Revolving door of IT talent and not so talented - Anonymous employee The Purple Guys Employee Review
2.0
10 Apr 2014
Anonymous employee
Former employee, more than 1 year
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Good chance to gain experience in a somewhat varied range of technologies, although they understandably try to fit most clients into a box so that it's easier to manage. Decent pay, bonus, and benefits for a small company.
Cons
Poor management and culture. Very little concern for employees on a personal level. Leadership focused on money and politics rather than building strong team. Lots of turnover, both willing and unwilling. Overall, negative environment to work in
The Purple Guys Response
11y
First, thanks for acknowledging some Pros. Second, I agree that we needed to work on the culture. Since April we have come a long way and engaged an outsourced HR consulting firm to assist in getting everybody on the same page. The last thing I want to see is a revolving door. - Jon Schram, president
Getting paid for time outside of shift, friendly colleagues for the most part
If you work overtime your time you get paid automatically. You do learn alot working in an MSP.
Cons
Highly deceptive management tells you your performance is good then blindsides you by telling falsified information to higher management. Also, manager was still expecting me to work during my PTO which was extremely unprofessional. TPG was recently brought out by a larger MSP and pays lower salaries. The company is definitely moving into a different company and let's just say that this company is good for building experience and moving into a better company role with a different company. Also TPG has a high turnover and they is nepotism/favoritism. There are very little people of color and if you are a person of color you will have to deal with racist mircro agressions. I largely think that they have a race quota and only hire to fire in a short period of time. TO ANYONE WHO MAY FEEL SINGLE OUT... IF U GET GOOD PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS INITIALLY SAVE ALL OF THEM AND FORWARD TO PERSONAL E-MAIL. THE MANAGERS delete e-mails out of your tpg mailbox so be careful! Also, the system that they provide the techs with is low quality and was not always reliable.Alot of what the previous reviewers mentioned is very much still accurate currently. High turnover as well.