Un-inspired leadership who only care about the bottom line - Anonymous employee Applied Systems Employee Review

1.0
20 Feb 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are a lot of friendly people who are socially fun to be around.

Cons

Any reviews coming out of the ATL office do not reflect most of the jobs at Applied. I wish the home office and remote offices had the same positive feedback but the CEO did not to move to the corporate headquarters in IL and instead opened up his own small remote office 1000mi away. Although they may be good people to work for on a daily bases it absolutely does not reflect the conditions at Applied as a whole since 99% of employees are in Canada, CT, and IL. Second, leadership (middle management & senior leadership) spend more time navigating internal policy than actually leading. My experience has been if you ask difficult questions or want to change redundant procedures your direct leadership won't do anything to help. This may be a result of the "changing of the guards" or what happens when a new CEO comes in and brings their senior staff with them. The company as a whole has a lot of potential and employees who want succeed. But having dealt with a new CEO for over 12 months it seems the only progress Applied is making is to secure more companies through acquisitions for its eventual sale.

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Cons

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1.0
6 May 2026
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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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