GXA Reviews

3.1

49% would recommend to a friend

(26 total reviews)

Alicia Makaye

46% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

GXA has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 26 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The GXA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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26 reviews
1.0
7 Aug 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Great way to get into IT if you're new in the field. You get to touch and do a lot that you normally would not be able to do in a SMB environment.

Cons

Management. Micromanagement was extremely common, employees were watched through the cameras constantly by HR, and management had a habit of clock watching. Clients were treated just as poorly. The process of onboarding clients changed about every 3 months, and so no client was ever "fully" onboarded because no one could agree what that actually looked like. Client's were commonly ignored when they made requests during their onboarding period because "we need to finish the onboarding process first then worry about the rest." In the two years I was there we lost more clients than we signed.

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GXA Response
7y
Thank you for your feedback. I value this review and will continue to enhance my leadership style, communicate our intentions more effectively and serve my team better. As we have become better at executing and implementing IT processes and standards, our journey to World Class MSP has significantly improved over the last few years. I am grateful and honored by our committed team members who have continued to address the MSP challenges head-on, allowing us to relentlessly march towards perfection and carry out our ambitious vision and goals. I wish you the very best!
1.0
21 June 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Not many pros. Most of the people were nice and friendly. Pay is decent.

Cons

They run as a MSP but have no clue on how to be a MSP. I do not think they know how to spell ITIL much less put it in practice. The following is just a few things. The tiered structure was not good at all. Tier 1 guys were not strong enough to really do a lot of things but took the most calls. Tier 2 guys seemed to never get any of the tickets. Tier 3 guys did most of the work and long hours. There was no Change Management. The customers they brought in they had no clue how to onboard. They did not look at basic things like AD structure, DNS, GPOs, and basic functions. There is no network team at all. Even during the interview process I told them that I was an advanced Windows engineer not network admin. They said that was fine and it was very light. First three tasks I did was configuring Cisco Routers, WAFs, and switches. This was a huge bait and switch. They were more worried about ticket times, long hours and overtime than anything else. Some of the customers I dealt with were running on illegal software and practices. We seemed not to care if they were. This is a MSP that will not get very far and will never get out of small environments like churches and daycares.

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GXA Response
7y
Thank you for your feedback. Sorry that your experience at GXA was not positive. Creating a great work community has always been our goal and intent. Whilst an apology won’t change the negative experience you went through at GXA, I extend it with all sincerity. Our company has made significant strides since your tenure. We have redesigned our delivery model into an ITIL based framework. We have implemented IT industry standards, policies and best practices including change control, incident response, onboarding processes and other ISO quality standards. As we have grown, our processes matured and built a better team, the concerns you brought up on this review have been addressed. In addition, this has allowed us to scale with less pain. I wish you success and the very best in your endeavors.
1.0
1 Feb 2017

Poor Leadership

Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

Engaging with GXA Network Solutions will teach you a valuable lesson. Let's hope you do so from a distance.

Cons

The owners are terrible managers. They do not respect their employees or customers.

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GXA Response
7y
First, I want to apologize for my late response. To be honest, because of our ambitious goals and fast growth over the years, I admit that I hadn’t made it a priority as the President to read and respond to reviews left by former team members. As we have continued to grow and now that we have a bigger team and more support, my role is morphing, I am more focused on serving my team, building relationships internally/externally, creating a better work community and serving our Grander mission by using GXA as a vehicle to empower the next generation through philanthropy. Over the last year, more and more of our team members have caught the vision of GXA, they are now finding ways to live their passion daily by serving communities locally and internally. For example some of our team members have taken personal mission trips to Puerto Rico and Kenya and several have served locally here in Dallas during their personal times. GXA is also sending two of our team members to Nigeria for 2 weeks to experience international missions. Alicia and I are humbled by the fact that an idea that started 16 years ago by two young newlyweds in a small apartment is finally becoming a reality. Our team members are coalescing around the vision, carrying it out and taking it as their own! Our clients’ experience has also significantly improved. Our CSAST score over the last 12 months has averaged over 97%, our client retention rate is at an all-time high, more than 70% of our clients’ tenure is at 3+ years and several clients at over 12 years. The MSP business can be tough but our loyal and committed team has taken the challenge head-on. They continue to demonstrate that you can run a successful IT services business, use your profits and time to serve those who are less fortunate around the world and still deliver Best-In-Class IT that empowers hard working small businesses to grow and compete in an ever-challenging global market! Thank you for leaving us a review. We will continue to learn with each feedback and improve how we serve our team, our clients and our community.
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