Keep Searching - NOC Tier II Acuative Employee Review

2.0
Jul 16, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A good stepping stone to get into the IT field. NOC management is good.

Cons

-Overworked and underpaid by more than 20% of the national average for the same position. -Although the NOC managers are great, they are not allowed to fully manage thier teams. HR and the CFO have the final say, even if they are wrong. Which is most of the time. -Take on clients we are not staffed for. -Take on clients with promises we can not keep. -With the new clients we do get, it's always a wing-it type situation as there is minimum training as the ones who took on the clients are ill-advised as well in the processes needed to manage the client's network(s). -401K is on the verge of being an illegal practice. -Upper management and the CFO etc are the ones who get the raises. NOT the ones who actually make the company function on a daily basis. My last raise was over 3 years ago. And they do not even do an annual cost of living increases. -Instead of backfilling a position they will just impose the workload on people the people that are already overwhelmed with what is currently on their plate. -Against people working remote, even though my job is remote even in the office. But they will make exceptions if they know and like you. Furthermore, there are no policies in place about being able to work remote. They make up the policy as they go, but not in writing. -They employ people that can't perform their tasks even after years of being at the company, so others have to pick up the slack. -They make promises they can't keep. Or make an excuse not to honor them. -HR listens to the complainers/whinners instead of listening to management or the employees that are actually good at their job. I could keep going but the list is endless. Do yourself a favor and STAY AWAY. You will be better off.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

At the time there was the ability to be remote. That's no longer the case.

Cons

I worked for 5 years in the VISE team where we provided support for Cisco UCS. We were paid abyssmally for what we were doing and raises were pathetic (talking about a company that have me a 'raise' to 19.99 an hour and couldn't even round up a penny) but the perk of being remote most the week was nice. Eventually the company got a new contract so they decided to push Cisco away which ended with our entire team being laid off after we trained our overseas replacements (and in hindsight realizing the company knew of all this at least 6 months before it happened given where our department was moved to as the new contract got moved into the noc) except a handful of people who were the managers favorites getting moved to another department. Such as a person who was in the department for only a year being moved while far more senior and experienced people were laid off. Honestly being laid off was the best thing for me though as I was too comfortable to look elsewhere and I've since moved to a much better paying job that also is giving me much more meaningful skills and I no longer need to deal with a micromanaging upper manager. From what I've been told from people still there the company has gone even further down hill.

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