Cartasite Reviews

3.8

63% would recommend to a friend

(17 total reviews)

David Armitage

87% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Cartasite has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 17 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cartasite employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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17 reviews
2.0
4 Feb 2016

Cartasite Critique

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Excellent Benefits (company paid insurance) -Small business allows opportunities to increase resume experience -You will adopt better driving habits

Cons

-For a small company the communication between departments is terrible and at times almost non-existent. This leads to excessive finger-pointing and perpetual inter/intra-departmental confusion. -As a 'growing' company, SOPs are frequently changed without announcement (see above communication problem) as well as the flow of the sales processes (again, see above communication problem) -Growth at Cartasite is very slow. Despite their tenacious efforts for expansion, they still seem to regress back to around 25-30 employees. The lack of growth and progression causes a lot of whispering and speculation about the future of the company. The technology sold at Cartasite is totally optional to oil and gas companies, therefore when the price of oil drops, companies like Cartasite are the first to be cut from budgets preventing any guarantee of a prosperous future there -I received zero training or guidance pertaining to my specific position. I was told on my first day they had no plan, therefore my "training" involved sitting with OTHER people in OTHER departments watching them do THEIR jobs. This was supposed to help me understand mine? Beyond my lack of onboard training, any further questions I had about my duties were passed from manager to manager to HR to accounting. Nobody takes ownership of making sure employees understand the expectations of their positions. -Hierarchy of power within the sales team creates HUGE egos. Attached to the egos comes an underlying expectation for you to submit to poor and unprofessional treatment by some who are exempt from disciplinary action due to the amount of revenue they bring in for the company. In short- major amounts of favoritism and special treatment are given, if the price is right -Frequent changes to management and staffing. Three different bosses in only 10 months of employment didn’t make me feel comfortable about the stability of the company -On a personal note Cartasite was one of the most unwelcoming, highly elitist environments I've ever worked in. With a staff count of less than 30, I was ecstatic to join a tight-knit group of good, down-to-earth people where I would get the opportunity to build long-lasting relationships but instead I was treated like a temp (not even important enough for people to remember my name most days) and placed in a secluded part of the office where a proverbial glass wall was placed between myself and the rest of the staff. Only broken bits of information trickled in through the tiny air holes they were gracious enough to drill for me. With sales as their primary source of revenue, there should be a bigger presence of teamwork and community at Cartasite. The path to a successful sales team is paved with healthy relationships and positive synergy among colleagues but the overall focus instead seems to be more fear and intimidation

Cartasite Response
10y
This review doesn’t add up. All of us at Cartasite are deeply troubled that anyone would post what appears to be a fictitious review. We share a culture at Cartasite that is highly collaborative, encourages open communication, and rewards innovation. Statements like “Growth at Cartasite is very slow” just is not an accurate statement. Cartasite was recently recognized as one of Colorado’s fastest growing firms and won the prestigious “Companies to Watch” award. David Armitage was a finalist at the 2015 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards for his commitment to effective leadership, mentoring, and commitment to the community. We have never downsized our team and in fact are hiring aggressively to meet the rapid growth for our services and technology. Every emerging, fast growing company goes through growing pains, and we certainly are far from perfect, but the comments about our communication and our culture simply do not make sense. We work hard and we play hard together. We enjoy the sense of camaraderie and truly have fun together. The comments from the review just aren't supported by the facts. The facts are that there is no one who has “worked at Cartasite less that a year” during which time they reported to “three different bosses in ten months.” The average tenure of our team is over four years with many of us having worked here for almost ten! We encourage open communication and welcome constructive criticism. Cartasite is committed to building a company of which all of us are proud and we strive to be our best each and every day.
1.0
26 Dec 2016

Not what it seems

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The people you work with are nice. Its easy to make friends. The location is not terrible. Work life balance

Cons

This is not a fake review. This is from someone who works for this company right now. The people you work for are clueless. Some people on their 2 week notice period were told they were expected to work late to get things done. Management does not listen to anyone that isn't management, Communication is at ZERO. Between departments, inside the same department. They fire sales people who are honest. There is so little going right here. Management does not like being questioned on anything. They do not like confrontation.

Cartasite Response
9y
We respect the voice Glassdoor gives to employees, former employees and prospective employees. As a small company, we understand that this environment isn’t a good fit for everyone and realize that not everyone will enjoy the challenges and rewards that come with the territory. At Cartasite we operate on 3 key values: Integrity, Teamwork & Innovation. We are accountable to our customers, our colleagues and ourselves. We take great pride in these values and believe these are the keys to our success. At a small company every minute matters, and every individual effort is meaningful. We reward those that embrace the opportunity to own their outcomes and successes, and allow people a supportive atmosphere to fail quickly. At Cartasite we have very low employee turnover, so when we do lose an employee, it isn’t easy. Watching friends and knowledge say goodbye is unfortunately part of doing business, and we wish every former employee continued success. If one thing here rings true here, is that we can be better at communicating. While it isn't our desire to respond to every review when someone leaves the company, we do feel it is important that people reading these reviews have accurate information. We have promoted 3 of our 40 employees in the last 60 days, none of which are in the sales department (we also haven't let any sales people go in over 2 years). We have put in place several new avenues to share such information. One example of our efforts is illustrated by our weekly company round-ups, where we buy lunch for everyone and provide an open forum for every department share ideas/wins/losses. Weekly round-up attendance is optional, but the feedback from those who attend attest to improvements in communication.
5.0
16 Apr 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Company really seems to be focused on delivering technologies that do more than just make a profit. ROVR has been effective and significantly reducing motor vehicle crash rates. And the satellite safety beacon has led to some pretty amazing rescues, including one in Kurdistan. It seems that the whole culture of the company is focused on innovation that makes the world a better place. I love working for a company that does good.

Cons

Until recently the company was really resource constrained. With the recent funding round that seems to be behind us.

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