A coerced review - Anonymous employee Astreya Employee Review

1.0
30 Dec 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The client's Astreya has are some of the largest technology companies around, which is what entices both new starters, as well as those who currently work for Astreya to remain there. If it's anything, management know how to throw a good Christmas party...

Cons

To explain the review title, this is the 3rd attempt by our newly appointed CEO to get more staff to complete Glassdoor reviews. It seems that the reviews are to blame for several candidates turning down offers... Where to start... Astreya, in my opinion over the past 4 years, cares about the bottom line and meeting contract obligations over anything else. Benefits? For a multi-million dollar company, until the workplace pension came around, there was no pension nor a prospect of one. Now, I don't work for a company for it's benefits, but when you are treated as just another pawn who could be replaced at a split second's notice, I can say with conviction that if it wasn't for the clients we work for, at least half of the staff would no longer work here. My advice to our newly appointed CEO? Listen to your field staff, and get your head out of the clouds that is Santa Clara HQ. You say that all you hear about is complaints about compensation, then don't you think this resinates somewhat? You're another spokesperson preaching the same propaganda that I've heard from the previous CEOs in my tenure here. My final line: We work for the job, not for the company. When Astreya finally loses their main contract, I struggle to name a single person who wont jump ship to the next contract. Your staff are loyal to their work and positions, not the company they work for.

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Astreya Response
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We appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts and concerns on the Company. It is difficult for me to comment on actions by my predecessors so I will focus on where we are today and where we are going as a Company. I am very excited to have joined the Company as CEO just a couple months ago given that we are in a growth and investment stage. Understandably, those investment decisions are not made overnight, but we are moving forward very quickly in areas that you mention, in addition to others. Some of those investments will obviously impact some departments and individuals differently, but we are looking to positively impact the Company across the board. Those investments include increasing our competitiveness in employee offerings. We expect 2018 to be a great year for Astreya, and we expect the majority of our global employees to realize the benefits of the investments we make now and in the very near future. After meeting so many employees in customers in the first 60 days, I simply wanted to have us band together and lift all aspects of the business together. My request were not meant to be forced, so I apologize for your feeling this way.

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