Access reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(244 total reviews)

Tony Skarupa

61% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Access has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 244 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Access employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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244 reviews
5.0
Apr 5, 2020

Enjoy Working for Access

Recommend
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Pros

Access is a great company to work for. Fair pay and good benefits. The CEO, President and COO really care about the employees and the Company. The Company also is very focused on growth, and growth provides opportunity. The Company is very acquisitive, acquiring between 10 and 20 companies a year. While that leads to the need for a lot of hard work, it also provides an opportunity for A players within the organization to have a lot of security, a lot of work to do/responsibility, and a lot of upward mobility. In most areas withing the organization, the people are great and the culture is a fast paced and exciting. The industry is in a pivot, seeing clients focus more and more on privacy and compliance, so it is a unique opportunity to use an entrepreneurial spirit and add value to the organization. I'd recommend anyone who enjoys a fast paced and challenging environment to work for Access!

Cons

Access moves really fast, which can be tiring if you aren't ready for it. There are small pockets in the organization where the culture is too focused on the financial performance with little qualitative review and that can make it hard to shine as an employee if financial performance is out of your control in a specific position. If you do not work at the corporate office in MA, you can occasionally feel like the leaders there want to control everything and make most decisions and don't trust the people working in market, which can feel challenging.

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1.0
Mar 26, 2020

Unprofitable, Declining Industry

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are a ton of terrific folks who work for this company, and they keep it rolling forward because of mutual respect, hard work and professionalism. Cons Sadly, there are some leaders that are the antithesis of what the company mission embodies, and that has hurt the performance and outlook of many employees who really wanted to make a difference, contribute new and lasting ideas for the product, the services and the marketing and voice of the company. Work/life balance is advertised, but not in practice at all. Not uncommon to get nasty emails or IMs from executive leadership at all hours. No upward mobility particularly in Product and Marketing. Team priorities, KPIs and directives change on a dime and no one wins. Pervasive atmosphere of "who do we blame" breeds distrust of management and high stress. I've never worked anywhere more toxic.

Cons

Acquisition at the expense of layoffs, lots of poor products. Poor leadership, constantly pivoting, constant turmoil. Silos across all functions. Not innovative and lack some basic business intelligence. Excessive amount of EVP, SVP, VP titles with no one in-between, leaving huge amount of in-the-weeds workload to anyone not possessing that title. Little to no career growth except for the top titles.

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