Pegasystems Reviews

Pros

great technology, interesting business problems, growing fast. It has found it's feet and will do well

Cons

The culture is not desirable, the management at each layer is problematic as there's a culture of 'made men' who seem to play games politically rather than do good work

Pros

- Market leading technology and heavy investment in R&D. - Local and Int'l product and technical experts are always willing to help. - Promotes from within. - CEO who genuinely cares about long term future of the company.

Cons

- Boys Club culture where staff that have been in positions for 10+ years feel they are untouchable and can get away with yelling, bullying and belittling of newer staff. - Poor sales culture with an ineffective 'bid and hope' approach. Be prepared to work on dead end deals with no path to win simply because someone in sales management says "I think we should give it a go" - Staff are brainwashed. Ideas are ignored if you have not been at Pega for 5+ years. - Lack of investment in marketing means you will constantly have to explain what the company does even to existing customers and partners.

Pros

Good pay, benefits, culture, intelligent team, lots of opportunity to grow as an individual - You will learn all about strategic business and organisational design and how to enable strategic execution; learn about leading software solutions that truly enable digital transformations.

Cons

Leadership is very US centric, but good thing that they now have Industry Champions locally.

Pros

After being approached and then interviewing with Pega I took a moment to research Pega's culture, leadership and products. Historical reviews had me on the backfoot. The interview process was through their internal recruitment team and they were honest, engaging, really detailed and highly professional (rarely the case based on my experience). It was great to have regular updates throughout right up to day one and they made my journey smooth and stress free. Day one to now has been wonderful. I made the right decision. I joined a number of new hires in a new employee induction day and i found all the leaders to be open and friendly to employees at all levels. The technical people appear to be really at the top of their game (nice to finally talk tech with people who get it). The business is truly flexible (not just a sales pitch unlike others). They have accommodated my family and needs and even their benefits like health insurance is a real winner for us. In fact Pega's benefits are the best I have found in my 20 year career. Loving watching our shares rise. The business is culturally diverse and has no borders globally. I'm glad that i didn't judge a book by its cover and trusted that my positive experience having been approached and throughout the interview process would matched the culture , professionalism and values of the business. It did and i joined at a very exciting time.

Cons

I'm known to find the negative in most things with some thought. If i had to find one i would say that it would be nice to hear more from your direct manager about what your first weeks will look like prior to commencing.