Extremely boring repetitive work without obvious value - Anonymous employee Applied Systems Employee Review

2.0
17 July 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

New CEO ended the drug test policy which could be a good thing but I don't use drugs. This company likes to hire people out of college which is good for new grads since very few companies want to do this anymore. Company retains elderly employees Easy commute if you live in south suburbs

Cons

CEO Reid French hires all his buddies into top positions in the company over people who are doing a great job such as the last Marketing VP. Low salary that does not increase proportionally to your responsibilities. Trying to implement agile as a new development strategy when agile is meant for projects much smaller than epic. Monitors your internet usage. Company has been known to over promise and under deliver to clients in sales.

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Pros

The teammates that I worked with were generally really great. Decent opportunity for learning

Cons

The benefits were not great, 3 year vesting to get a 401k match, insurance was sub par, time off was below average. In addition to this the management team is having a lot of turnover along with getting rid of people systematically (or what feels targeted). This is following some acquisitions that could have been great but because the teams are all operating in silos with what feels like no cohesive direction from the senior leadership. The products that are being sold are very old feeling/looking with no real changes on the horizon. Pair this with high level executive leadership changes that are pointing to a potential sale of the company which likely will come with more changes and loss of employment.

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