PernixData reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(55 total reviews)
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Poojan Kumar

56% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

PernixData has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 55 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PernixData employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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55 reviews
1.0
Nov 20, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

2 years ago, the product was more of a discussion-point with customers. Had a good culture and programmers.

Cons

The biggest detractors were arrogant founders and management not listening to the field. Culture outside of the free snacks at HQ and such was really pretty miserable. Classic case of folks thinking their engineering team could do no wrong and that it was all sales and marketing fault. The turnover speaks volumes of what's going on. 100% of the sales force has turned over - reach out to any bunch of them to ask their experiences. Now that they are trying to reinvent themselves and more people are leaving, I'm glad I got out before the impending trouble.

1.0
Nov 24, 2015

Product issues and lack of leadership

Recommend
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Pros

On the outside, the marketing machine makes Pernixdata larger than it is. Initially, there were a good group of smart people overcoming market and product challenges. Seemed to be a compelling value to customers at first.

Cons

Customers, partners and employees all seem to take a back seat to egos of the founders and product management. A large disconnect exists between what the customer and partners get from the product and relationship. Several people have been promoted to the inner circle not for their merits but for their loyalities - this has created a rift and cultural issues. The products bugs and issues made it a challenge in the field with POCs stalling or failing. All in all, it was a frustrating group to be a part of. ALSO - asking us to give high marks on review sites to cancel out those that left, vote for the company in industry awards categories even when it was against the terms of voting, etc was grossly dishonest

1.0
Sep 7, 2015

Avoid this company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

None. There is literally nothing positive about working at PernixData.

Cons

Terrible company. Management is very inexperienced. Management "suggests" that employees should add positive reviews to Glassdoor, and they also ask employees to write positive feedback in various "Great Place to Work" surveys. PernixData is NOT a great place to work. It is a demoralizing place to work. There were about 180 employees prior to August 3, 2015. Prior to that for nearly two years, all the internal hype caused PernixData employees to write those positive reviews. Poor performance of sales revenues the last four of eight quarters GA have reduced the internal hype among individual contributors significantly. Don't be fooled and don't trust the positive reviews you read on Glassdoor or any other site/survey. PernixData is hype.

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