Spectrio Reviews

3.3

58% would recommend to a friend

(283 total reviews)
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Tamara Bebb

56% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Spectrio has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 283 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Spectrio employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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283 reviews
4.0
7 Aug 2024

Many pros and cons

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great balance being remote. They were once very competitive with pay but now debatable. There’s room for growth if you know how to approach it and ask for a growth plan. Encouraged travel in previous years. If you are a self starter you will be fine. Find the product set that resonates with your selling style and run with it. PTO has improved slightly but still very behind the times. Warehouse give their all to help the company and the only department to go into the office every day.

Cons

Tendency to hire and fire. EBITDA is the excuse for any ounce of potential improvement. CEO is very hot and cold. She does try and it’s not an easy job with the spectrio product set but you have to know tech. Previous CRO had a heart but they ditched him and new CRO is a consultant thinking Spectrio is his big break. Marketing director is rude and clueless, half of the team chose to leave upon her maternity return which is no surprise. HR team is incompetent in areas. Putting sparkles on burnout with Friday fun emails. Once asked whole org to decide if Juneteenth was important or not and to publicly vote to keep it or not. Good luck getting a pay increase, told prior to annual reviews that there was no budget, so reviews were aimless. Most people are burned out. Frequently acquiring companies sounds good but not clear goals or pathway to integrate them. They will just steal books of business with hopes they will be interested in alternative products.

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Spectrio Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback about your experience at Spectrio. We are glad that you are enjoying the flexibility of our remote work environment and the opportunities for growth at the company. As we focus on becoming a more accountable organization overall, we will continue to hold individuals and teams to high standards so we can strive to meet our company goals. As a current employee, we encourage you to reach out to your manager or to our People Operations team if you feel overwhelmed in your role or if you have any specific suggestions for ways we can improve your experience here.
1.0
12 Apr 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The only pro is the fact that this review has been sent to the current investment groups.

Cons

Spectrio is a completely mismanaged group of people, with zero managerial experience, it's a sweatshop. Glassdoor reviews are closely filtered through the company in hopes of having a positive image for potential investors. Morale is extremely low, but not communicated. Managers with zero experience are simply looking at numbers. As the company continues to bring more people on board, they are less prepared. The products are dated ( although that does not stop anyone ) The sweatshop environment is encouraged by managers whom will only replace folks not willing to listen to absent non-existent upper-lower managers. As long as the revenue numbers are reported to potential new investors, all is good. Please ask if you interview about how they are handling the massive growth ( growth does not mean the company is doing well in this case) Also ask about how people are treated generally. Also ask about how much money you will actually be making ( lies). Since the economy is picking up I would encourage to look elsewhere. You will regret working here ( as many of us have already being here now)

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Spectrio Response
5y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review about your experience at Spectrio. Throughout our 30+ year history, we have continued to improve our career path and career development options. We also continue to provide leadership training and coaching. This will be a point of consistent focus as the company continues its growth trajectory, and we hope these new opportunities will make a meaningful impact on teams throughout Spectrio. We encourage you to reach out to your manager or HR with any suggestions you have for your team or department.
1.0
25 Aug 2021

Smoke and Broken Mirrors

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fully Remote. Great Co-Workers. Free T-Shirts.

Cons

Remember the joke from American Psycho about “murders and executions” being misheard as “mergers and acquisitions”? That’s Spectrio in a nutshell. Their business model is to acquire as many companies in any semi-applicable industry as possible with no execution plan for fully integrating the acquired platforms or staff. Spectrio is collection of dozens of unique platforms/companies that are basically held together by popsicle sticks and chewed gum. No one at the top tiers of the company has basic knowledge of what these products do, let alone how they function. That lack of knowledge extends to the sales team, which is ironically the only department where one can see success. Account Managers are solely revenue driven. Once they’ve closed a deal with a customer, they’re encouraged to duck and run. This not only leads to low-quality customer experiences, it more often than not results in greater burdens for customer service and support staff who have to bear the consequences of account management misinformation. While they over-staff the sales teams, they are simultaneously bleeding employees who support the platforms (tech, support, customer service). Despite pleas from these teams’ managers, they will not hire staff to replace them. Responsibilities of departed employees are placed on the plates of existing staff who are already working beyond full capacity. With no primary platform determined and technical staff from each of them leaving in droves, it seems like they are in a race to see which platform dies last and declare it their premiere product. To bring it all together, the C-Level team is comprised of people with no experience in the industry who have been on-board for less than a year. This type of business model is designed to demonstrate fast-increasing revenue via acquisitions, high sales numbers, and low administrative costs (refer to the above) so that it can be quickly sold to the next bidder before its ultimate implosion. Their intention is not to invest in their employees, it’s to make a quick buck off of their underpaid and overworked backs. Benefits packages are laughable. Any employees who make a livable salary choose to purchase health insurance outside of the company. Same with the 401K plan. There is a rewards platform where your coworkers can publicly award you pennies with GIFs attached to them to distract you from the realization that your hard work should result in a pay raise, not a $25 gift card to Olive Garden. In summary, human capital is the most dispensable asset at Spectrio. There are countless talented and valuable employees working there, but there is no opportunity for them to grow or develop in this shell of a company.

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Spectrio Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review about your experience at Spectrio. We welcome the opportunity to address some of your comments. Throughout the company’s history, we have acquired businesses that offer similar services, as well as several that have expanded our capabilities. Each of our acquisitions is thoughtfully researched beforehand, and intentionally integrated into the business, to meet the changing needs of the company and our clients. In fact, over the last few years, we have built an entire department dedicated to product development and technology integration. In addition to growing the Spectrio team across all departments in 2021, we have been working diligently to continue to build a robust and comprehensive training program for all new hires. This standardized and streamlined onboarding process ensures that regardless of their team or department, all new hires will have knowledge and understanding of our products, services, mission, and values. Spectrio’s current benefits package includes comprehensive medical, dental, vision, voluntary life, flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts, along with a partially-matched 401k, education reimbursement, short and long term disability (fully paid by Spectrio) and an Employee Assistance Program (fully paid by Spectrio). In addition, at this time Spectrio employees get 11 paid holidays, 3+ weeks of vacation (depending on tenure), paid sick days, and more. Our HR team has researched extensively to ensure our benefits are comparable with similar-sized companies, and we are always looking for ways to improve.
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