256 Technical Project Manager Reviews
Submit a ReviewWhat do you like about working at TASC?
"I like the projects that I develop; the colleagues I recruit to staff my projects; the ability to use my skills and education identifying and carrying out those projects; my freedom to innovate solutions; and, a lack of micro-management."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"My experience with TASC is limited to this one site. Given that, my advice would be to avoid interviewing here until the contract's status is resolved; there is more than one customer; there is a new senior management team in place; and the two private equity firms that own TASC decide what they want to do with the business - sell it, terminate it, etc. I've heard that other TASC sites are much better than this one (better facilities, beter management, multiple customers, better training)."
What don't you like about working at TASC?
"Our prior employer Northrop Grumman assigned us to its TASC subsidiary and then sold that entity to two private equity firms - none of us asked to work for TASC. Our assigned program manager refuses to have any contact with the personnel who work here - terrible morale. No opportunities for growth or development. If you want training, you have to pay for it yourself and attend on vacation hours. My supervisor is someone in Colorago who I've never met. Our contract with our federal customer expired two months ago, and we haven't heard a thing about a new one. And, a couple of days agon, our customer's business function mandated that we take a minimum 54% cut in positions."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"I used to be a private consulting working with businesses like this: 1) Replace the long-entrenched senior management team. They demonstrate a complete absence of concern for people, quality, morale, motivation, or communication. I've been a manager in several organizations, but I've never worked anywhere like this. 2) The senior managers here need to understand the importance of engaging the minds of the highly educated, experienced professionals who work here. 3) Overall, there is a profound lack of leadership in evidence everywhere I look. Nobody cares about anything more than getting through another day of building Powerpoint decks, spreadsheets, and carrying out niggling 'taskers'. 4) The truly frustrating thing is that I've found no shortage of people here who are looking for leadership, inspiration, encouragement, direction, acknowledgement - the basics of any motivation/engagement model. 5) I've lost track of the number of process improvement proposals the employees have submitted, and not received as little as a rejection notice."
What do you like about working at Rockwell Collins?
"The technology is interesting. The projects are important. The work is challenging. There are a lot of good, hard-working technical people there."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be very certain of your objectives in coming to Rockwell Collins. You need to develop a relationship with someone in power or be content to have little chance at a forward career path."
What don't you like about working at Rockwell Collins?
"Government Systems is behind the times in business practices and content to keep doing what it has been doing. The middle management is so entrenched that the environment is like an exclusive golf club. You might be allowed to caddy, but very few are permitted to play the course. The project structure is fragmented in responsibilities which makes it difficult for knowledgeable staff to have the proper influence over product decisions."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Policies need to be more explicit so there is consistency in implementing employment practices. Managers need to be held accountable for the quality of what their team produces rather than being simply weak resource managers. Managers need to declare their personal relationships on conflict of interest forms as you would a business relationship."
What do you like about working at Beth Israel Medical Center?
"The people are great. You feel like you belong to a team among your peers."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Show that you can do the work through real world examples that are similar to some of the projects that BI's team is challenged with."
What don't you like about working at Beth Israel Medical Center?
"There are some internal staffing issues that tend to surface with respect to IT and turnover at the hospital, but this tends to be standard in the IT industry regardless of what field you go into. The leadership overall is solid, but IT is struggling with becoming more of a team - don't pass them over because of this though - the people are great and I've seen positive movement towards them becoming more collaborative."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Keep focusing on becoming a tighter IT department through more freedom of collaboration and centralized communication efforts."
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"A great place to work for."
What do you like about working at Chordiant Software?
"Working with highly experienced folks in the Industry"
What do you like about working at CACI?
"Appreciative managers, responsibility with opportunity to guide project direction with minimum interference."
What don't you like about working at CACI?
"Highly developed environment with little scope for change or enhancement."
What do you like about working at Bank One?
"I enjoyed the challenges of the projects and the quality of the people I worked with."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Know what you are talking about. Be honest and open."
What don't you like about working at Bank One?
"Job security was unfortunately related to the health of the economy. My department was eventually closed as it supported Investment Management Group."
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"Sensis is a great ad agency with very talented strategy, creative, development and media buying staff."
What do you like about working at Sensis?
"Sensis is great, but career growth is limited due to company growth."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be honest and don't shoot from the hip. Give well thought out answers."
What don't you like about working at Sensis?
"Sensis is a great environment for mid tier web site creation."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Management cares about their employees. Thanks!"
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"This is a good company, which prides itself on inovation and the people who work there."
What do you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?
"The people that I worked with and their dedication. The customer, the products that we sold. The teamwork of the employees"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be honest and enjoy the ride."
What don't you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?
"Still room for improvement regarding diversity within management ranks."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Desolve cliques. Intergrate male/female management population, wherein they are equalized and required to work and network together more."
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"Great team and people, interesting projects to work on, limited career growth prospects."
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"AT&T was a well-balanced and understanding place to work."
What do you like about working at AT&T?
"People were treated as people."
What don't you like about working at AT&T?
"My contract ended."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Be a bit more accessible."
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"Nokia has a great working culture, provided it is not a location that is closing."
What do you like about working at Nokia?
"The middle management in the global teams is the best in the industry. Nokia treats their employees like resources and not expenses."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be willing to relocate if a long career is desired."
What don't you like about working at Nokia?
"Company decisions are sometimes questionable, and morale suffers when a site is being closed or relocated."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Networking internally is a requirement for knowledge of planned changes."
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