Ensighten reviews

3.0

44% would recommend to a friend

(105 total reviews)
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Marty Greenlow

59% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Ensighten has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 105 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Ensighten employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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105 reviews
5.0
Aug 19, 2014
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Pros

Ensighten has some of the best and brightest people I've ever worked with. We get to work with fantastic new technologies and everything moves so fast. The company has been in hyper growth mode since I started and shows no signs of slowing down. We have already crushed our competition in one market sector and moved on to others. The array of new products coming out is dizzying, and includes some real game-changers. A lot of money will be made. I only wish I had more stock options. I love the company, I love the people, and I love the technical challenges. The decision to work for Ensighten was a fantastic career move that I (mostly) have not regretted. I gave a 5 star rating, but if I were able to, I would actually go with 4.5/5. I'm feeling generous today, rounding instead of truncating.

Cons

My work/life balance has taken a big hit since working for Ensighten. No one forces me to put in the long hours, though. I feel compelled to keep working to solve the next problem and to maintain pace with many of my brilliant colleagues who are doing the same. It turns into a negative feedback loop, after a while. Management could do more to break that cycle. There are also complaints about transparency regarding direction and grand strategy. I came from a much larger enterprise before, so I am used to compartmentalization of information. Others are more bothered by it. They become frustrated when the CEO and VPs don't key them in on every decision. The fact is, Ensighten has become too large for that to really be viable still. Ensighten is, at this point in its lifecycle, a medium-sized enterprise, still clinging to the culture of a small start-up. We are victims of our own success, and must suffer through the growing pains. Lastly, the acquisition of competitor Tagman earlier this year was mishandled, though not as badly as some people believe. There was some miscalculation among leadership on both sides about how integration would proceed and how well the two cultures would mesh. The redundancies that resulted in layoffs on the Tagman side were unfortunately unavoidable. It is the nature of M&A. Tagman would have gone under if left to compete on its own, and then everyone would have been out of a job. The deal was still a sound business decision just to acquire their customer and product portfolio.

5.0
Aug 18, 2014

Forward thinking, engineering focused company - going places

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Well defined career progression paths, great engineering standards and a hard working but fun culture. A huge amount of engineering going on across a really exciting product set. A rather exciting place to be - they seem to be committed to maintaining a start up culture whilst growing quickly..

Cons

A number of remote staff means sometimes late calls and meetings due to timezone differences. Some decisions can take a while to push through. Benefit packages could be slightly more enticing!

5.0
Aug 7, 2014

Best career decision I've made to date

Anonymous employee
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Pros

*Really great environments to work in - I use plural as there are plenty of opportunities to travel and meet the different teams nationally and internationally; training and exposure to different teams provided early on. *High salaries, great bonus structure and commission. *Strong client base, working with many of the top global brands *Intelligent colleagues, intelligent technology, strong growth.

Cons

Non to list - Although I'm aware the recent merger has caused problems regarding redundancies.

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