"Stop focusing on the negative!" - Sounds about right... - Anonymous employee Synoptek Employee Review

3.0
30 Mar 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-There are good people there, just not many. -401K matching. -Snacks are free. -The building does not leak.

Cons

-99% of the management would rather not "focus on the negative" and press on with their eyes closed. People complaining about an issue? Lets get mad at you for bringing it up and ignore it. -Unrealistic goals for the clients we support. Synoptek thinks it is still only supporting two to three clients, not the hundreds we have now. -Lies must be told to the client otherwise management gets mad at everyone for *gasp* telling the truth. -Management expects you to respond to them instantly over chat, but good luck getting a response from them if you need assistance. You would be more productive writing a letter to them. -If you see anyone from management, they are normally in a meeting lying to a customer about how we can do absolutely anything for them. -Multiple monitoring tools, multiple ticketing systems, multiple chat systems, multiple everything. There is no consolidation here at all. -"Did you check the wiki?" is the go to answer for "I won't help you."

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1.0
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Pros

The people are some of the best and like family. We care a lot about our teams and our customers. There are good leaders here but it has just become too hard for us to lead the way they want to.

Cons

Executive Leadership, especially the CEO. The culture has changed a lot since he replaced the former CEO. He does not operate with the same values that have been a part of the company ever since I got here. He rules by fear, control, micromanagement, and is unapproachable. You can see it in meetings with the business and even in our Company meetings. It is uncomfortable. He has started only bringing people in from his former network and they are bringing in their friends. Everything is India focused and North America people are losing their jobs and those that are left are burned out from the excessive workload. We are watching good employees leave either on their own or because they are forced out. The optics of who is leaving and why are not good. I want this to work but it feels like a sinking ship at this point. Our customers aren't even happy with us anymore and that makes our jobs even harder.

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