RBA Reviews

3.6

59% would recommend to a friend

(97 total reviews)
avatar

Rick Born

74% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

RBA has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 97 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The RBA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

97 reviews
1.0
2 Jan 2019

Run far away!!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Decent Pay. Thats it!

Cons

Women are unfairly treated and looked at like a piece of meat. Constantly had the PM (APM at the time) making vulgar comments which led to him sleeping with employees.

avatar
RBA Response
7y
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. RBA values all feedback. We are disappointed to learn of your experience while working in our former satellite office in Dallas. Be assured, RBA has a comprehensive harassment policy in place. We encourage all of our employees to bring forward any issues to management. We quickly and thoroughly investigate, taking necessary actions on the matter. RBA remains committed to a respectful, safe environment for everyone who works here.
3.0
3 Jun 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There are still some talented people at the organization. There still are many unusual amenities (like cabin up north, pontoon, and Ice Fishing house on Minnetonka in the winter)... In addition Rick Born does some really nice events for his employees.

Cons

3+ years of year on year lay-offs where-by some of the most talented folks are show the door (and no one is informed to the point where you are relying on something on a project from someone and then find out the hard way that it will never happen as they are no longer there). Constant re-organizations, for the past 4 years. After this past re-org/layoff cycle a number of senior people have left and continue to leave of their own accord (and of these some represent the most senior/longest tenured Consultants/Staff).

avatar
RBA Response
8y
First, I want to thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. I am happy that you enjoyed our unique perks – we have worked hard to find ways to reward the incredible team we have here. I am sorry to hear that your experience at RBA did not match our mission of being a transparent, employee-focused company. While saying goodbye to employees is occasionally a tough reality of our industry, we are committed to supporting our team through these transitions and have updated our communication strategy accordingly. It is a mission of mine to create a workplace where people feel valued and supported, and I apologize that you didn’t always feel this was the case. We will continue to push forward in our efforts and truly appreciate thoughtful feedback like yours. Thank you again and best of luck in your future endeavors.
5.0
25 May 2017

Great Place to Grow as a Consultant

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I have found that RBA is a great place to grow my career as a consultant. Back when I was working full time in a corporate IT job, too often I felt I was surrounded by fellow employees that were not interested in growing their skill set or as engaged in the success of their career or company as they should be. At RBA, I have peers all around me that are always willing to pitch in and help out, whether it's a challenging technical issue or even a client delivery issue. I work almost exclusively in the Microsoft cloud-space. I get to help clients understand and implement new products and features; sometimes right as they are being made available by the vendor. The technology I get to work with is cutting-edge, and the collective wide-range of knowledge made available by my peers allows us to learn from each other and grow our skills in areas that would normally be closed off to us in corporate IT. In addition, having the ability to come to clients as a subject matter expert in various technologies and methodologies allows me the opportunity to work on leadership and presentation skills at my clients. These opportunities were not available nearly as much when I worked in corporate IT. Finally, being a consultant at RBA provides me with a great work/life balance that I simply didn't have in the past at other companies. My quality of life away from work has greatly improved since I started here a few years ago, and I would be hard-pressed to go back to one of those corporate gigs where vacation requests regularly get denied or mandatory overtime is imposed.

Cons

The low amount of starting PTO time is hard to get used to for those of us coming in from senior/long-tenured positions at corporate employers with better policies. I often run into PTO/Time-off issues when clients are closed for various holidays and RBA does not provide that to us as a holiday. The focus on the Microsoft stack does limit my ability to partner with some innovative companies that have products that compete with Microsoft. I understand why RBA does it this way, but it does sometimes limit what I am able to work on for my clients.

Viewing 1 - 3 of 97 Reviews

Glassdoor has 117 RBA reviews submitted anonymously by RBA employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if RBA is right for you.