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Working at Active Power in Austin, TX: 6 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Austin, TX Area

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On average, employees in Austin, TX at Active Power give their company a 2.6 rating out of 5.0 based on 6, whereas overall Average Rating of Active Power is 3.4 out of 5.0 based on 8 Active Power Review Ratings. The happiest Active Power employees in Austin, TX are Lead Design Engineers submitting an average rating of 3.9 and Mechanical Designers with a rating of 3.7.

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3.4
Average Rating
(based on 7 Active Power Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.8
Growth Opportunities
2.7
People You Work With
4.2
Person You Work For
3.1
Rewards You Receive
3.2
Support You Get
3.3
Way You Work
3.3
Work Setting
3.5
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Working at Active Power in Austin, TX: 6 Employee Reviews

Service Quality Engineer

"Disorganized, ill-fitting."

What do you like about working at Active Power?

"Challenging atmosphere and good people working there. Exciting core product. Doesn't demand extra hours."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You can leave a strong mark because it's such a small company; just don't expect to get paid well to do it."

What don't you like about working at Active Power?

"Low pay, lack of coherent leadership, weak customer focus, weak support of current products."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management team needs to stop thinking like a small company and needs to stop sacrificing product support in favor of design."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Web Systems Manager

What do you like about working at Active Power?

"This is a green product manufactured here in Austin which is great, and I am able to help the company grow."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"no I do not have any suggestions for interviewing here."

What don't you like about working at Active Power?

"Lack of leadership is the biggest issue and it flows down to the lower levels of management"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Well we just got a new CEO a week ago so maybe he will make some positive changes."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

3.4
Active Power (8)

4.4 Highest Rated in this Industry is Littelfuse (15)
2.8 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Edmund Optics (7)
3.6 Average of All Companies in this Industry (1,517)
Senior Engineer
Person You Work For 1.1 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.1 / 5
Company Culture 4.9 / 5 Way You Work 1.1 / 5
Lead Design Engineer
Person You Work For 3.2 / 5 People You Work With 4.2 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.9 / 5
Company Culture 3.8 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Mechanical Designer
Person You Work For 4.3 / 5 People You Work With 4.3 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3.6 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.6 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.8 / 5
Company Culture 4.1 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Senior Test Engineer

"Active Power has been in busines for over 12 years and has not turned a profit yet."

What do you like about working at Active Power?

"IPO"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Watch out, they are running on empty"

What don't you like about working at Active Power?

"Too many hours"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Too long ago and they have all left"

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