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Straight North reviews

4.7

92% would recommend to a friend

(102 total reviews)

David Duerr

97% approve of CEO

92% positive business outlook

Straight North has an employee rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars, based on 102 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Straight North employee rating is 22% above average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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102 reviews
1.0
Nov 1, 2016

Horrible, abusive company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The co-workers I met were an amazing group of people- of course, they all moved on at this point.

Cons

A process driven company without processes. My main responsibility was supposed to be strategic planning and production management. The position was really crisis management. Results were erratic at best, and, as the spokesperson for the company, it was often my job to be in the middle of the client and the steaming pile of poo Straight North delivered. The best way to do this, apparently, was to start getting creative with graphs- One of my co-workers would routinely swap most of the numbers so that it looked at first glance that the numbers were going up, not plummeting down. The artificial stress was amazing, as was the constant grind of people and clients coming in and going out.

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Straight North Response
9y
Thank you for your review. I am sorry that you had a negative experience working at Straight North. As one of the fastest growing companies in a dynamic, changing marketplace we are sometimes forced to confront difficult employee decisions. Terminating an employee is never taken lightly, but we believe that one of the real benefits to our employees and our clients is that Straight North acts thoughtfully and decisively when there is not a good internal fit between our company and the employee. In addition, your post is simply factually inaccurate; our employee and client retention rates are excellent, and we are very proud of achieving such high metrics. Unfortunately, this often comes at the price of making difficult employment termination decisions. We wish you nothing but the best and hope that you find a better employment situation. Joseph Cahill, Chief Strategy Officer
5.0
Oct 17, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I was a young, inexperienced developer when I applied to Straight North. I had no experience with Drupal (Straight North's CMS of choice at the time), but the CEO believed in my overall skills enough to hire and train me as a Drupal developer. The other developers were extremely friendly and helpful while teaching me the ropes. I spent two years at Straight North and left with great developer skills and life-long friends.

Cons

The commute from the city to the suburbs was not ideal.

5.0
Aug 18, 2016

Great Company, Great People

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A great working environment and wonderful people. Made some life-long friends at SN.

Cons

Nothing that comes to mind.

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