SHI International reviews

3.2

50% would recommend to a friend

(2,093 total reviews)
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Thai Lee

63% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

SHI International has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 2,093 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SHI International employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Jun 26, 2014

Okay place to cut your chops

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Vibrant culture, people care about one another for the most part. Lots of vendor sponsorship and events which allow for networking opportunities.

Cons

-Middle & senior management is very green in most districts/regions -Metrics are prioritized over sales results -Not enough "selling time" due to manditory office days and other events/activities unrelated to actually selling product/solutions to customers. -Lots of "hand-holding" versus given the tools to succeed and being treated as an adult. -Unless you live in Austin or NJ, limited opportunity for career progression -Culture of 'working 24x7'. Not being responsive to email while on vacation is frowned upon which can lead to burnout.

4.0
Jun 23, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great energy. Young professionals. Parties and events paid for by vendors. Fun place to work.

Cons

Ridiculous cold calling. If you are an IAE, you are worthless and replaceable (and treated as so)...

1.0
Jun 16, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are a lot of young, fun people here. Also- lots of free food and happy hours, etc. They want you to believe this is a real job with fun perks.

Cons

Hmm, where to begin. If you are someone who desires a job where you can actually use your brain (maybe I should say someone WITH a brain...) I would reconsider taking this job. In fact, not having a brain would probably be helpful here because you are essentially a robot performing the exact same tasks as hundreds of other recent grads. This means cold calling at least 50 companies a day WHO DO NOT WANT TO TALK TO YOU. You are encouraged to find ways to get in contact with the IT directors, honest or not. Did you get a college degree? You are probably better than this. Expect to see a list every day of how many calls and how much talk time everyone in the Inside Account Executive role made the day before. Expect to get in trouble if you do not make these 50 dials every day. That is the most important thing in this job. If that is what you want in a job, good for you. Maybe you could reconcile performing meaningless tasks hour after hour, day after day for good money but the reality is you probably won't see much commission for a year (so many reps have told me) so you will be surviving on close to 30k. Which doesn't stretch far in Austin. If you are desperate for a job and don't mind being a glorified telemarketer then this may be the job for you. I really do not understand why this job requires a college degree. You are also completely expendable. They are hiring 30+ people to fill this role every month. YOU DO NOT MATTER. Save yourself the trouble and get a job somewhere else. Don't believe everything you hear.

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