Descartes Systems reviews

3.9

83% would recommend to a friend

(263 total reviews)

Ed Ryan

84% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Descartes Systems has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 263 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Descartes Systems 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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263 reviews
1.0
Jul 14, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people working there are great and work well together, even under the extreme amounts of stress and expected extra working hours. You can be open about looking for another job, because everyone working there is!

Cons

No work life balance. Management/Executives suggest how life should be, but do not follow through making employees work long hours, including weekends without any extra compensation. No raises for a number of employees for years, however the CEO het a 119% salary increase? Always working under cutbacks, refusal to purchase badly needed IT infrastructure due to lack of cash flow. Goal is to bandage everything and spend no money. They would rather expect an employee to work 24/7/365 to keep stuff working manually than pay to fix it properly, and don't expect a bonus, a raise, or even a thank you for doing this extra work. Staff is underpaid and over worked.

2.0
Dec 17, 2013

Overworked

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Get to take on a lot of responsibility over a diverse set of systems. It is a great learning opportunity.

Cons

A lot of fire fighting. Lots of short term thinking from above. Resistance to invest in labor saving tools. Callous treatment of employees.

2.0
Feb 3, 2024

Old school company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly colleagues who are loyal to the company. Decent work life balance.

Cons

Resistant to change, closed minded , conservative leadership. Staff are also content with status quo and do not want to strive for more.

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