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"Start your own company. Or, work for a company that treats you with respect."
What do you like about working at Fives Cinetic Automation?
"Cinetic pays when they have landed a contract. Otherwise - look out."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Don't do it. It may look attaractive to someone new in the business. You will be used and let go."
What don't you like about working at Fives Cinetic Automation?
"Cinetic is stifling. You are a commodity to be fired on a whim."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Too many chiefs. Not enough Indians, (pardon the play on words)."
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"everyone is very friendly and close nit. unfortunately, high turn over"
What do you like about working at ProObject?
"ability to work on a wide range of tasks and learn along the way. everyone's opinion counts"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"if you are an engineer that will be contracted then wait until you have been accepted onto a contract before beginning employment at proobject; otherwise, you run the risk of being let go after a couple of months."
What don't you like about working at ProObject?
"turnover. most engineers are hired to be contracted out. however, new people in all areas (including HR, accounting, etc.) come and go. the instructions for how to get things done stopped getting updated years ago so it's a mess."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"it takes longer than it should for things to get done because the requirements from top level management never seem to stop changing. from what i've learned in systems engineering: the customer should provide the needs and the engineers should develop the requirements, verify the requirements with the customer, provide alternative solutions, and then build the best solution. also, people fear for their jobs when other people are let go without obvious reason or warning."
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"Base2 is a phenomenal workplace with a great culture and fun people."
What do you like about working at Base2 Solutions?
"Base2 is an outstanding place. They hire the best people in the industry, surrounding you with people you can learn from, grow with and challenge. The projects are never the same and the work is very rewarding."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Interviews will range from one-on-ones to team interviews. You'll be graded by your skills and cultural fit equally."
What don't you like about working at Base2 Solutions?
"Like most startups, it's an environment of fast-paced change and rapid growth. Having little clue where we're headed or what to expect next is exciting but sometimes challenging to deal with."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Leaders currently work to remove barriers and empower their team. It's one of the greatest elements of Base2's culture, and I hope it's never compromised for growth."
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"I wanted to do technical work, but I'm being pushed towards product-movement."
What do you like about working at Texas Instruments?
"Salary for senior people."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Ask about technical vs. business responsibilities. If you like business focus, you might like TI."
What don't you like about working at Texas Instruments?
"Oppressive focus on moving product. I would rather do technical work."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Lighten up. Let people do what they do best. Manage it to generate ROI."
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"Some of the smartest engineers I ever met. I learned a lot."
What do you like about working at HUB Technical Services?
"The engineering team was a great group/team to work for"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"It's not a huge company, but opportunities are there if you work hard"
What don't you like about working at HUB Technical Services?
"Sales can be a little disconnected from reality at times."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"engineering management was good, more interaction from upper management would have been nice."
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"A very negative experience. Politics, politics, politics. Goodbye personal life."
What do you like about working at Volusion?
"Very little. Volusion likes to tout it's place as best place to work in 2010, but it hasn't earned that title since, for good reason"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Run, don't walk, to the nearest exit. Be prepared for a potentially grueling multi-hour interview process if you decide to go up for a gig here."
What don't you like about working at Volusion?
"The pay for every area of the company is well below market rate. Promotions are very hard to come by, and if you manage to snag one, pay increases (even those for simply merit increase) are an insult.Management is absolutely incoherent. Decisions are made without due diligence. The development team pushes buggy code on a regular basis, IT is a wreck, customer service is a revolving door. A few departments have their act together, but overall you can expect to be thrown under the bus by whomever benefits from doing so.Work/life balance is nonexistent. Volusion expects 110% from their employees at all time, even requires non-salaried employees to be on call and respond to and address emails at all hours and on weekends.Honestly - avoid this place. You can find much, much better."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Pay your employees what they are worth, and get rid of those in management who have amassed enough power to push their views and projects that negatively affect not just the employees, but your business as a whole."
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"Long career, then layed off."
What do you like about working at Bank of America?
"Felt like I was learning most of the time, which was a good thing."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be young, don't expect a lot of money, don't expect job security. Don't question managers (senior manager), they really don't want to hear what you have to say."
What don't you like about working at Bank of America?
