Wyatt Technology Reviews

Looking at other reviews, you'll see that people either love it or hate it. I believe that managers are generally more happy than regular employees. - Very high turnover rate. Internally, this is a recognized problem, and it seems that the solution is to just replace the person. You'll find that people at the company have either been there for 10-20 years, or 1-2. - Exempt employees are expected to work 40+ hour weeks. The work loads are incredibly high for how understaffed the departments are, which means people are regularly working weekends. - The software department . They've recently had large numbers of people leave from the department. I would stay away. - Low salary. It is well known that Wyatt pays far below market average, and it's not a sustainable source of income when living in Santa Barbara. Raises are also low. For all I know, the bonus system is just a way to keep employees working hard, a "carrot on a stick". There are a number of other issues with a low salary, and high bonus, which you can find via google. - Bonus. People often list this as a pro, but they've forgotten that the bonus is supposed to "supplement" the incredibly low salary. Bonuses are no longer bonuses, but expected income that you'll begin to depend on. - Shady management techniques. Managers at Wyatt aren't going to be your friend or vouch for you when it comes time for a raise. You'll find yourself having to fight for yourself. Keep records of your accomplishments and meet your goals that your manager sets for you. - Constant changing company landscape. Over the past four years that I've seen at Wyatt, the company has been going through growing pains. This has included power struggles between managers, between employees, and got so out of hand the company hired a CTO to clean the mess up. - Work life balance is bad. If you don't meet the quota, chances are you'll have a low bonus, and your salary isn't high enough to make up for the difference. Expect at least one weekend a month, but on average it may be two. - The customer comes first. The company is very adamant about showing the customer how great of a company they are, and will go great lengths to prove this. Unfortunately, it is often at the expense of the employees. - Low operating budget. We've continuously had budget problems where we blow our budget too early in the year. This results in some people having really nice chairs and standup desks, while others are left with decade old chairs. If you need something like a standup desk, be prepared to buy your own or bring a doctors note in and see if you can work the system. - Rich managers, poor employees. Every month at the employee of the month meeting you'll get to hear one of the upper managers laugh about his Tesla or the club in Montecito. It's clear that all of the cons (low budget, understaffed, high expectations, shady pay routines) are just ways for upper management to squeeze more money out for their pockets. - I've seen the company get passed off as small, however, it is growing into a mid-size corporation. -Asking employees to leave positive Glassdoor reviews. - The biggest con is that management is aware of everything that I've said (and other reviews) but continue to choose profits over employees. It's clear that upper management has found that it's just cheaper to replace unhappy employees with new UCSB grads and unsuspecting prospects from out of state. I would recommend this company to a recent UCSB graduate that can't find work anywhere else and needs experience. Stay for a year, but don't get normalized to the toxic environment. There are some fantastic companies out there that stock the fridge with beer, pay market average (sometimes above), and truly value their employees. Wyatt Technology sadly, is not one of those companies.