MOCA Systems reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(40 total reviews)
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Sandy Hamby

100% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

MOCA Systems has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 40 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MOCA Systems employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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40 reviews
5.0
Sep 22, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

1. People: You are surrounded with competent, experienced, high energy professionals who genuinely desire to satisfy the needs of clients 2. Technology: Progressive technology that benefits clients and allows all to work smarter 3. Pay: Very competitive pay 4. Mission: Rewarding--everyday you go home knowing that your efforts directly added value to an Owner/Client 5. Openness: CEO, COO, and Regional Managers always encourage open and candid dialogue 6. Professional development is encouraged and supported

Cons

1. Being a relatively small nation-wide company (< than 100 employees) challenges do sometimes emerge during periods of client surge activity; but, employees quickly rally to get the effort complete regardless of the effort required 2. With Federal Government BRAC (Base Re-Alignment and Closure Commission) work wrapping up in 2011, MOCA has the challenge of replacing that work during tough economic times, which is slowly happening through the hard work of all employees

5.0
Sep 16, 2011

Tough economy, but still making a profit!!!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

1 - Talented staff from the bottom to the top. If I would compare the MOCA team to the folks in my last company, ALL of the MOCA team members would be in the top 20% as compared to team members in my last company. Given the consulting nature of the MOCA business, we are only as good as our team members and they are the best. 2 - Senior associates and up share in company ownership. With bonus structure tied to company performance, regional performance and personal performance and the payouts provided as half stock and half cash, I get up each day knowing that I have a stake in the company's success. I am not aware of other companies of this size that provide an ownership path for the majority of the company members. This is not a ESOP with every employee but senior associates (mostly first line manager and above) that participate in this program. I stand to make a good bit of money if the company is bought out. 3 - Innovative technology. MOCA has top technology and it clearly is a differentiator for the company. It is the primary reason I joined the company. 4 - I have seen many comments on this site about turnover. Not sure these comments are fully accurate. I joined the company two years ago and we were 70 to 80, We grew to a max of about 105. Now with the heavy down turn in DOD work (BRAC) we are down to about 70 again. I know senior management struggles with the layoffs but most people get at least 90 days notice and management is sensitive to impact on families. We all know we are a consulting firm and we all know when our task orders will end. Management has done an effective job moving us around or offering us follow on opportunities. Bottom line MOCA is a business and even with the down turn this past year we are still profitable.

Cons

1 - Lack of revenue to retain a stable work force. CEO has taken the risk to bring on top VP talent to drive up our win rate. If we measure this on retaining our work force we are failing. We had 105 and failed to earn enough new task orders to retain those employees. It sucks to layoff people. 2 - Top heavy. Too many VPs. Now if the bet the CEO and the board have made in keeping these VPs on board results in a solid year (during a really tough economy year) we will all be very happy. It does look like a turn around is occurring. The VPs are the Business Development engine and fewer VPs means fewer BD resources. Again, it is a bet. We could lose this bet but the numbers I aware of show turn around and profit for the year. 3 - Investment in staff and junior management training. Last years PM conference was great. Need another. I have heard one is in the planning and I have also heard about a new mentoring/career development program coming out.

4.0
Apr 2, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

innovative company and risk takers. our value to clients on projects is excellent. everyone I know if dedicated to doing a good job. leadership (and PM team) is strong and getting stronger. We had a PM workshop last year that was excellent.

Cons

the company is like other small companies I've worked for. good work and exciting, but not as stable as working for the government. top leadership hasn't changed, but there has been lots of changes to exec team over the years. current leadership team seems to very talented. many projects are ending this year. not sure what the future holds...

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