Q4 Inc. Reviews

2.9

48% would recommend to a friend

(250 total reviews)

Lewis Black

100% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Q4 Inc. has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 250 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Q4 Inc. employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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250 reviews
2.0
27 June 2017

Got a whole lot worse recently... with no sign of improving....

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Unlimited PTO is a great policy. It's nice not to have to keep a rigorous accounting of vacation days. (That being said, I've heard that some departments don't respect the policy and institute blackout periods of up to 6 months on all time off.) - Some of the people are really great.

Cons

- Some of the people are really not great. The leadership over the product team is especially poor. - Collaborative dialogue about improving processes is flat-out unwelcome. Management pays lip service to retrospection, but is not genuinely interested in hearing critical observations or suggestions from below. If you are a "yes man," the Q4 product team is your jam. If you ask me, that's why it's probably doomed to fail. - Managers and leaders in several departments play favourites and foster resentment between team members. Favourites get promotions and special attention, while hard-working and talented non-favourites (often the vocal ones) get yelled at. The product team leadership in particular prioritizes covering their own backs over resolving problems and evolving. TL;DR: Don't work here if you: - want to grow in your work; - want to exercise independent thought; - value transparency. Do work here if you: - like being a suck up; - like being micromanaged; - want to go down with the ship.

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Q4 Inc. Response
9y
Thank you for taking the time to write this. Although I admit, it's tough to read! Our culture is open, and our CEO is one of the most approachable leaders around. It's unfortunate that you didn't feel comfortable sharing your experience with us before you left. I invite you to please contact Darrell or myself to provide additional context. We pride ourselves on our transparent culture, a culture that is responsive to feedback and very adaptable. Hope to hear from you.
1.0
12 Mar 2018

Couldn't hold back any longer

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some colleagues are great so much so that I consider them as friends now.

Cons

Most of what I am about to state has been written about in other reviews, but I'll just go over them from my perspective. Ever since we moved into this new office (of which I question the affordability now), things have gone downhill. Let's outline them: ~ employees' sentiment towards HR not positive ~ allegations of harassment of both sexual and verbal in nature (from earlier reviews and we all know who the culprits are) were not really addressed as some of those employees are still with the company ~ layoffs due to mismanagement of money. CEO has always talked about this being a big family, so let's see how they handled this: ~ let go of a employee who just came back from maternity leave ~ let go of a receptionist they just hired a month previous ~ let go of an employee whom they poached for their expertise/knowledge ~ let go of two of their top developers ~ let go of 4 or 5 customer support staff which strained the surviving members ~ let go of an employee by phone while that person was on or about to go on vacation ~ let go of basically everyone in the European offices (I'm still trying to figure out what that whole fiasco was all about) ~ all that damage yet not one person in management or upper management touched...hmmm...and then you wonder why remaining employees have trust/loyalty issues ~ inexplicable reorganizations and promotions ~ major departures in top management levels ~ have inexperienced persons leading certain departments whom many agree should not ~ probably around 20 non-management employees have left since, due to various reasons ranging from: salary, micro-management, no chance of moving up, general dislike of their manager or think the company is a sinking ship ~ the employee turnover rate has been brutal as was alluded to in a previous review. CEO tried to put a positive spin but to no avail. ~ current employee count is probably maxed at around 110 (don't know the exact number because it seems to change daily but we are less than what we had in our old office. If I recall, at one point the CEO mentioned we had about 200 or so a year ago) ~ the office is so empty that I swear I saw tumbleweed awhile back ~ morale is still low as seen through lack of employee participation in company events/socials or it could just be that we don't have that many employees left

1.0
19 July 2017

What happened to the Q4 I was proud to work for?

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- cool office - great location

Cons

- poor work-life balance - management VERY inexperienced - lack of transparency - serious problems with culture - no career advancement opportunities - lack of company direction

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Q4 Inc. Response
8y
We are sorry to read that your experience at Q4 has changed. I hope that you give us the opportunity to work with you to address some of your concerns. The company has gone through a transition, as most companies do, however we are very committed to providing and building a great place to work. We invite your ideas to help us build better programs or create new opportunities for better employee engagement. Career growth is absolutely important and achievable--it does however come in may shapes and forms. The best part is that we are focused on developing opportunities, because we know that we have a talented group of people. Thank you again for your feedback, we will continue to read all comments and take them all seriously.
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