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Telmate reviews

2.6

42% would recommend to a friend

(67 total reviews)

Richard Torgersrud

48% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Telmate has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 67 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Telmate employee rating is 32% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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67 reviews
1.0
Jun 29, 2016

Wow....company encouraged fake reviews

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Free food 4x a week

Cons

So I didn't believe the hype until I came here and now I believe it...there are a TON OF FAKE REVIEWS. Someone joked about how our glassdoor reviews are low and said we should start a campaign to create positive reviews and that employees should start writing positive reviews. I am shocked that people actually started writing fake reviews just to pull better talent in...it feels immoral and this is the last straw. I need to leave this place. Some of the other cons I've noticed over the years: - Sexual harassment - incompetent leaders - Backstabbing - Way too many junior members because that's all they are able to retain lately - Zero transparency because people that have been here a while think the info they know will shake up the company—HUGE RED FLAG! - they lure new hires in by offering an above-market salary....this place is imploding and the ceo is mentally unstable

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Telmate Response
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I am sorry that your experience working at Telmate has not been positive. I am also surprised that you were told to write a fake review. I have always encouraged my employees (at multiple companies) to write honest and professional reviews. I will certainly look into any specifics around people being asked to write any "fake" reviews. Since joining the company I have made it my mission to bring transparency to the company at every level. I would sincerely appreciate any specifics that you may have regarding how to improve transparency. I also pride myself on having an open door policy and encourage any and all honest feedback. I myself would not want to work in an environment where I thought you might get fired if you rendered advice. A company is only as good as its employees and in order to make the company successful I need the help of each of our employees to drive the company forward. I look forward to working with you on overcoming the challenges of the company and if that is not possible, I wish you luck on your next opportunity. Please let me know if I can help in any way.
1.0
May 24, 2016

WORST COMPANY EVER

Anonymous employee
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Pros

SOME of the people make coming here every day manageable.

Cons

POOR leadership (wish-wash approach, lacking clear vision & experience) Glitchy products (culture of over-promise and under-deliver) Company does not have defined goals There is no onboarding process Zero transparency between leadership and execution teams making it difficult to take the company to the next level Zero flexibility - there is no work-life balance Infrastructure is in shambles Leadership does not know how to optimize the current workforce Very small-minded, in the weeds type of approach - spend a lot of time tracking what you are working on at such a detailed level that the big picture is lost

1.0
Feb 7, 2016

Very political place.Avoid it

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Pros

Free foods, nice office , good view. I also met some good and skilled people here at the company. But depending on which team you are in, you may end up with some horrible and incompetent folks who only know how to play politics well and drag you down.

Cons

I mostly agree with the negative reviews here. Those reviews which claim there are no cons at all are definitively fake. During my stay at the company, I had enough share of office politics. Certain senior staff and managers have no clues on what they are doing or need to do.I got dragged down several times when working with them, because of their incompetency, which is horrible. I agree that some of them got their current positions in part because they have connections at the company, instead of being professionally capable. They literally care nothing about their coworkers or subordinates than their own survival at the company. Their communication with other members on the team is so poor that when asked about why this or that happened, their typical responses are " we/ I don't know" , without regard for what they say or do may create unpleasant feelings, dampen work enthusiasm, or drag down the morale altogether. A lot of info that should be deliberated more carefully before relaying is instead chosen to pass down during inappropriate times to audience that shouldn't have been given to, so as to serve only one purpose---create internal commotion to take direct hit off for self survival ---typical show of being selfish and unprofessional. Besides, certain senior staff tends to talk behind his colleagues' back about what he ASSUMED to be true about other staffs, regardless of the truth, in order to gain trust from the higher ups, without being conscious of any consequences whatsoever, which is unprofessionally disgusting.

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