HCSS reviews

Management. The company has seen a lot of success and as a result Mike (the president) has become convinced that he is the expert in everything. He fosters an environment of cronyism, overrides or ignores major customer concerns, and refuses to listen to competent employees. As a result, the best managers and engineers don't stay long. Due to a constant influx of trainees, lack of wider industry experience, and incompetent micromanagement, programmers spend the majority of their time propping up 20-year-old hacks. Second, for programmers, work experience here counts for nothing on a resume. Employers don't care about VDF experience, and development team processes are very different from industry standards.

Inexperienced management at all levels including the over-controlling owner. Experienced people should not work here as they are quickly let go by the owner when he realizes he can't get them to do what he wants. He and his wife want experienced people who won't question them. No way of knowing how you are doing at the company. No understanding of how you can get promoted or move into a new position so it is hard to see any long term future here. Strong favoritism culture based on who has the owners ear or shares his interests. Ridiculous testing process to get hired though the owner is convinced the people that pass his test are the smartest people in the world. Management spends too much time trying to look good externally and pretending to be something they are not. Very unprofessional environment where I have personally felt harrassed and bullied especially when I work with people in support and services where their manager is the leader of that unprofessional behavior. The level of respect for the managers and directors is close to zero. They preach honesty in core values though non can be trusted and none will stand up to the owner and his wife. All yes people. It is a family affair with the wife, husband and son working at the company. Not a good situation. It was better when the wife only worked there part-time. There is no opportunity to give this kind of feedback to anyone in the company. If you did you would be fired.