Working at Acquity Group in Chicago, IL: 10 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Chicago, IL Area

"I worked for Acquity Group since 2009. I found the work challenging and exciting, since I was given opportunities to build software that was used by millions of people. The projects do tend to be disorganized and stressful, however, given that they are usually managed by business analysts rather than experienced software professionals."

What do you like about working at Acquity Group?

"The technologies and the platform of e-commerce is a very different and great experience"

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

"Just share the knowledge/experience at your best and don't hesitate to as questions."

What don't you like about working at Acquity Group?

"I haven't come across any negative situations, it all depends on the client."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"As the company is growing, the should provide more benefits for employees"

"A very dysfunctional and unhappy place to work"

What do you like about working at Acquity Group?

"Somehow they have been able to lure big name clients ad that is nice, but then they often bad mouth clients behind their backs."

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

"Don't interview here. Or if you do, do not believe anything they promise about the company culture. It's all a facade and not a fun place to work. They regularly degrade their employees and expect that to motivate them to do better."

What don't you like about working at Acquity Group?

"Management is juvenile and vindictive. You have no control over your free time. All they care about is billable hours and they do not care anything about their employees physical, emotional or psychological health. If you step out of line or try to improve yourself professionally, they will actually take disciplinary action."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Send every single manager to leadership training. Then send your CEO."

"Toxic and Degrading"

What do you like about working at Acquity Group?

"Sometimes they have interesting projects, because good companies get sold on the company without realizing the 'real' company they are hiring. I have met some nice people here, but they usually quit fairly quickly if they are able to."

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

"Do not believe anything they try to sell you about the company culture. Everything they say about a happy productive company culture is false. They expect you to work over 50 hours a week and I quote, Do not encourage resources to self-determine what to do when they have extra time available."

What don't you like about working at Acquity Group?

"The company is run by very dysfunctional people with no 'people skills' and that have absolutely no interest in their employees or job satisfaction. That would not be so unusual, except that management actually goes out of its way not to commend employees, but to degrade them in public and in private."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Send every single manager in your company to leadership training. Then send the CEO!"

"I enjoyed my time at Acquity Group, but I was looking for a company at which I could make more money and grow with the firm."

"Acquity Group is still going through major layoffs."

What do you like about working at Acquity Group?

"When I first started there, was a fast growing company, many opportunities for growth, then brought in a private investor and layoffs occurred after that."

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

"Have a back up plan for layoffs."

What don't you like about working at Acquity Group?

"Too many good working employees being laid off."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To bring in additional management to help augmemt the company's growth initiatives and have the experience to put practices into place to help them grow."