Best Places to work for a reason! - Anonymous employee 3-Points Employee Review

I've experienced a high level of success since joining 3Points. The culture fits well, the people are great and it is the first leadership team I genuinely enjoy working with. The work environment is fast paced, and stressful at times, but you will gain an immense amount of technical and industry knowledge in a short period of time. Your personal value as a technology professional will increase quickly if your attitude and personal goals are aligned with the company's vision. Good Stuff: -Technology standards at 3Points are evolving with the industry. Working on new tech is meaningful and engaging -Formal technology training has become more valued and supported within the organization -401k Match -Compensation is good. High performers are valued and rewarded -I feel leadership is approachable and values constructive input -Advancement opportunities are frequent, and there is a lot of growth potential here

-Work/Life balance could be better, but the nature of the business only allows for so much comfort -Travel expense tracking requires unnecessary, tedious tracking of odometer readings rather than total miles -Employee retention is less than ideal. I attribute this mostly to individual attitude rather than a flaw with 3Points (see the title of this review)

If you are trying to get out of help desk and enter a systems engineer role then this is a great place to get experience. There are some very smart techs and engineers to learn from, and the environment is varied so you get daily opportunities to do new things into the network and server world. The starting salary is pretty good and there are plenty of advancement opportunities both in management and technical positions. 3points encourages personal growth and provides training resources for industry certifications. There's a lot of opportunity for career growth with frequent promotions becoming available, it's rare that 3points will hire an outside candidate over internal staff.

The company culture is very toxic. Leadership, management, and a lot of the staff encourage active humiliation and public shaming as the preferred communication method. There's a serious CYA problem throughout the company, including how client issues are dealt with and internally amongst staff. Salary and benefits are poor once you have moved beyond an entry level position. The benefits are below average for the industry and the pay is about 35% lower than most other companies once you have a year or two of experience. Employee turnover throughout the entire company is extremely high. Even the leadership team had a 50% turnover in the last two years. For the technicians this means long periods of very long hours and high stress, as well as frequent changes in management.