Unitrends reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

(195 total reviews)
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Paul Brady

76% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Unitrends has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 195 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Unitrends 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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195 reviews
5.0
Apr 21, 2016

Unitrends ~ The inside Scoop

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Every now and then I visit Glassdoor to read up on the new reviews of Unitrends. It's truly disappointing reading all these negative reviews, especially since this is where I tell people I work. I understand the negative attitudes and comments, but it never seems to be a mature or professional response to changes that have been made. If everyone takes a step back and looks at some of the changes we have made, you will see the benefits and why certain decisions had to be made... Anyways, CHANGE tends to be the number 1 fear in peoples eye. Once a change is made, there seems to be a domino effect for employees here at Unitrends. Unfortunately, the only people that post on Glassdoor for us here at Unitrends, are those who are upset and angry at certain decisions. I've been with Unitrends through the ups and the down over the past couple of years and honestly, I've been happy pretty much the whole time! This is a great company to work for, the employees are great, there is high energy across the floor, and we have a friendly yet competitive sales floor. Not sure how many people reading this work for a company that provides a catered, gourmet lunch every day, but out of my friends and family, I'm the only one!! You would think free lunch each day would satisfy any employee and in turn create a positive atmosphere...Unitrends didn't stop there! We not only have a break room filled with cornhole, ping pong, a sound system, couches / chairs, and a basketball game, we also have a kegerator that Unitrends fills each Thursday with local craft beers for our weekly thirsty Thursday! Unitrends is a great place to be and I don’t plan on leaving this company any time soon!!

Cons

There are a few minor issues here at Unitrends. Most of them have been pointed out very aggressively in past reviews. I would like to mention again, as I did above, most people posting here with extremely negative reviews had something either just happen to them (either laid off or fired...personal opinion here - most of the people that got cut didn't deserve to work here anyways. If you don't work hard and just expect to get paid for sitting around and twiddling your thumbs all day, then you're not really valuable to a company. Not sure what they expected after months of poor performance and lack of effort!! I digress), or they were afraid of change and blamed their fear on Unitrends. Majority of people don't like taking responsibilities for their action and end up blaming something else...unfortunately in our case, they blame Unitrends. We can take the hits and move forward with our heads held high because for those of us working here, we know we are at a great place and have been given an opportunity that comes around only once in a blue moon! We are the highest paid inside sales team for technology companies in the greater Boston area...oh, and we have a arguably the best product on the market when it comes to Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery!!!

1.0
Apr 14, 2016

Derelict ship with a keep rowing philosophy

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Product runs a Linux/Red Hat OS - you won't get exposure to this OS at many other places You can work as much overtime as you want. There are a few decent people still working at this company. (Columbia location)

Cons

TLDR : A joke of a company, do not get a job here unless you are very very desperate. UNDERSTAFFED - is an understatement, the company is unable to hire anyone due to the awful reputation (which is deserved) this company has. Issues with the product - The product was decent until, the high ups (Kevin) and others decides to push for a major software release every quarter. Once this happened, there were so many issues with the product that I would never put it into a production environment to backup data. There is also a severe hardware problem with their backup appliances that cause drives to die which will lead to data loss. Under-qualified employees - the salary is quite low compared to comparable positions elsewhere, due to this, