full of sorrow and pain - Software Engineer Jaggaer Employee Review

1.0
24 Oct 2016
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Pros

anything i could say here would be prefaced with "there used to be." everyone has been fired that drove positive changes.

Cons

The company was bought out a few months ago by an equity investment company, AKKR. Now we have a bunch of new managers that are cleaning house. They fired the executive team, a large number of managers across departments, marketing, sales, development, etc. They fired a number of people that have been here for years. The new managers are trying to trim as many people as possible to make the company much leaner. They flat out told us at the beginning of the acquisition that they want to make 50% of the developers here and 50% in South America. They seem to be prepping us to be flipped, so if you want to work somewhere and be a stepping stone to someone else's greater financial glory, this is the place for you. The equity company has a list of past conquests of theirs on their website. I can only assume that the SciQuest employees are not the first, nor will we be the last.

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Jaggaer Response
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We recognize that the past several weeks have been difficult. The changes our new leaders have made were necessary to move SciQuest forward. The positive change is just beginning. Yes, SciQuest looks different today than it did a month ago, however the same good people that were here before are still here now. SciQuest has become a better, stronger company built on a great workforce that listens to customers and responds to market demands with industry-leading products.

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