-Current CIO, Kris Rao, is without question the single worst C level executive I have ever worked with/for. He has no 'actual' direction, constantly tells blatant lies about the state of things, and will without question replace employees with outsourcing to "save money" even when it does not.
-Current outsourcing (Hexaware) brought in by said CIO has made the IT work environment horrible for all employees of the business, both those in IT & those receiving IT services.
-The workload only continues to increase while there is continued refusal to hire despite showing how bad things are.
-Cost cutting and budget restriction has gotten to the point on nonsensical, again CIO related.
-Multiple tenured & qualified employees are leaving citing the CIO as the reason to leave.
-There is clear preferential treatment of Hexaware by the CIO (no RFPs, just giving them work despite RFP "requirements") which is quite indictive of financial ties/kickbacks to the company.
-If there were a different CIO or none at all, it would be a great place to work. But until current CIO, Kris Rao, departs I would never advise anyone to work in IT at HNI.
