Potentially great product, if management would get out of their own way - Anonymous employee EmpowerID Employee Review

1.0
29 Jun 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Flexible shifts - Casual dress code - Interesting product/niche in industry - Most co-workers talented and good to work with

Cons

- Lack of communication on company's direction and management's expectations - Single manager over too many departments, unable to effectively manage any of them - Product is massive and not geared toward user-friendliness - Enhancements are released extremely quickly after being developed - Employee turnover is very high - Office is a dark, dirty building with cramped working areas, with a few employees working in a warehouse/garage office - No clear directives from management in regards to training, expectations, etc. - No employee support. The majority of employee issues are with management, yet there is no open door policy without repercussions. - Employees are treated as resources, instead of teammates and are not allowed to exercise their experience when it comes to managing their day-to-day. - Large bottleneck between sales to development/integration to support. Too many sales in the pipeline to be able to effectively provide the necessary development/implementation/training/support. - Quite a bit of wasted talent all around, as management always seems to know best instead of listening to employee input and concerns. - No centralized customer/prospect database. Too many unconnected systems being used by each department for tracking - SDLC process completely disorganized

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

- Very good product, talented pre-sales, support and development team - Good place to learn, IdM, AD, Cloud and on-premises IdM strategies - Use it as a stepping stone to bigger, more established IdM firms like Oracle IdM, Okta, Courion and Sailpoint - Employees are truly passionate toward technology and solving problems - Workplace attitude can be easily improved with more open communication. C-Suite is very talented just need to smooth out the rough edges - EmpowerID can fix or change product quickly for unique customer situations - IdM solution is quickly implemented, stable and scalable - IdM solution is used by Fortune 1000 companies all over the globe

Cons

- C-Suite challenges have led to high turnover the last year. They have stayed around 25-30 employees the last 2 years; where their peers have had strong growth sales, growth and employees - EmpowerID has problems with market share and awareness compared to Sailpoint, Okta, Courion - Problems with establishing consulting partners/VARs compared to their industry peers - EmpowerID has challenges with confidentiality when employees voice HR concerns - C-Suite should look for training in Emotional Quotient intelligence or 360 peer review training - Viewed as a niche player in the industry

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