Penrod Reviews

3.9

62% would recommend to a friend

(35 total reviews)
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Chris Widmayer

70% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Penrod has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 35 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Penrod 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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35 reviews
3.0
3 Dec 2018

Questionable leadership, questionable processes, questionable future

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Relaxed, casual, and young work environment with plenty of perks. Great place to gain experience. Opportunities to work on a lot of cool projects and learn a ton. Company paid training/certifications.

Cons

Imagine a car accident and its impact on traffic. If the accident isn't cleaned up, it's going to continue to back up traffic and cause other accidents. But if emergency services come and direct traffic and get all the accidents cleaned up, things start to get a lot better and traffic is flowing naturally again. Unfortunately, the "emergency services" aren't in place and projects tend to go south which provided a ripple effect on other projects. Define your processes and stick with it. Yes you need to be "agile", but you also need to commit to something long enough to see if it'll actually work. Listen to your employees on things that matter, not just what the pantry should be stocked with or what beer is in the kegerator. There's also this GRIT expectation that if you aren't working 50-60+ hours a week, you're not working hard enough. More like you're not working smart enough. This definitely might be how some people work, but it shouldn't be the expectation.

3.0
16 Oct 2018

Past was bright, future is bleak

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great place to gain experience Relaxed casual environment Office perks: food/drink/games No monthly premium on insurance Flexibility on working from home/last minute pop ups that happen in life

Cons

Revolving door turnover Projects are set to fail by hyping up skills that don't exist during sales stages and making promises that are hard to keep while balancing multiple projects Brain drain: Many great employees leave with irreplaceable experience or sound exit plans Stubborn management Project timelines are always changing and hard to plan around No profit share or 401(k) match for delivery team members Forever changing business "processes" that never seem to stick or make a difference Penrod used to be a great place to work, and at its peak could have broken out to the Salesforce product sphere with their expert team. A series of managerial blunders and poor planning has led to talent bleeds and a serious loss that I don't think the company will resurface from.

1.0
4 May 2020
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Pros

Do not have any pros for this company.

Cons

Easily the worst company I have ever worked for. Nine people were fired while I worked here. Clearly the management does not know what they are doing if they are always hiring and firing employees. Interviewed with ten people. Then when offer time came they changed the work site from Milwaukee to Dallas.

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