Nobody is smarter and none of us are winning! - Anonymous employee Derse Employee Review

1.0
19 Jan 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Dedicated team members who do their best to compensate for out of date infrastructure and incompetent management and leadership.

Cons

HR ignores obvious hostilities in the workplace up to and including employees threatening physical violence on others and ignored by lower management. Management in the office is ignorant at best and shop management rules by fear and intimidation. This company operates at a level of 1999 technology and employs people who must do data entry multiple times in order to get anything done or into actual production. They do everything possible to ensure profit even at the cost of alienating employees and their dedicated work. There is complete disregard for employees who wish they could make a difference here and only employ raises as a negotiating factor in keeping those employees after they have had another offer from a competitor.

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Derse Response
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Employees certainly do matter. That is why we take reviews like this into consideration and use it to evaluate where we can do better, especially when it comes to employee wellbeing. I first want to address that Derse does not tolerate the type of workplace hostilities you described. Employees and management are responsible for assuring a safe workplace—and any reported misconduct would be grounds for disciplinary action. Had we known about your situation, we would have offered immediate support to address the situation. As for Derse’s technology, we too recognized the need to constantly evolve. In fact, we’re in the process of evaluating and launching a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that will maximize our productivity. Sincerely, Adam Beckett President & CEO

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Cons

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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