Fulcrum IT Reviews

Middle management is lazy and inexperienced, acts superior in a demeaning way to the employees they work for, and would throw them under the bus in a second to save themselves. Senior management either doesn't care about this or doesn't know. Either way it's bad for the employee. If employees try to voice an opinion or speak up then middle management will say and I quote, "You guys are a bunch of babies.." or "Awww, poor you!". Moral is the lowest it’s ever been and most people I work with are actively looking for other opportunities. Fulcrum has had a retention problem for over a year now with no signs of getting better. The experience and knowledge of the workforce used to be what set Fulcrum apart from just another IT company. Key SME's have gotten fed up and left because they don't like the direction current leadership is going. Management has decided that instead of trying to retain these people they'd rather act like they don't exist, bad mouth them once they leave, and fill those spots with warm bodies that don't have the same experience level.

Management is some of the worst I have ever encountered. There are a few management cliques full of incompetent people with poor management skills that stay in power through mutual support of each other, rather than any employees. The company on the whole has very poor understanding of personnel management and the value of expertise. Expect to be demeaned, disrespected, and blatantly lied to while management quite literally cackles about it. I wish this were sour grapes, I really do, for the sake of the remaining employees, but it really is that bad. Those smart and capable people? There used to be a LOT of those, but have been driven away over time, with more likely to follow. Clients have also started to take notice, and Fulcrum has lost a number of important contracts, and is very likely to lose more, so I would not put too much faith in any job you take with this company lasting for a long time. They have engaged in pretty questionable billing practices as well, so even if management doesn't run the company into the ground, the government may take notice of that and shut them down anyway. Some positions regularly put in lots of overtime with little or no compensation, or sign that management notices, cares, or plans to correct the situation by hiring more people or improving process. I really don't know if management just that unaware of what they have done, or doesn't care, but the effect is the same.