SJA Solutions Reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(24 total reviews)

Sean Agerson

57% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

SJA Solutions has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 24 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SJA Solutions 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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24 reviews
2.0
9 June 2023

Run, don’t walk

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The staff and lower management are amazing. Upper management has vision but either do not care or are oblivious to the toll it will take on employees to accomplish that vision.

Cons

Expect to be over-worked, sometimes under-paid, grueling on-call shifts when in rotation. They have a short fuse when it comes to mistakes and will work you to the bone if given the chance. The clients range from stressful to straight-up toxic at times and that toll isn’t acknowledged by management.

1.0
9 Oct 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Sometimes they have popcorn available

Cons

If you are looking to join SJA as a member of the support staff (Remote Support Specialist, Help Desk Specialist, Sys Admin, Sys Admin 2) I would recommend looking anywhere else. In my short time at SJA, I saw more red flags than I have in any IT position previously. SJA has implemented EOS instead of developing their own culture, and this has resulted in an environment of micromanagement and pretend productivity. Every 15 minute chunk of your day has to be logged, and the system they use causes every ticket you work to be twice as much work. If someone on your team takes PTO, it counts against the metrics for your teams "productivity," and every week you will meet to discuss why your numbers aren't meeting expectations. In any other IT position I have held, I have always been able to let my work and results speak to my expertise and productivity. I've been on several teams to improve ticketing workflow over my career, and I now have a solid understanding of how to balance metrics without it impacting a technician's workflow. It should take as few clicks as possible for a tech to log the work in a ticket, but the ticketing workflow at SJA within Connectwise doesn't behold to that principle at all. I was told by the owner that SJA values honest and open feedback, and that if you see an issue you should speak up against it. After starting, I scheduled a meeting to discuss some of the red flags I had seen since starting my position. I brought up my concerns about work-life balance, the ticketing system, and criticism of EOS. The next morning I walked in the front door to HR and my manager, and was promptly dismissed for "not being a good fit". I guess accountability only matters at SJA if it is to micromanage their employees, and using nonsense metrics to milk the most work out of their underpaid support staff. Before considering a job at SJA, I would recommend reviewing others' experience at SJA on Glassdoor, as well as reviewing the critical reviews for the book "What the Heck is EOS" on Amazon. If you want to be underpaid, overworked, and overlooked as a disposable worker, then SJA might be a good fit.

2.0
29 Dec 2021
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Pros

- Lots to learn and many opportunities to go above and beyond - Always something to do - Teams are tight knit and can lean on one another - Middle management, as most/all used to be techs, are understanding of the day to day tech issues - Decent health benefits - Flexible with time off - Work life balance was pretty good. Outside of on-call, after hours work wasn't expected - Pay was decent

Cons

- As mentioned by others, the management philosophy was shifted multiple times during COVID - The amount of work was huge and neverending for the slowly shrinking number of employees, with priorities all over the place and changing multiple times a day - Due to the amount of work, you don't get a chance to breathe. Walking away from your computer for more than a few minutes and going "Away" on the messaging app would many times get a message asking where you were - Every minute of your day must be logged - All feedback given to upper management was either ignored or strawman'ed away - Culture was all over the place for the teams and upper management alike - For on-call, you were expected to answer your phone 24/7 for something as trivial as a password reset

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