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2.4

39% would recommend to a friend

(59 total reviews)

Garry Shipley

21% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Business Information Systems has an employee rating of 2.4 out of 5 stars, based on 59 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Business Information Systems employee rating is 38% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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59 reviews
1.0
Aug 19, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

I can think of nothing good about this company.

Cons

The worst thing is that BIS is a partnership and after you start you soon find that success is determined by who hired you. Partner A or partner B. A's won't talk or Help employees of partner B and vice versa. You become so self conscious it is almost impossible to work comfortably.

1.0
Mar 20, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

First, I will cover the pros. There are good people working at BIS. I have formed meaningful relationships there and for that I am grateful. There are also benefits including health insurance, visual insurance, dental insurance, 401K, etc, and you will be eligible fairly quickly.

Cons

Moving on to the cons, there are several and they outweigh the benefits. If they want you to travel, you will be made aware with very short notice. You will be approached maybe one or two days before departure which gives you very little time to prepare. This might be manageable for a single person, but if someone has a family or other responsibilities, this can be very difficult. Moving on to training. There is absolutely no training. You are left to figure things out for yourself and when you mess up due to lack of knowing what to do, you will be treated like you're stupid, thereby being left feeling insecure. This adds more stress to an already stressful environment. Also compounding more stress, BIS is run very militaristic and employees are verbally abused and reprimanded publicly. This brings the companies professionalism very low. If you are wanting to get into IT, BIS can be a good place to start, but be aware that if you don't impress the right people you will have problems. Take heed to the negative reviews. I ignored them and left a very good job, making more might I add, hoping to further my IT career, and ended up regretting it.

5.0
Apr 23, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I've seen many negative reviews about Business Information Systems (BIS). So like always negative comments are often made and rarely the positive comments. I always try to read the best and worst of each when I’m buying a product. So I want to take my time and give my thoughts of my 10+ years of employment. Being a mid-sized company, I have never felt like I'm just a number within the company. I've found management has always been open to new ideas and suggestions that are made. Even if we didn’t go the route I thought was best, I’ve always felt encouraged to take ownership and make suggestions. So I've always had a sense of ownership in my work and in our company. I like that during our meetings everything is referred to our successes and we accomplished this. Instead of everything being referred to as my success and I accomplished this. Advancement is based on performance. When I was first interviewed I was under the impression, that as soon as I graduate College, I’d be making really good money starting off. So when I started off with a lot less salary than I was thinking. It was a tough pill to swallow! I decided to accept the job anyways and started working with the idea of it being a temporary job to gain experience. That was the best career move I’ve ever made. After starting I realized I didn’t know what I needed to be a valuable employee off the bat. So I now understand why I started off with a lower starting pay. You have to prove yourself before you are going to make good money. I have found if I work hard and step up to new challenges, advancement will happen. During my 10+ years I've seen many people leave the company that felt entitled to advancement. In the same sense I have also watched many of the employees advance to higher positions. Overall I feel BIS is an excellent company to work for! I’ve seen numerous employees being pushed to be certified in certain fields that the company paid for to better the employee. During the past 10+ years I’ve seen many advancements to make sure employees know they are appreciated and changes made to improve employee morale. I read one post that BIS customers hate us. I believe that is the furthest thing from the truth. Since our company has grown from reputation of doing a good job and providing excellent customer service. So my overall recommendation is: If you feel you are entitled to everything and everyone owes you something for nothing, then BIS isn't probably for you. On the other hand if you want to work hard and earn advancement within a company then BIS is an excellent job opportunity for you.

Cons

Really enjoy BIS and nothing comes to mind.

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