At arm's lenght. - Anonymous employee Acuative Employee Review

1.0
Oct 9, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The cons far, far outweigh the cons. The professional services staff could work from home a lot. That is about it.

Cons

Acuative is not a nice company. Period. They opportunistically acquired what was a good consulting company and pretty much burned it to to the ground. The company's leadership is terrified about making good investments. The CFO appears to have gone to Mr.Krab's school of penny pinchers; he is involved in almost every decision, financial or not, regarding the company. In the bench? You're a liability, as they don't get the concept of bench in a consulting company. The professional services/consulting arm of Acuative is as good as dead. Absolutely zero chance of being fully competitive against other companies in the market space. The 'legacy' Acuative (nee Telsource) employees either do not understand, or do not fully support , the professional services arm and it seems they'll do everything, intentional or not, to destroy it. The company internally is a royal mess. Improvement initiatives are quashed with impunity. Just don't. There are better companies out there worth your time and effort.

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