Intergen Reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(98 total reviews)
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Simon Bright

85% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Intergen has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 98 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Intergen 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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98 reviews
2.0
15 June 2019

Intergen is about profits not people

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people are great, you will end up with some great friends. They are what make the culture what it is, along with some managers who do genuinely care about their staff. Salary is ok.

Cons

Intergen is owned by Empired, who is ASX listed, so prepare for restructures every 6 months and very little job security. Your job security relies on your chargeability, in the past they have let very skilled people go due to the company's struggles (leaving juniors and grads behind - they're cheaper). You will have no control over your chargeability, that comes down to the competence of senior management and sales. At the moment there seems to be very little of that at all levels. There are so many grads that senior devs and consultants spend a lot of their time coaching them. Some of these kids are very bright but it means there is a huge lack of actual experience from seniors who have grown outside Intergen.

3.0
8 July 2017

Missing transparency

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Positive, fun and relaxed work culture - Great new facilities - Team mates became great friends and mentors - Supportive environment for graduates stepping into their career

Cons

- Low possibilities to advance career and 'climb the corporate ladder' - Experience and skills are maxed out after 1 or 2 years - Management is secretive, dishonest and lacks transparency with their employees - Management often turns a 'blind eye' to issues within the office - Lacking a great deal of professionalism within management which sets a bad example for all employees - No personal development - e.g Skills development, technical courses, workshops,etc. - Well below market rate, more transparency of salary bands

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Intergen Response
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Thanks for your comments. For those who aren't aware Intergen runs monthly business updates during their Friday Meetings as well as yearly kick-off meeting. We also run a quarterly feedback process (the "Yell-o-meter") where people can rate the company 0 - 10 and offer feedback. Every comment is taken in consideration and we can't stress enough how important this is for us!
2.0
22 Sept 2018
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Pros

Meaningful work (especially on government clients) and very smart people in the technical teams.

Cons

The company is going through two big challenges: growing pains due to the Empired Australia merger and moving from a traditional project delivery life cycle to a strategic partner/service delivery life cycle. The senior managers have mostly been promoted as a reward for longevity and have little to no understanding of the fundamental changes in the business landscape. Despite some "innovation" awards from big brother Microsoft, there is absolutely zero disciplined innovation or strategic planning. Senior managers engage in turf warfare to slice client opportunities into business units. Managers focus on squeezing production staff to deliver poorly discovered & poorly planned products to badly estimated timelines, all in the name of utilisation as the holy grail of commercial KPIs (thereby confusing speed for velocity). Staff are despondent and demotivated, with the well-intentioned but skindeep attempts at culture building failing due to the fundamental workplace issues not being addressed.

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