IT is severely slacking - Resulting in extremely low retention of New Hires - Information Technology - Software Developer KCI Technologies Employee Review

2.0
12 Apr 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Fair potential to learn and improve upon your existing skillset(s). Which comes with a catch.. IT is severely understaffed and you will be bearing the the workload of 3-4 employees. Although work life balance will be nonexistent, you will learn alot.

Cons

IT help desk staff are unqualified and have little education/understanding of their day to day "tools" and how to go about efficiently using them. Upper management in IT (CIO, Network Admin, etc) are used to doing things the difficult/expensive way. With the sole intent of creating job security for themselves or a small handful of long term staff members which of course comes at a cost to the company itself. The CEO isn't a tech guy so he continues to fund projects which ultimately have no future or purpose. In short, the culture in KCI IT is best described as cutthroat paired with poor communication from Upper Management to New Hires. Existing employees are only concerned with meeting the bare minimum quotas, until they're eligible to cash out their ESOP or until the CEO performs a thorough audit resulting in layoffs Would not recommend if you're looking for a long term career. New hires are unfortunately recycled on a monthly-quarterly basis.

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5.0
3 June 2026
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Pros

Fast paced self starter environment

Cons

Can be overwhelming when things are busy

4.0
21 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly coworkers, great kitchen, monthly staff holiday events on site, tons of parking

Cons

No CAD or data collection standards officewide or company wide, no remote Fridays, does not train you on tasks, does not give detailed instructions

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