They're Drinking the Kool-aid while the CEO is selling the company... err, looking for investors.. - Technologist Pythian Employee Review

1.0
6 Nov 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexible hours, and free drinks (If local)

Cons

It's all glitter, until you look behind the curtain and see how much of a mess it is. Why else would a 20 year old company be in shambles and needing investors? Managers expect miracles from you, but don't give you the time to do it. This leads to poor performance, and makes you look like a complete dolt when you can't deliver. There is too much of a "bro" culture, and low-level employee cliques that are good at sucking up to exec and C levels.

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Pythian Response
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Pythian is proud to have been in business for over 20 years. We work in the fast paced technology field, and, like every other business in this field, we must to continue to grow and evolve in order to keep pace with the ever changing market demands - and that includes business investment and adaptations to technologies and services at strategic inflection points of our business lifecycle. We have been very open and transparent of Pythian’s ongoing plans with our global employees and while we realize it can be uncomfortable for some people, others see this planning as an opportunity for growth. Successful investment will no doubt be beneficial for Pythian and all our global colleagues worldwide and we are excited about these next stages! Regarding your comment on our Managers, leadership is difficult at the best of times. Our leadership team is made up of experienced professionals committed to building and investing in our people to exceed customers expectations. As we all know, market changes happen quickly and we work hard to adjust to our client needs. Unfortunately, this does cause friction points at times for our employees as we navigate through together. We do appreciate your feedback and should you have any further comments, please feel free to reach out directly to me at graham@pythian.com

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- Private equity backed organization, so it can feel like we are understaffed pretty frequently. This can slow sales cycles and create CSAT issues. Need to be ready to adapt. - The sales reps at Pythian who find success need to be comfortable being agile, we encounter new situations every day and opportunities/problems rarely fit into a box. Also need to be comfortable taking ownership over situations for the betterment of your customers, pipeline, etc. - Very minimal pipeline generation support.

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