"Higher managers made changes but did not have to deal with the work and didn't want to hear issue with changes being made, only hear positive, so sometimes hard to speak up."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Take more time to listen to team members that have to use systems you're changing to make sure the changes are for the best and will be better than what is being replaced."
What do you like about working at TravelPort?
"The ability to define your own working hours and work from home arraingements"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"understand full expectations beyond developer activities such as administrative duties"
What don't you like about working at TravelPort?
"limit ability to expand skills and stay on the cutting edge of technologies"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"IT resources need a path for growth just as managers"
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"worth the time"
What do you like about working at ViaTRON Systems?
"the mentality that support had to work with and the clients to support."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be more open for everyone and ask for input always."
What don't you like about working at ViaTRON Systems?
"I like the fact that its close to home and the comute time is short."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Give everyone a chance to findout the answere sooner rather thean never."
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"Deployed an elastic compute cloud for the US Air Force using OpenStack."
What do you like about working at Sabio Sysytems?
"The people are well educated, supportive, and always extremely professional."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Follow any of the guidelines out there on how to interview for a professional position and you should be fine."
What don't you like about working at Sabio Sysytems?
"The rules for contractors can sometimes be restrictive to my ability to get my job done."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Management really does a great job at maintaining a professional atmosphere and keeping their staff motivated."
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"This is a great place to cut your teeth."
What do you like about working at LightEdge Solutions?
"For people like me who do systems work, its very un-compartmentalized. There is no system I dont get my hands on or not have access too. If youre used to working for some mega-corp, it can be a bit of a shock to your system. The people here are, for the most part, great to work with too. You don't run into many of the not my job! type of people. Not many other shops in town doing what LightEdge does."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"I can't agree with the other poster more, make sure you negotiate your starting slary well. You'll be making it for a long time. Just make sure you go into this job with your eyes open."
What don't you like about working at LightEdge Solutions?
"I honestly dont understand the vision of the company anymore. Its crossed the threshold from a managed service provider, so a one-off consultative VAR. Financial & professional development (IE: training) perks are non-existent. Very reactive vs. proactive view towards technology decisions. Also, as an MSP, they dont do much strategically. If a capital purchase (think for things like patching/monitoring systems) wont net immediate profit, it isnt going to happen. Work life balance here can be very demanding, expect long weeks."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"1.) Why is a company of 90-100 people (roughly) in like 3 different locations in the same city Break a lease or two and call it a day. This makes for a very adversarial and disconnected workforce.2.) Most of your technical staff are using old laptops/desktops. Further, the office furniture is terrible. I brought in my own computer, monitors and office chair to remain productive. Thats ridiculous. 3.) Stop the outsourcing of your Tier1/2 support staff to Central America immediately. You basically serve a customer base with an effective radius of 250-300 miles from Des Moines. I honestly think many of our customers stay with LE because its local. If youre going to give them RackSpace or Amazon style support, why not just go with them from the word go4.) For the love of all, invest in some automation. A lot of the problem children could be replaced with a well crafted shell script.5.) Review your compensation and benefit structures. Zero bonus, zero incentives and zero ownership (ripped that up in front of us in 2008). People tend to tend their garden much better if they feel some ownership."
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"Working at Iron Mountain as a contractor has and still is a great experience."
What do you like about working at Iron Mountain Digital?
"I enjoy the programming experience and incorporating it within Active Directory."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"They want employees that take directions well and do not question them."
What don't you like about working at Iron Mountain Digital?
"I am a contractor and would like to be a permanent employee."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"More and quality communication with co-workers / colleagues. Making themselves more available."
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"great"
What do you like about working at GigaNetworks?
"yes I do like working in this company a lot"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be willing to work alone and have attitude to do so"
What don't you like about working at GigaNetworks?
"They are a growing company so there are not so many opportunities"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Keep the hard work and head count for the company"
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"Great people to work with so the atmosphere was very good."
What don't you like about working at Battelle?
"Our division was not part of the main focus of the company."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Try to equally include all of the divisions of the company."
What do you like about working at Unisys?
"I have more than 13 years experience in support."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"They should be more professional in their field of work."
What don't you like about working at Unisys?
"Company assigned many tasks to a single person and same time."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Management should equally treat with all staff in same manners."
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