Just not worth it - Software Engineer Netsmart Employee Review

2.0
Feb 22, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Average Pay Benefits are above average as is PTO.

Cons

Be ready. You'll be interviewed based on the job you're applying for, then switched to whichever role they have a need for. This seems to happen to people over and over. You will finish with one project and then be moved to a different team even if you don't have the skills for the next role. Then it becomes your fault when you don't perform up to management's expectations. The disfunction within this company is amazing. Some management resorts to bribing other departments with booze just to get anything done. Four main offices include Overland Park, Dublin, Ohio, Great River, NY and NYC. Each office seems to be pitted against the others. Nobody wants to cooperate, just point fingers when something goes wrong. They're too busy trying to be Cerner, but then telling everybody that they're different. You'll only be viewed as above average if you're from Cerner. You won't have any work/life balance and it will feel like a major victory every time you leave work before the sun goes down. The culture was great a few years ago, but has gone sharply downhill as of late. The number of poor reviews here on GlassDoor is evidence of that. Bottom line... There are many better jobs out there. The company itself is growing and looking up, but they are doing it at the expense of everybody below sr. management.

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5.0
Jun 13, 2026
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Pros

Really great company culture from middle management downward. Upper management can have pros and cons, but still like working here.

Cons

Pay isn't exactly the most competitive

3.0
Jun 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The team I work with is dedicated and loyal to the company and takes an ownership mentality.

Cons

If you care, you’ll give up your nights, your weekends, your blood, sweat, tears, joy, you’ll miss family events, even health appointments, your house will fall apart, your relationships will suffer, and you might even get asked to shorten your time away. There is nobody in the positions of the right help, and far too many managers, and too many per diem who have other jobs that can’t give enough hours but hold per diem positions hostage. When you ask for help, it’s always answered with a “We are trying”. Yet it’s been years of asking and the ask still falls on deaf ears. The company is missing opportunities to grow a huge revenue stream because they won’t create structure and processes; and positions to manage those structures. There are so many missed opportunities here, in a field that really needs us. I don’t know how to make my voice louder. It’s just not heard. We are top heavy in management. We need certain tasks completed, and are not getting what we need, no matter how many meetings we have about it. In fact, I don’t have time for the meetings anymore. We didn’t even celebrate Nurse’s Week. Not a single person even mentioned it. They work you to within an ounce left of your sanity, and then there’s absolutely no recognition or cohesiveness or celebration of any achievmemts instead, it’s “We didn’t make our quota.”. It’s all hurry up and get your work done, but then slow down because you’re making mistakes. Pay is mediocre for this level of experience and expertise-non-management level positions elsewhere offer far more in salary. Plus all the money you’ll spend to try to get things done just to manage your life, like paying for grocery delivery because you’ll never see the inside of a grocery store again. It’s madness. Not a sustainable career.

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