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3.0

51% would recommend to a friend

(17 total reviews)

Asif Naseem

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45% positive business outlook

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1.0
Sep 24, 2016

Analyst

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Pros

There was a time when I was proud to tell people that I work for PDS but that time has been long gone. Pds had the raw talent under the original leadership. We had very talented individuals who were willing to go above and beyond to help fellow colleges, clients and customers. The company used to focus on providing exceptional services to our clients and the development of their employees but no more. Those talented individual were what put PDS on the map and made it great but unfortunately less than a handful of them are still there.

Cons

It's a pit full of vermin (literally speaking, we had bed bugs and rats), very few good people remain. you are looking at a company that's full of incompetent people who back-stab, lie, manipulate (at a very pathetic juvenile level) to get ahead and became management. Hard working will get you nowhere at this place other than getting more work which is almost impossible to complete but at the same time management will tell you that what you do is not enough even your workload is more than double of other employees. If you are ever unfortunate to get an interview with PDS for analyst position, DO NOT believe them when they tell you that it's for IT professional position. Ask them what the position does, workload, hours, what programs they use and how your IT skills will be utilized in your position. You will be surprised when you seen the blank look on the management's face wen you ask that. At that point, you should tell them " thank you for your time" then you walk out with your head held high knowing you just avoid a career suicide. Unless you want call center job which they will try to sell you as an IT help desk position. Management there is best described as Walmart management style ( you know I am talking about you, Mr. Walmart/Mr. Ed). They are as incompetent as it gets, you will either have a management that you don't hear a word from in months and refuse to comment or make decision on anything or you will have another management who gets on everybody's back telling you that what you do is not enough and expect you to do more even they were told numerous times that we were extremely understaffed. At the same time, you see them patting each other on the backs when we/analysts make things work/better while working ourselves to death but they give you no credit for it and at the same time they get pissed at you and making threats about your job security when things do go their way. I once had to show an ITT grad employee how to turn on the Explorer compatibility mode and how to do screenshot. You think about that....think very hard This place is like a virus. if you are another IT firm and you are thinking about interviewing someone who just started working at PDS in the last 2-3 years.. think very hard what kind of people you are considering hiring

5.0
May 4, 2016

Lasting Legacy. Brilliant Future.

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Pros

Great opportunities and amazing team to work with. PDS is a company with a wonderful heritage and a very exciting future. In 30 years in business, they've built a great company to work for and a very talented and dedicated team of professionals. The leadership team is first-class and made up of some of the industry's top execs. There are very few local companies that have the all-star power of this leadership team. I have a lot of respect for the professionalism with which they lead, the expertise they bring, and for their vision for the future of the company. Great work environment. Great benefits. Great growth opportunities. Great management.

Cons

Some growing pains. PDS is in the process of laying the ground work needed to be a major player in the industry so there is the sense at times that we are in, "pardon our dust", mode. There are some inefficiencies and challenges as a result.

4.0
Feb 5, 2016

Current state of things

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Pros

Great individuals to work with. The environment really allows people to be themselves which in turn fosters a more enjoyable "social" scene. Improving pay scales, great PTO package. New challenges keep working for PDS fresh and interesting. Opportunities are there for those who put in the effort, but the paths could be more defined or clear to help those new to the industry/working world. With 10+ years of experience at PDS I saw the amazing culture under Craig and the changes that drove so many of the bad reviews of PDS on this site. Recently there has been improvement to culture and morale wise. Most recently PDS employees pulled together to be the #5 largest polar plunge donor in Wisconsin (as of 2/5/16 and a few weeks to donate). It's not like the old days, but there are positives to that as well that are beginning to shake out of the years of growing pains and poor leadership.

Cons

Still a lot of fog around the companies goals and strategy. As many have said employees have seen false start after false start and the inability for a strategic initiative to last more than a single town hall speech. With that fresh with employees it rough to still see little communication from executive leadership and leads to our inability to see the positive in change and instead only the negative due to the all uncertainty. no matching 401k is a real downer. Overall the bonus plan seems to be a bit unfair to the general employee and has been executed in a way that is rather jading to the people who put in long hours trying to take care of our clients only to be told that since the group didn't meet revenue goals there is no bonus, but hey lets take sales to Mexico to congratulate individual contributions despite missing our sales goals as a group.

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