Not Trustworthy - Anonymous employee Synoptek Employee Review

1.0
Mar 5, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great people at the individual contributor level. Fun to work with and solve problems together.

Cons

Executive leadership has no problem breaking promises. I was asked to go above and beyond on a project and promised a bonus if I was able to hit/exceed goals. I met every goal, was given verbal and written recognition, but the bonus never came. I worked on getting my money for 6 months then decided to leave the company. Too bad - good people at the engineer level - executives just are not trustworthy.

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Cons

Executive Leadership, especially the CEO. The culture has changed a lot since he replaced the former CEO. He does not operate with the same values that have been a part of the company ever since I got here. He rules by fear, control, micromanagement, and is unapproachable. You can see it in meetings with the business and even in our Company meetings. It is uncomfortable. He has started only bringing people in from his former network and they are bringing in their friends. Everything is India focused and North America people are losing their jobs and those that are left are burned out from the excessive workload. We are watching good employees leave either on their own or because they are forced out. The optics of who is leaving and why are not good. I want this to work but it feels like a sinking ship at this point. Our customers aren't even happy with us anymore and that makes our jobs even harder.

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