Terrible Place to Work - Anonymous employee Tecolote Research Employee Review

1.0
12 Jan 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Fully paid family health care, vision, dental; great retirement pension. The pros stop there.

Cons

Terrible pay - and management knows this. They always remind you that the benefits and retirement is great, and it is...but people have to live. Absolutely ZERO training. I asked for training multiple times, never happened. Micro-management at it's finest. I thought I was back in the 8th grade on multiple occasions. Absolutely zero chance for advancement, or even a raise. The employee performance reviews are an absolute joke - and nothing is based on it. Some of the managers there are good people, and do good work - but there are some that are absolutely awful and have no idea how to manage people or even the work. The culture there is one of fear - managers don't want to make a decision, and often cannot, without upper management signing off. Forget about ever trying to recommend or change things, nobody wants to hear it - "This is the way we have always done it," is what you'll hear. The employee turnover over the last year has been extremely high - and a normal person would think that management would do something to stop this, but NOPE. They just "keep on keeping on", and the turnover keeps going on too.

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5.0
15 Apr 2026
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Pros

Terrific support, mentorship, and training from management. Good company culture and it’s an employee-owned company! Extremely good retirement and health care benefits.

Cons

Because the retirement and healthcare benefits are so good, the actual salary is lower than some expect.

4.0
10 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great people to work with, great overall compensation package (medical, retirement)

Cons

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