UNCOMN Reviews

Thanks for taking the time to provide excellent feedback. I am gratified to see that our efforts at prioritizing people are bearing fruit.I am disappointed, though, to hear that we are squashing ideas prematurely; our preferred modus operandi is to let ideas mature, gain popularity, and take root before we smash them to little bits and dance over the destruction. I kid, of course. :-D We are about to announce the formation of a new business unit focused on innovation. Please help us develop an appropriate methodology to vet suggestions and ideas, to ensure that we're listening well to our #1 asset: YOU. And my door is always open to anyone in the company who wants to come in and propose something new. Keep being awesome!

In the '70s and '80s, the Marines ran a series of successful television commercial campaigns in which they advertised, "We're looking for a few good men." In one of these ads, they announced (to the tune of Lynn Anderson's song), "we don't promise you a rose garden; we only make one promise: we will make you a Marine." UNCOMN is not the United States Marine Corps, but we have a similar philosophy: we'll keep our standards high and our ranks small. If you want to be an uncommon genius working on cool, nationally-relevant projects and contributing to a consistently winning team, we're looking for you. Sometimes, your leader will look you in the eyes and say, "we need you in the office because the project on which you're working requires regular client interaction, teamwork, and the protection of sensitive data important to national security." Some will shrink back from this challenge, complain that those who promote are brown-nosers, move on, and leave reviews that warn others of his ilk that the standards are high. Others will roll up their sleeves, be great teammates, contribute to a winning team, and see a winner staring at them when they look in the mirror. I encourage the thoughtful reader of these reviews to consider the reviewer's feedback and ask yourself, "Is this feedback consistent with everything else I read about UNCOMN on Glassdoor and other sources, or does it read like an emotional outburst from a young man whose work ethic didn't meet the standards of a high-performing organization and thus failed to promote as quickly as he desired?" Draw your own conclusions. We're looking for a few good men and women.