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AUSGAR Technologies

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What I wish I could have told potential new hires - Anonymous employee AUSGAR Technologies Employee Review

1.0
21 Oct 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay is decent and benefits CAN be good. There was a time when this was a good and fun company to work for.

Cons

Surprise pay cuts and layoffs are typical. Benefit reductions happen every year. Senior leadership has gone from questionable to unethical. Getting a new job is an exciting and sometimes stressful endeavor. If you are considering accepting employment from this company, please think long and hard before accepting. If you have only a few years of work experience or are somewhat fresh from college, I would encourage you to avoid this company. Employee welfare, training, and good management are critical for all employees and even more so for newer professionals. This company is likely to interview you for one job, and stick you into a different job on day one. This company will over sell you to the customer, then throw you to the wolves, providing little to no coaching, mentoring, and absolutely no training. The Human Resources department lacks the legitimate authority to protect you and regularly reports everything to senior leadership. Do not go to HR with a complaint, and expect any confidentiality at all. If work/life balance is important to you, then avoid this company. Management demands an all-work culture. Give anything less and they will find a suitable reason to terminate you. When you talk to the one or two employees who have been around a while and they will tell you the company used to have culture and value, but lost both somewhere along the way. Remember, when it comes to accepting a new job, this is the only time you will hold all of the cards and control. Say NO, and keep looking. Use Linked in to locate people with this company in their past work history and reach out to them. Ask questions and be sure to get everything in writing. Before you sign anything, read it carefully. There are many great companies to work for in San Diego - Ausgar is NOT one of them.

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AUSGAR Technologies Response
10y
It is regrettable when sites such as this become blunt instruments used to advance someone’s malice and ill will. We believe that to be the case with this particular review. We strongly disagree with the gross misstatements as well as the characterization of our corporate leadership, culture, and care shown to our employees. We are a government contractor subject to audits, and various other forms of oversight, all of which we have always passed. Our management team are extremely ethical and conscientious about our obligations to employees. It is also of note that HR’s job (in part) is to communicate employee issues up the chain so that they can be properly addressed. The characterization that HR will not protect employees is a pointed distortion of the truth; in fact, HR goes the extra mile to work with management on an employee issue that could have resulted in a termination as it would in another company, but did not. As to sudden layoffs, although a common occurrence for others in our industry, we have had only one small layoff of four employees in the past 11 years. As you can see the author has greatly exaggerated this issue with a lack of knowledge and is missing facts. Lastly, as to not taking advice, the company has succeeded because of its flexibility and ability to adapt, both which rely on input from a variety of sources, internal and external. We welcome feedback and encourage discussion. We appreciate your time in reviewing our comments. Should you have any questions about employment feel free to contact us directly with any inquiries

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Cons

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AUSGAR Technologies Response
1y
Thank you for taking time to write this. It is good to hear we can help you when needed. Our President goes out of his way to do the same. We are fortunate to have a great employee such as you.
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