Does SMS Data Products Group pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, SMS Data Products Group employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at SMS Data Products Group. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at SMS Data Products Group?

91% of SMS Data Products Group employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated SMS Data Products Group 4.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at SMS Data Products Group?

Network Engineer (6) , Senior Systems Engineer (5) , Systems Engineer (5) , Systems Administrator (4) , Network Administrator (3) , Director (2) , IT Project Manager (2) , Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) (2) , LAN Support Specialist (2) , Senior Intelligence Analyst (2) , Senior Network Engineer (2) , Senior Technical Writer (2)

What are the pros of working at SMS Data Products Group according to real employee reviews?

"great benefits and they will work with you if you contract ends" ((in 21 reviews)); "The people I worked with are great and always made time to listen to my opinions and feedback." ((in 10 reviews)); "The people were excellent and they genuinely cared about the employees." ((in 9 reviews)); "Management is accessible and bureaucracy is minimal." ((in 7 reviews)); "The company hires great leadership" ((in 7 reviews))

What are the cons of working at SMS Data Products Group according to real employee reviews?

"Its still the best culture I have ever worked in." ((in 3 reviews)); "Onboarding HR illegally required/forced all employees to turn in W2 forms from previous incumbent contractor company & held ZERO negotiations despite some employees being frozen on merit pay raises 12 to 18months." ((in 3 reviews))

What are the top reviewed SMS Data Products Group locations?

McLean , Montgomery , Albuquerque , San Antonio , Washington , Edwards AFB , Kirtland AFB , Alexandria , Arlington , El Segundo , Los Angeles , Wichita , Bedford , Hanscom AFB , Annandale , Ashburn , Fairfax , Fort Belvoir , Herndon , Sterling , Vienna , Tucson , Kirtland , Colorado Springs , Crestview , Lexington , Lackland AFB , Wpafb , Robins AFB

SMS Data Products Group reviews

4.5

91% would recommend to a friend

(138 total reviews)

Matthew Rosecan

97% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

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SMS Data Products Group has an employee rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 138 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The SMS Data Products Group employee rating is 21% above average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

138 reviews

3.0

Sep 14, 2018

Security Engineer

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Small business, pays well, decent benefits

Cons

Hard to move up, poor military leave policy

SMS Data Products Group Response

7y

Thanks for the review. SMS is a mid-size company with roughly 550 employees. We strive to provide competitve pay and rich benefits to all employees. Retaining our great employees is a huge key to the success of SMS. We are growing substantially and have many open positions throughout the US. We highly support our brave military personnel and offer two weeks of paid military leave for all those serving. We also work closely with our reservist to ensure they and their families are taken care of during long deployments. I'm sorry to hear you have left SMS, but we welcome you back to SMS should the opportunity arise in the future. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts! -- Melanie, Vice President of Human Resources

5.0

May 12, 2018

Isso

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay and other benefits

Cons

Limited on contracts but need to seek more

SMS Data Products Group Response

7y

Thanks for the review! SMS strives to provide competitive pay and great benefits to all employees. I'm glad you agree. :) We actually have over 50 contracts throughout the US serving various agencies from the Army, Air Force, DHS, NGA, FEMA and more. We are still growing our San Antonio presence, but hope to have many more contract options for our employees in the near future. We absolutely love the San Antonio area and have some of the brightest engineers on our contracts. Our business development team is actively pursuing many more options. Thanks for taking the time to review SMS and provide your feedback!! -- Melanie, Vice President, Human Resources

3.0

Oct 29, 2017

Tried to severely lowball me at hire; no communication

Technical support engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

--Willing to pay for certs --Very little micromanagement when contracting out

Cons

--After going through a single scope background investigation, SMS offered me a $25k salary for a position I'd learned of through a friend that I knew was starting at $40k, citing my lack of experience. I stated that I had already found another position that was offering me $40k, and they IMMEDIATELY said that they could do $40k. --Was promised performance reviews which would lead to salary negotiations. Neither ever occurred. --No transparency in regards to the future of our jobs when client contract was up for renewal. We were given misinformation in regards to whether we would continue to work for SMS, be moved to another company that would take over the contract, or continue to be employed on the contract at all. Were finally given correct details about a week prior to contract transition, which basicaly equated to, "We have no other positions available for you, so if you want to keep your jobs, you have no option other than to transition to the new company which will take over the contract."

SMS Data Products Group Response

8y

I'm sorry to hear about your experience with SMS! I assure you this is not how we operate. SMS understands the value of our employees and do a great deal of research on an annual basis to ensure we offer fair compensation based on experience and qualifications. We also do performance evaluations on an annual basis for our employees every November, so I'm unsure as to why you would not have had one unless you left prior to the evaluation period. Additionally we do our best to find other opportunities for our employees when a contract ends. Unfortunately we cannot always find other contracts to transfer our employees too depending on individual qualifications. When that is the situation, we recommend transitioning with the new prime if you enjoy the work. We hate losing SMS employees, but unfortunately that is the nature of the federal contract world at times. If you see another opportunity with SMS in the future, I welcome you to contact me. Hopefully you'll see the better side of SMS. Thanks for taking the time to share your experience. --- Melanie Shipley, Vice President, Human Resources

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