Longent Reviews

2.7

47% would recommend to a friend

(6 total reviews)

Rick Youngbar

46% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

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6 reviews
3.0
30 Jun 2021

DAS

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Convienient, worked from home primarily

Cons

Ownership somewhat detached from remote markets

5.0
19 Mar 2021

Good company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Knowledgeable workforce with opportunity for advancement.

Cons

The company was fairly small during my tenure. There was a bit of micromanagement during my time there.

1.0
16 Jun 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I met some good people who are now friends.

Cons

I worked for Longent for three years as their only staffed IT professional, and it was the worst experience I have had in all my life! I cannot warn anybody reading this post enough to steer clear of this company. The company's CEO is an abusive and bullying manager who enjoys tormenting his employees until they quit. In my case, he abused me repeatedly for months, and at one point he even asked me if I was ready to resign, but he claims I was fired because of my animosity and belligerence. He willfully and purposely created anger and hostility by bullying me, but I am to blame for my animosity???? What's worse is that I was denied unemployment benefits, because he played the victim and told the Division of Employment Security I was at fault. He put me through ten living hells after working very hard for him! But I am not the only person he has created pain for. He has hurt many people, and I believe he has no remorse at all for doing so. One example: I know of one other former employee who had given two weeks notice of moving into a new home, and when the man didn't show up for work, he was informed that day would be his day of resignation. What a guy! As stated in my previous post, this man is unfit to manage a McDonald's crew. If his employees truly are his "greatest asset" as he claims, why is turnover so high there? Why have so many people left him to work for his competitors, and why has he created hardship for so many others? I worked very hard for Longent, took pride in my work, and sacrificed much because of my work ethic, only to be treated like dirt for my efforts, because unlike his engineers, I "didn't make money for the company." I am sure the CEO will make some feeble attempt to respond again stating how disheartened he is for the grief, anguish and pain he subjected me and my family to, but it will be nothing more than smoke and mirrors and empty words coming from a man attempting to change the tarnished company image he created by abusing his employees. He created a hostile work environment for me (and many others), provided me with no tools to be successful in my job, made himself out to be the victim, and like many others, my family will pay the price for his indifference and incompetence for many years to come while he remains blameless. Nobody deserves to be treated this way, and as stated previously, I cannot warn you enough to steer clear of this company!

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Longent Response
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Given that you were terminated over one and a half years ago, I'm admittedly surprised that you continue to post reviews of Longent. It does seem that you are giving Longent and myself too much credit for being able to negatively impact your career and future. Your past does not equal your future and one would hope that leaving a job you obviously hated (even if not under your terms) would have offered some level of relief and ability to find a more suitable position. As I responded to your last review, I personally met with you every week to assist you with your performance improvement plan. Despite this effort, your performance did not improve and you continued to become more and more hostile. When you decided to send a brief email that our IDF closet's HVAC system had a failure just before leaving the office for the weekend (even though you knew about the issue much earlier that day) and then subjected your manager to a barrage of written insults and threats when you were directed to correct the issue right away, it was obvious that a swift change had to be made. It's unfortunate that you were not able to find employment at the same compensation levels and benefits as you had at Longent as quickly as you would have liked. Which is baffling given the need for IT people in the RTP area. Regardless of your challenges after being terminated, Longent is not going to keep a person employed who can not meet the requirements of their job, obviously does not want to be here and makes threats against other people in the company. You were clearly terminated for cause, which the unemployment commission readily agreed, despite your appeals; as such not eligible for unemployment benefits. I'm not sure how there could continue to be an argument. Regardless, of whatever you may say about Longent and myself, I do hope you have found a new position that better meets your needs, personality and ability. BTW, it seems fitting to point out that the person you seem to insinuate was terminated because they moved to a new house, moved to another state knowing full well their job was not going to follow them. We did not know the exact day this person was going to leave until they showed up at the office in a moving van to drop off their Longent assets. So, yes their resignation was effective that day.
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