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Critical Mention

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overall not a very good experience - Anonymous employee Critical Mention Employee Review

1.0
15 Aug 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Because of the small atmosphere there is plenty of exposure to different departments. Great co-workers for the most part. Great location (right around Grand Central) The CEO has a great personality and is fun to be around. He shows concern to employees and at times is very empathetic and appreciative.

Cons

Where to begin? Terrible, impulsive management that belittles, undermines and under-appreciates employees. Expectations are too high (beyond reasonable in most instances) and the rewards are low. The technology, though amazing in theory is always released to market way too soon and thus never works. An incomplete product is sold to customers. By doing this the company is dishonest to its potential customers, current customers, its employees and itself. This creates distress for sales (selling a product that's not ready and having to meet unreasonable quotas.Sales employees are fired constantly for not being able to sell a non-functional product), account management (dealing with unhappy customers and taking the fall for anything that goes wrong. You are expected to find a way around the issues on your own in most instances rather than the problem being solved. Dishonesty is subtly encouraged), development takes the fall for a non-functional product when in reality they are dealing with the mistakes of past developers and are not given the proper time to analyze and solve existing issues. Hours are long (10 hours). Breaks are not encouraged. You may be asked to come in earlier and leave later at times. 401k is a mess and does not even match. There are no yearly reviews (no raises). Open space encourages micromanaging and discourages privacy. Issues reported by clients take weeks if not months to resolve if they are not swept under the rug. Employees are penalized for clients not renewing.The company has no loyalty to its employees. Management always tries to get the most use out of you for as little pay and respect as possible.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
5 Jun 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Casual office environment, beer and snacks. Smart people on the technical teams. Fast friendships form, and happy hours were frequent. There used to be other perks such as golf outings, summer weekend trips & a bowling team. This is a good place for someone on a lower level team or sales looking to make quick money. No standards for raises so you can negotiate.

Cons

Leadership and management is not technology driven. Great tech remains outdated due to changing priorities, ego trips by managers, and a lack of vision by product management. Any capable managers are inevitably pushed out. Ideas for changing destructive patterns aren't respected, you'll end up in a long meeting with heads spinning and egos flying instead of having professional planning and dialog. The engineers are extremely talented and dedicated to the products, but many of the product decisions are driven by sales (or potential deals), not by the technology. If you don't drink alcohol this may be an uncomfortable place to work. There is also shocking levels of misogyny. There is no HR and no performance review process. You have to ask for reviews and potentially wait months to get your promised promotion. In the pros, I mention being able to negotiate, but usually that involves having another offer on the table. The company is eager to promote without compensation. Even if you are promoted to a mid-management position, you won't be given the autonomy or respect to make positive changes. Employees form friendships because they can all agree on what to complain about.

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