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Aurea Software reviews

2.9

46% would recommend to a friend

(154 total reviews)

Kathy Slowinski

49% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.4

Compensation and benefits

2.8

Diversity & inclusion

2.7

Career opportunities

2.6

Work/Life balance

2.6

Senior management

2.2

Culture & values

Aurea Software has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 154 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Aurea Software employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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154 reviews
1.0
Oct 22, 2015

A Leaky Colostomy Bag

Ex-employee
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Business Outlook

Pros

You can easily tell when Aurea management are lying: their lips are moving.

Cons

The lies started when their CEO promised that everyone would get an interview for the "new company" and then get to decide whether or not to be a W-2 employee or a contractor (the catch being if they liked you as well). My interview was 10 minutes. A lot of people were never interviewed. The ones who got offers were only given the option of being contractors, which means they have to pay their own payroll taxes and benefits. Is this even legal? People are doing the same job but no longer have the protections or benefits of being an employee. They kept only a few people and offshored all the rest of the work without really any knowledge transfer. What a mess.

3.0
Apr 20, 2018

The most accurate review you will read - especially if you just got acquired.

Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
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Pros

Work from home, opportunity to loosely define your role & career. Let's get one thing straight. Aurea acquires struggling software companies and makes money off of them. It is what they do and they're very good at it. They have a playbook and they run it. Their long term plan with any company they acquire is to trim the fat, retain as many customers as they can, and ultimately sell other products into them. If your company just got acquired, this is what they're going to do. At the end of a few years, they've grown their customer base, made their money back (and more) and have new IP in the form of your company's software. What does this mean for you? If you're in a 'non-essential' department/position, you'll likely be let go early. This isn't unfair, it's just business. If you identify yourself as a valuable resource, willing to enable their seasoned team to succeed, there is opportunity to keep your job and grow with Aurea. This is up to you. Retention bonuses exist for those who define themselves to be mission critical. Aurea uses a global employment model, which means most everyone works from home. This can be a big plus for some. Do you want to travel while you work? Go for it - just be available for your business hours. If you invest in Aurea, you will eventually face becoming a contractor. This is inevitable, as the owner of ESW Capital (private equity firm backing Aurea) believes this is the only way. They will adjust your pay to compensate for lack of benefits. In some cases, this can represent a pay increase for individuals. For those working in software development roles, I understand there to be ample opportunity to work with exciting technologies and broaden your scope. An oft-ignored benefit of working with global co-workers is the opportunity to familiarize yourself with different cultures and communication styles. This is potentially invaluable in today's ever-growing global workforce. Aurea has everything down to a process. This can open up some bottlenecks your company previously faced.

Cons

Job security is hard to come by, reactive and detached senior leadership, no transparency from executives. WFH can be tough for some. WorkSmart means you're monitored all day every day. Sure, it's up to your manager whether they want to use it, but it's a privacy concern for many. It's understandable why they use it, but clearly it's not for everyone. At no point did I feel that my job was secure until, after wave after wave of layoffs (even after promises of no more) - a retention bonus was offered. At that point, I was already looking for the door. Many of the initiatives seem very reactive, and I found a large percentage of my day being spent on the urgent 'fires' caused when executives would get involved. This degraded my trust/faith in leadership and painted a bleak outlook for my future with Aurea. Culture is non-existent, save for the culture you create in Slack channels or Skype. No 401(k), no benefits. Because everything is process-driven, sometimes there is unnecessary red tape for getting simple tasks done.

1.0
Oct 10, 2017

C students running an F organization.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are no pros. Not one pro at all. The only pro is the p-r-o in the word “prodded” as employees getting cattle prodded in the rear.

Cons

Everything is a con. Execs are NOT interested in building anything or creating any value. They are a destroyer of value. Their business model simple: suck out costs and cash to get back their acquisition costs. Goal is to try and convert asset into something that generates more cash to line pockets of execs and capital vs investing in product and customers. And in that process the smartest and best people leave or get laid off. It’s all lip service about “customer centric” yet reality is that the operating model is all “executive centric”. Execs simply looking to line their pockets at expense of employees and customers. This is not a place for people who love what they do and want to do a great job and help customers to be successful. All Customers should end business relationship immediately or simply not renew. You will get no support, no innovation and most importantly NO expertise will be there to make customers successful.

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