

Pros

Great location, great people, great business model ready to launch into something big

Cons

Lack of consistent processes/systems especially in HR

Pros

You will meet some great people. Just don't get attached to them. And if you are a business student, this place is a treasure trove of lessons on what not to do.

Cons

If you are honest, hardworking, and/or talented, stay FAR AWAY from this company. The service Achilles provides revolves around their proprietary software, and it is a bug-riddled embarrassment to the internet. The members of management tend to be inept, corrupt, or bullies. The one good thing this company has going for it is the exceptional workers who make up for the faulty product and backwards environment, but these are the very people the company treats the worst. Most have been driven away in one manner or another. Opportunities for promotion are rare, and even if it comes up for you, this also means you will need to become further enmeshed in this company’s warped office politics. If you take the promotion but keep your honesty, you will probably lose your job. If you are good at what you do, this company will not fail to punish you for it. I was there four years and saw it every time. This company does not DESERVE to have anyone that is good. If you are mediocre and good at taking abuse while keeping your head down, you can last for a long time at Achilles. I will leave that up to you to decide if that is how you would like to live. If you are some twisted bureaucrat, you will probably find your heaven here, but I predict that even this heaven will be short lived. While this company spends its days driving away its linchpin employees and reacting to the latest debilitating glitch in their software, their competition Avetta gets stronger and stronger. You would be better off finding a job in the government

Pros

You will meet some great people. Just don't get attached to them. And if you are a business student, this place is a treasure trove of lessons on what not to do.

Cons

If you are honest, hardworking, and/or talented, stay FAR AWAY from this company. The service Achilles provides revolves around their proprietary software, and it is a bug-riddled embarrassment to the internet. The members of management tend to be inept, corrupt, or bullies. The one good thing this company has going for it is the exceptional workers who make up for the faulty product and backwards environment, but these are the very people the company treats the worst. Most have been driven away in one manner or another. Opportunities for promotion are rare, and even if it comes up for you, this also means you will need to become further enmeshed in this company’s warped office politics. If you take the promotion but keep your honesty, you will probably lose your job. If you are good at what you do, this company will not fail to punish you for it. I was there four years and saw it every time. This company does not DESERVE to have anyone that is good. If you are mediocre and good at taking abuse while keeping your head down, you can last for a long time at Achilles. I will leave that up to you to decide if that is how you would like to live. If you are some twisted bureaucrat, you will probably find your heaven here, but I predict that even this heaven will be short lived. While this company spends its days driving away its linchpin employees and reacting to the latest debilitating glitch in their software, their competition Avetta gets stronger and stronger. You would be better off finding a job in the government.