AHEAD reviews

4.2

86% would recommend to a friend

(867 total reviews)
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Daniel Adamany

91% approve of CEO

83% positive business outlook

AHEAD has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 867 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The AHEAD 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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867 reviews
1.0
Jun 10, 2024
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Pros

Well thought out vision of how IT can be holistically implemented and automated, especially focusing on areas customers are currently struggling with.

Cons

My experience with the company was hugely disappointing. I came from an acquisition and our company onboarding was amazing; they wanted everyone to focus on what was core to their job and have sales focus on sales. Despite initial promises of a supportive and inclusive work environment, the reality fell far short of expectations. The company culture was of old-school Dell and fairly toxic. Despite my qualifications and dedication to my role, I constantly felt sidelined and undervalued compared to my counterparts that were part of the original Ahead (non-acquisitions). It felt like we were the red headed stepchild as we were held to the standard of the core company but not provided the resources nor flexibility to bring the new services and vision to our customers. Feedback and concerns felt routinely ignored or dismissed, creating a sense of frustration and disenfranchisement despite putting up good numbers. The company's (lack of) culture made it a challenging and unrewarding place to work. I sincerely hope that AHEAD takes meaningful steps to address these issues and create a more inclusive and respectful environment for all employees in the future.

2.0
Sep 12, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Company is well-respected within the industry There a few on the executive team + upper management team that generally care about the employees and actually try to make you feel like you are respected and appreciated.

Cons

Very poor pay for what is required In my role, I was pretty much required to be available via e-mail from 6 AM to late at night five days a week and then I always had to review things on Sunday to make sure I was not behind on anything. Many on the sales team are very demanding and lack any sort of empathy. Not good people by any measure, yet it was my job to devote a majority of my time and energy to lining their pockets. It was demoralizing to get paid so very little and to see the commission payouts for client directors that were actively making your job and life more difficult. Some members of the executive team are quite pompous and arrogant.

2.0
Mar 23, 2023

Poor Management, Poor Leadership

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The field account teams work hard to do a great job and add value to their clients. Among the non-management staff, these are some of the smartest, hardest working, best people you will ever meet.

Cons

SO much of the upper management does not seem to know what they are doing. The incompetence limits the company growth and costs the company great people. Inexperienced management fly by the seat of their pants without the awareness of their incompetence. While these people may have been good as individual contributors, they don't know what they don't know about managing others, resulting in people being let go with no explanation why. While there's this great messaging about how accepting the company is, once someone in management doesn't care for you, your time is limited. I'm aware of 4 high-level field resources, who account teams truly enjoyed working and found value working with, let go with no explanation. Despite the popularity of advanced analytics/AI providing true game-changing insights and benefits to organizations of all types, the CEO doesn't understand AI nor has any plans in the near future to lead with any AI solutions, even mocking it while saying he doesn't get it.

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