22 Dec 2014
Loads of work to provide little service
Anonymous employee
Precision Business Solutions Reviews
3.5
50% would recommend to a friend
Colin Campbell
58% approve of CEO
69% positive business outlook
Precision Business Solutions has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 38 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Precision Business Solutions employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).
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38 reviews
1.0
4 Dec 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
- If you don't already know SQL, you will learn it here. Of course you could also pick most of this up by taking an online course or reading a book over a week. - Most of the people that are not management are intelligent and friendly, but don't expect to be socializing with them during the day outside of IMs and hurried lunches. - Once you are fired/quit, you can join the Anti-Precision FB group, and read outrageous stories from other former employees... think of it as a support group. - If you start at one of the lower positions they will be fairly quick to promote you if you do well. However, you will be paid the same amount aside from a paltry bump. In other words, more work/responsibility, more stress, more hours - same pay. If you don't accept the promotion, they will find a way to boot you. - Precision does an excellent job of putting up a facade that their employees are important and even family, which is true in the sense that a cult is a family. - There is a good chance that you'll work in a cube with a big window... that looks directly over a dirty ally.
Cons
Wow... where to start. I will try to be constructive. - Turnover is extremely high... like maybe 70-80% within a year. I you have a chance to see the President's bookshelf take note of the annual company Christmas photos, and the fact that the majority of the people in the photos are different from year to year. - The best way to succeed at Precision is to be a 65+ hr/wk drone, a dedicated sycophant, or have intimate relations with the President. - The management style is indicative of someone who read an organizational behaviour text book, then either over-applied the techniques or applied the techniques way too literally. Ultimately it comes off as being coercive and manipulative to anyone with decent IQ. - You will be berated, condescended to, undermined, and have your character systematically assassinated both publicly and behind closed doors. Your e-mails, IMs, time spent at lunch or even in the bathroom will be monitored. You will be subject to illogical temper tantrums and odd team-building rituals/training. - The "model outputs" you will be providing to clients are often flawed, and the statistics screwed in favor of producing a result.
1.0
6 Dec 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
I learned some valuable skills that I could take to another job.
Cons
A constantly revolving cadre of new young analysts who don't stay long because the environment is toxic. Crazy accusations, suspicions, general mistrust from the upper management are the status quo.. This is not the way a company that is smaller than 20 people or really any company ever should operate. If you are considering working here, I beg you to inquire about turnover. Prepare yourself for a year of insanity and head games, and then be prepared to get fired. Some variation of this script has been repeated dozens and dozens of times since the company's inception. GL!
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