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Radiant Vision Systems Reviews

3.3

48% would recommend to a friend

(40 total reviews)

Hitoshi Kamezawa

100% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Radiant Vision Systems has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 40 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Radiant Vision Systems 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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40 reviews
1.0
17 Dec 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Glassdoor is an option, maybe the only one, for employees or former employees to provide feedback to the company, especially negative feedback. If there were no problems there would not be any reviews at all, except positive, fake ones instigated by HR or management to attract new talent. A negative review indicates a problem or problems, multiple negative reviews indicate problems that haven’t been addressed, through the incapacity or unwillingness of the staff to address them. The only positive at Radiant is people, the small circle of colleagues and co-workers one can respect and value. They are nice, intelligent, quirky, supportive.

Cons

The software development management staff at Radiant is technically educated but demonstrates no management skills, doesn’t possess any knowledge of the software development world, its practices or standards, and has no business strategy to lead the team to success. What is the value of technical knowledge if there are no management skills? - None. Technical knowledge is good, but it is better to do the job you are paid for: to manage, lead, respect. It is to be hoped that the younger generation of managers is ready to learn, think and work outside the box, to be honest and to maintain professional pride.

1.0
20 July 2014

Not a place to build a career

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You are immersed in many different tasks, everyday you will be doing many different things. This is a great place to gain experience, but it is not a place to build a career. Look at the other reviews below to see why.

Cons

Turnover is very high, a testament to the work place culture and environment you are surrounded in. Most people will be newly graduated students from physics or math. The supply of these students graduating more than fills the demand from turnover. The pay is well below the average pay of your job in the greater Redmond/Seattle area. Culture and values of the company are nonexistent. Management constantly drills in the need to win at any cost. Morales and integrity do not exist, the end goal is how much money you can make with each and every transaction.

1.0
9 Feb 2014

Not worth your time

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The employees are, for the most part, bright and talented people. I enjoyed getting to know almost everyone at the company.

Cons

There are a number of significant problems. To start, this was a very uncomfortable place to work. It was clear initially that there's no respect or real communication between the top managers and the rest of the company. There are of course people who will point out problems to HR and their managers, but these people are either lied to or ignored and end up leaving the company due to sheer frustration. I found that I needed to adopt an indifferent mindset during my time there to avoid sharing in this frustration, but again, that was very uncomfortable. Lots of talent has been lost. All tasks were given with explicit instructions that they were top priority, but there was no ownership and little accountability for these tasks. Lots of work that was labeled "Top Priority" simply didn't get done because it wasn't assigned in a straightforward manner, there was no follow up, or tasks were assigned to people who do not have the necessary skills. This became a serious problem, and our customers noticed. The CEO's stated goal is to sell the company in the next couple years. Many employees are concerned about the long term stability of the company, and while I didn't feel this was a concern, the CEO's short term mindset has filtered down through the rest of the company. This is a company without a plan (hence everything being top priority). Products are shipped to customers with the short term goal of selling a product, and not the long term consideration of whether or not the product worked, or would continue to work a year later. We shipped hardware and software to customers that didn't work, and no one seemed to care about this even if they acknowledged it. Our customers definitely noticed this. This company is stagnant. They will not fail due to the problems listed above, but they aren't going anywhere either. They will likely continue to putter along much as they have thus far, and probably achieve some sporadic success. This won't matter to you, however. Your pay will be below average (especially given the cost of living in Redmond, it is surprisingly low), unless you're a manager. You will have to deal with the problems listed above, and your career will feel as stagnant as the company. If you are a skilled scientist, engineer, salesman, accountant, programmer, manager, or any other professional, there is no reason to work here. You will succeed much more elsewhere.

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