So Much Potential - Anonymous employee Selectica Employee Review

2.0
16 July 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

As many have said, the lower ranks in the company are filled with highly intelligent, friendly people who have a passion for what they do. The product itself has great potential and there are a huge amount of plans to make it even better. The workplace offers a great deal of flexibility between working from home and working in the office.

Cons

However, the road to greatness is mired by inexperienced Senior Management and some key personnel who seemingly have a supernatural lock on their job even after a very long track record of failure. This inability or unwillingness of Senior Management to remove or reassign these personnel results in disillusionment among the employees around them and this in turn causes turn over and apathy. There have been so many broken promisses of change and a "return to glory" that it has made long term employees indifferent to the honeyed words of bungie managers. The spirit of this company seems broken. And all the promises that the past has been a bad dream loose their power to heal when you can still see the monsters hiding under the bed.

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5.0
26 Aug 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Really awesome company. Good people. Good work.

Cons

I can't think of any downside of working there.

4.0
3 May 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- New management team is experienced, focused and is executing. I experienced the transition in 2013 and it was desparately needed. The previous "executives" were not "executing". - New management is solving the problems that have festered at Selectica for the last 10 years. There are no quick fixes. - You must be self driven. If you are looking for specific directions from upper management before taking action this may not be the place for you. However if you are the type of person who is not afraid to propose a better way to do something and you are willing to work to make it happen then Selectica is the perfect place. - Flat, open management style

Cons

- Some people that were part of the old Selectica are still around and haven't changed their mindset. - It will be a tough road to get Selectica out of the ditch - If you are not self driven it will be tough for you. - Product is the single biggest problem. It is engineer driven and based on antiquated technology and design patterns.

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