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Cross Match Technologies Reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(43 total reviews)

Michael Kohlsdorf

64% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

Cross Match Technologies has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 43 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cross Match Technologies employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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43 reviews
1.0
29 Apr 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Location is nice and convenient to I-95, lot's of parking. Fair life work balance but expect to work overtime around the holidays which is a company tradition. Salaries and benefits are okay for the area but you won't get much of a raise even after several years as said by others.

Cons

Much what others have said about this place is highly accurate; sad as it may sound there is not much in Pros that can be said about the company as it exists today. I been a long term associate company ; was indeed once a great place to work and the time has finally come where I have made the decision to get out of Dodge and will soon be exiting. Along with what the others said on here; the company is indeed behind the times on products. They are planning on farming out more work and going with contractors along with using other companies technology instead of inventing it internally. There is currently a mass state of confusion within the company and some departments have nothing to do since there is little to no direction. David Buckley is changing the direction of the company and brought in his cronies to manage for better or worse a lot of good people were fired in the process and some of the new hires are not very impressive; mainly the HR Manager and some other branded Directors many of which were old management that should have been cut. Communication is about as bad as it can get; these "town hall meetings" are rare and usually filled with boasting sales people and pie charts. Buckley's business model suits people in Sales mainly. Don't expect to come in here and be involved in innovation and the work is becoming less challenging. I will leave what others said below in "Cons" as my view as well; if you are thinking of taking a job with this place; be forewarned; the moral is extremely bad; there is a very dark cloud that lingers over this place that rains negativity as much as the Florida wet season. You will see people get hired in a poor market and work here for a couple of weeks or longer and quit; or long term good beneficial employees get let go for no logical reason. "The Club" as mentioned is a sad reality with this place; you may or may not be allowed in it. I am not a member of the club; reason why I'm on the way out. You will never ever receive praise at this place for your efforts and work if you are not in the club. CYA mentality amongst managers is rampant, only a few are really down to earth. Feels like a high school with all the brown nosing. This place is very unethical as mentioned by others it is no rumor that there is a major inequality in time off policies and attendance protocol being followed. I blame HR for this and department managers for not enforcing company policy. Only problem is HR is the biggest offender; rarely can you get an answer because they are never in the office. It is also no false statement that people with no experience are handed projects and positions they are not qualified to handle or manage. The Club promotes the wrong people and major favoritism exists within the organization.

1.0
3 Feb 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Challenging work, made in the usa, good balance of work and life and good skill building for resume. You can wear many hats.

Cons

very poor communication, constant reorganization some people have had 3 different titles in less than 1 year, favoritism, people with little experience or no qualifications are promoted into positions they are not even qualified for, new CEO hires his buddies for upper level jobs and they sit in their office all day or attend meetings, minimal exposure to lower level employees and do not even know employees names after being there for nearly a year. Offfsite meetings and a week long events for a large % people only some entire departments included not just managers and many were left out of the "team building" events and are left back at the office feeling like they are not important or a part of the company where is the teamwork? People coming in late and leaving early or disappearing for hours or not coming in at all, abusing their allocated time off, a lot of employees also sit and surf the internet all day long and don't appear to be busy with no fear of being fired or reprimanded because their managers don't care. HR is a joke, new HR manager is nowhere to be found. Annual raises have been very low to none at all. CEO calls town hall meetings and talks big, say's one thing 1 month then 4 months later flip flops on what he said.

1.0
18 Aug 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Knowing you are working on something that defends our borders, helps our troops, catches criminals, terrorists and helps ID missing people and children. Company supplies employees near the bleeding edge equipment to get the job done. Work environment is good,clean and safe. Coworkers are generally friendly and cordial but there is a clique'.

Cons

Extremely poor annual salary increases, big layoffs in the past, company has a revolving door CEO, many bring big ideas and they fire existing upper management and bring in their friends to fill the roles it either lasts or nothing happens. No IPO realization. Too much middle management some are lacking experience and the skill sets to be managers and tend to dip into working on things they have no experience or knowledge in. Good'ole boy club exists and favoritism amongst managers for certain employees is obvious, managers tend to overlook more experienced employees and go to the rookies or junior level people with minimal experience for answers and tend to shut others out in the process. Management also tends to boost and promote people into roles they have no qualifications or experience in. The company is very title oriented and bickering between departments is often a typical meeting tone. Bad project management and direction, often projects are started with no game plan of attack. Communication is very poor between departments, causing money and time to be wasted on a daily basis. Company is not diversified, has plenty of PhD titles, but lacks the innovation that it once had. Company on a whole is very secretive amongst it's employees and you will often be in the dark on a lot of things that are not company trade secrets or top secret info. This also applies to projects, even within your own group management is very secretive on new projects and often only selected people will know or be involved. These selected people are usually based on the previous favoritism statement and will often be discussed in private closed door meetings yet the project is worked on in plain site. HR department is transparent and employees really feel there is no mediator to turn to when there are problems. Benefits are okay but not the best. Little room for promotion unless you are in the club. Management does not recognize hard work, innovation or completing projects on time with a low bug count. Often you may end up fixing someone else's mistake while they wipe their hands of it and move on to something new. Management often honors and acknowledges these types and overlooks the mistakes though they end up being very costly to the company on a whole. Management is not phased by this too often and still see's these types as employee of the month material and does not criticize them for their mistakes. Others though will get lambasted with comments and questions if there are issues. Much of management is old blood and is not very open to new hires ideas or background and often are resistant to new CEO policies. CEO typically talks the talk but does not walk the walk. Company is big on sales and contracts and spends thousands of dollars flying staff all over the world on missionary type sales pitches with minimal ROI. Competition is stiff and the company is falling behind the 8 ball on a lot of sectors and technology and needs to realize this to survive.

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