Great Company, Great People, Great Products & Services - Anonymous employee Softek Solutions Employee Review
5.0
27 Oct 2017
Anonymous employee
Current employee, more than 5 years
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Softek is a technology/software company focused on medical records. The products and services are excellent. It's a great group of people to work with.
There was a period of turmoil within the company, which has been resolved by a split into 2 independent entities. Much of the negative comments I read in previous reviews was related to that or personnel no longer associated with Softek.
Sanity and stability have returned.
I am surrounded by a bunch of brilliant people creating solutions for electronic health records, to enhance and improve hospital systems. What Softek does is important and beneficial to our clients and I just wish more people knew about what we do.
Management cares about the people here. And the workers care about each other.
Cons
Our products/services are enhancements for a specific EHR system, which means the market is limited, though still pretty large.
Softek Solutions Response
8y
At the very start of our company, Softek made a commitment to operating with uncompromising business ethics. We truly regret the times we failed any associates in this area and have taken clear steps to return to our high standards of business practice. These include the corporate split you mentioned as well as clear policy guidelines and procedures. We're glad you're experiencing a positive, supportive culture and a community of people doing quality work for the healthcare community.
Absolute top tier work environment. Work/life balance isn't just a thing, but heavily encouraged. Quality work gets acknowledged. One of the few places I've ever been where it feels like management is working alongside you, as opposed to talking down to you.
Cons
This gets harder to define. Really, because it's a small company, there is a ceiling on career advancement, but that's expected with any small business. And there are plenty of trade-offs that make it worth it.
Constantly working on some of the latest technologies. Nice location and quiet office. Very cool product that can be value add for the industry. Tons of potential if lead properly.
Cons
The owners are off their rocker. They are both great engineers but horrible managers. Way below average pay. 60+ hour weeks to just barely keep up. Benefits kept getting worse and worse. Cutting corners like turning off hot water to water dispenser cause they thought that would save them money. No disabled access. They fired all the smokers to get lower insurance rates and then posted a sign flaunting "smoke free business". One of the owners would make passes at any young women working there and if he didn't like you he would treat you like crap until you quit or he decided to fire you. Very little gratitude for any hard work and most advice would fall on deaf ears unless it was something they already wanted to do. Reviews were few and far between and raises were handed out even less (unless you were liked by the owners).
Owners would give a verbal OK for something but when it came time to execute they would deny and ask if it was in writing, often after the fact. Owners would disrespect employees and "discretely" complain about performance issues or opinions about employees to other employees. (I hated hearing this). They preferred to not give out titles so they wouldn't have to compare pay to industry standards