Wynyard Group Reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(55 total reviews)

Craig Richardson

54% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Wynyard Group has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 55 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wynyard Group 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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55 reviews
1.0
9 Jun 2016

The *worst* place I have ever worked. Do not work here

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are still a few good people in NZ to work with after the restructure but this company is not a long term prospect.

Cons

Nothing about this company is what is seems. Go further than the glossy publications and website. Look for real customers and case studies that demonstrate success. You will find almost none. All the positive reviews on here come from the company's marketing. Every negative HR principle you can apply to management, is demonstrated on a daily basis at Wynyard. This includes nepotism, cronyism, favouritism, and extensive bullying. Most is centrally located to a few key people but it is far reaching. There is a core of people who emerged, over promoted in previous companies, when Wynyard combined in two companies to invent itself into a third. These people are in high consequence leadership positions, performing no leadership or support at all. No strategic direction. No consultation. No collaboration. All 'head in the sand' about the problems with the software and the high costs of implementing it even though they are marketed as COTS. If you are interested in a role in a technical or implementation team - don't do it. You will be expected to work nights, weekends, public holidays, like I do. The favouritism means only certain people get recognised for their work, usually those in the Middle East not New Zealand. As far as innovation, the only development ideas fostered and given credit are those that come directly from a few key people. People who were there from the start, not necessarily those with the best new ideas. Preference is given to those who don't rock the boat. Innovation does not flourish when ego dominates design and good ideas embarrass the people who didn't think of them! The cyber direction is another chaotic, knee-jerk strategy to find something easier to sell but with the same issues. It is a high risk endeavour and again, do your homework. Where has it really sold? How is it performing? Where are happy customers? Look beyond the hype.

1.0
30 Jul 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Wynyard is used by so few organisations that it won't take long for them to replace the Wynyard software with something user friendly that has all the features they need. The talented employees you made redundant around the world found new jobs despite working at Wynyard.

Cons

I need to remove this brown stain from my LinkedIn profile. I would rather have this time period shown as being incarcerated rather than being associated professionally for working at Wynyard. I was warned about this company and feel very stupid for joining. If you see anything above a 2 star rating for this company make sure you read between the lines. If you are thinking about investing do some serious homework and question everything you see, read and hear. Question without reservation any gaps you see and any forward looking statements. If you hear of a sale question how big and all the conditions do not take anything on face value. Cyber really? Hope you are not betting the ranch on that one.... whatever happened to your digital forensics solution?

1.0
20 Jun 2016

Don't work for Wynyard, it is horrible.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

You will be forced to learn a lot quickly. There are a few good people working in every region, but you don't need to ruin your career by working here to meet them.

Cons

The products aren't what is marketed, not even close. Training is non existent. Documentation isn't there. As an SA your day job includes doing miracle demos to get deals across the line for sales teams who refuse to listen to you about the immaturity of the products, all the while pretending bugs in the system are you pressing the wrong button! You have to look police in the eye and tell them the software will solve their problems. This company is really Jade with slicker branding. The senior managers are all Jade or Methodware and so is their knowledge of technology and even sales. They are so out of their depth it's staggering. Wynyard is an R&D company not a sales company. I think that's why it's wasted so much shareholder money. They keep launching product developments to keep egos happy, but they're not anything sales have asked for and so they don't sell. Despite this they just don't build the basics properly. Have a try before you buy! It's obvious.

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