Positive culture, great co-workers… - Anonymous employee Counterpoint Systems Employee Review

- Great employees! I loved working with everyone in the LA office and I miss the day to day interactions with my co-workers. Always fun to share in the inside jokes and go to lunch with your direct managers. - Lots of Freedom. Being an App Consultant gives you the freedom to take charge and make an immediate impact. A lot of the negative reviews stem from past employees who were expecting to be told what to do. This is the place where people make things happen. - Interesting Work. The applications that you were on are interesting and complex. Every client does something slightly different so trying to figure out how to fit the square peg in the round hole makes coming to work in the morning a new adventure. - Great Leadership. It's fun knowing that the Lead Application Consultants are knowledgeable and are easy to work with - Dedicated Developers. They are based in the UK and are some of the best. They are hard working and they cut out all the fluff and get straight to the point.

-Poor Project Management. Counterpoint has struggled over the past year in hiring talented project managers. Right before I left, it appeared that things were starting to turn around but there is still a long way to go. - Process Confusion. At times, it is difficult for the consultant to know what to start work on because tasks have not been properly set up and signed off by the client. This is mostly due to poor Project Management. - No Requirements Tracking/Formalized Requirements Process - The consultant primarily create one-off specs for all change requests. These usually get the job done but because there is no system use cases or requirements tracking, certain changes happen without realizing the full system impact.

There are a few genuine people there. The location is good if it suits your commute. Rights and Royalties can be interesting.

No Work/ Life balance!! Small company environment in all the bad ways. The top level people in the LA office that should be there to help, are selfish, and snooty, and have no desire to help new, or old staff. They behave like divas; yes even the males; actually ESPECIALLY the males. The software is old and does not work. They don't truly care at all about the customers. They just care about closing the deal. Many of the customers are very unhappy, and some big named accounts have even pulled the plug. Upper management (Chicago folks) are arrogant, and phony. The work environment is like a morgue. There is zero energy in the room, (yes, it's basically one room, with a few offices and two small conference rooms). Talking is frowned upon, and the divas of the group complain if there is any energy because "It's always been a quiet office." Really one of the worst working experiences that I've had. That glowing review at the start was written by a management team member. DO NOT BE FOOLED. They can sell you during the interview process. Lastly; HUGE turnover. There is no room for advancement unless maybe you want to move to Chicago, or London. Great cities no doubt, but the LA office is a job to nowhere!! Not a stable place to be.