Tallan Reviews

3.3

46% would recommend to a friend

(85 total reviews)

Craig Branning

51% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Tallan has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 85 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Tallan employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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85 reviews
1.0
19 Jul 2017

Senior Consultant

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Staying current with the latest technologies

Cons

Layoffs and firing all over the country but they do not report it so few people actually know what is really going on. Training is a horror show. Most times sent out on assignments as the 'expert' with a higher job title then you actually have and being paid for. No prior training on the tools - learn it yourself then go out on the road as the expert. Then you get reprimanded for not knowing the tools inside out. This was not the norm for Tallan years ago but with recent management changes it is now. Often my job title would change based on the company needs for appearances sake. When questioned on this they say - 'we do that'. Required to work a 45 hour week. No Work from Home at all unless your in the "in" group who is allowed to work from home. Work Life Balance is non existent. Travel arrangements and billing procedures are a horror show at best.

1.0
21 Jul 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

This company, as old timers tell it, used to be a good company, they were fun and paid well but you always worked hard for your money. There are stories told about trips to Disney for company meeting, and lots of swag, and free booze. You don't hear many good things now.

Cons

Lots of pressure. They want you to work a minimum of 45 hours a week and if you can work more than that and if you don't eat, or sleep, no one will care. There's constant yelling, and seems like management lies to everyone just to keep people around. Recruiters can be heard saying things to new people that just aren't true. Seems like this company doesn't care anymore about its people like we heard it did. The blame seems to point to the CEO and a lack of honesty there because all the uppper management seems to follow his lead. They want to grow but they don't have any sales or marketing people that know what to do. There were just a bunch of layoffs that a lot of people haven't heard about. You only hear things positive but it's not true. Long hours, no work life balance, and if you even hint that you want one, the answer is get out. This is not a healthy place at all and it may not last long.

3.0
31 Jul 2017

Consultant

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Most of your coworkers will be brilliant and friendly - Company events, happy hours, basketball league - Decent pay - Overtime (45+) - Great hands on experience - Free certification tests - Lots of different technologies - Flexible hours I had a great experience at Tallan. I was an intern and it was my first job right out of college. I think the best way to describe Tallan is, "You get what you put in." I put in a lot of work and time (45+ hour weeks). I learned a ton. I went from working on gov websites to other interesting clients. Tallan is mainly a Microsoft shop, so you are going to have to learn a lot of that, but there is also a lot of other things to learn. The people are, for the most part, super friendly and they are always open to help. There are quite a few happy hours organized and other events.

Cons

- CEO is not very genuine - Overworked - Lots of blame thrown around - Bad projects - Turnover rate - Job insecurity You are going to be working VERY hard at Tallan. The first project I was on had me working 60+ hours after the first month. You also tend to work on things that you haven't even signed up for. I know of a few cases of Senior Consultants doing Project Management and so on. This sometimes causes a lot of problems and in turn, a lot of people start blaming each other for things that went wrong. There are also projects that could very well doom your career. Many times, you can get stuck on a project for years, doing the same thing. There are also projects that you won't learn anything doing. If you get put on one of those projects, you are most likely going to be stuck there for a long time. Another thing was that the CEO, didn't seem very genuine to me. We met at a holiday party and he shook my hand saying that he had heard lots of great things about me. Within a couple of months, he ordered all the different offices to lay off everyone not working on a project at the time, including me, which connects to my next point. There is a super high turnover rate. People are coming and going all the time. Whether they find higher pay elsewhere, are trying to escape a doom project, or whether they are laid off. There is a vicious cycle of layoffs that happen every year or so, where the company gets too ambitions, hires too many people, expands too much, plans too many projects, and then something happens and everyone panics, resulting in a bunch of people getting laid off. Oh, and they also hired my friend as an intern and then cut the program right before it started, effectively ruining his summer because he couldn't find another. Overall, Tallan is a decent starting company, but be wary of the signs so you know when your end is coming.

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