out in X days where X is a very very short duration - Software Architect innoPath Employee Review

1.0
25 Jan 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

None whatsoever. Please see my long list of cons below.

Cons

This is the worst company that I have had the misfortune to work for. It opened up eyes that there could be a company such as this in America, in Silicon Valley, in a capitalist world. Who buys their products? The quality of engineers, manager, leadership - the less said the better. It brings up only bile and blood pressure. I should have known when they asked those useless interview questions. That recruiter who steered me this way was unlinked on LinkedIn - that was the first thing I did. All these positive comments are coming from somewhere - proabably paid trolls of the HR department of this awful place. And to think I chose this over some other offers I had. Wasted another month to get back to work and the emotional scarring will last for years. Note: the engineers are insecure - they will not let the new guy on in any documentation or knowledge transfer. Any of these guys cannot get a junior engineer job anywhere else or are perhaps stuck in the morass for their Green Card. So if you have a mortgage and your spouse left you and you want to commit intellectual and professional suicide, welcome to InnoPath.

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5.0
3 Feb 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great place to work, loved all nine years. Many friends

Cons

Sadly, defunct. Got purchased by local company. Miss my friends

1.0
16 Dec 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

InnoPath had signficant potential in the mobile space. It has a relatively strong presence on the carrier side as well as the handset side. It also has reasonable IP & dedicated employees. It has potential which it needs to exploit.

Cons

The company is driven from the top by the CEO. He is a complete micro-manager, even though he claims that he wants to let go. Additionally, he has a temper which has manifested itself on many occasions. The exec staff is not cohesive & tends to be disfunctional as a result. Because the fear that the CEO instills in the organization, his VPs are unwilling to stand up to do the correct thing for the business. The CEO also believes that he is a subject matter expert in all areas - engineering, marketing, HR, sales, and operations. He has overrriden his organization multiple times with little information; this has sometimes had disastrous results. The exec staff, particularly the CTO, is quite political. The CEO allows this type of behavior and on occasion fosters it. ICs tend to be demoralized because of years of promises of doing an IPO. Fostering this have been promises of salary increases but most people have not seen an increase in 3+ years.

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