Academi reviews

2.9

44% would recommend to a friend

(55 total reviews)

Tim Reardon

100% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

Academi has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 55 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Academi employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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55 reviews
1.0
Oct 30, 2014

Lost at sea

Recommend
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Pros

Great guys on the front line doing the heavy lifting

Cons

Management is clueless and do not have real-world business experience.

2.0
Sep 21, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Company mission: Academi has a great mission, supporting the security efforts of the US government overseas The people supporting that mission are passionate about what they do and talented The company facility is incredible

Cons

Company leadership has limited business expertise, but believe they know the business better than 7 years veteran employees Not a collaborative environment or learning company While the facility is incredible, it is aging and in need of repair

2.0
Dec 1, 2013

Please Hire Some MBAs!

Recommend
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Pros

Awesome, passionate, dedicated folks at the instructor, overseas, and PSS level. Whether they are providing security services or training Government or Law Enforcement or civilians they never forget that what they do could mean the difference between life and death. Knowing that you are supporting those professionals means knowing you are helping your country. And the Moyock area is a nice place to raise a family.

Cons

Moyock managers are hired or promoted for their Subject Matter experience or background but they have absolutely no idea how to run a business or a department. Too many people brought on board with impressive military/security/law enforcement backgrounds who can toss acronyms around effortlessly but they don't actually have any experience doing what they're hired to do. So they get by on bravado and background while things get worse and worse until they get "laid off" for not succeeding. They don't know the basics of managing staff, developing budgets, financial reporting, allocating resources, working with other departments, organizing workloads, assigning responsibilities, solving problems. They just know how to do what they're told and how to tell someone else what to do. There's a revolving door of ideas, projects, initiatives that get dropped when the person whose idea it was gets laid off and someone new shows up with a new idea. Honestly, there are a lot of managers and directors here that I have no idea what they do but they do have a lot of authority to make demands. And I know I never saw their jobs advertised so they're either consultants or someone's good buddy.

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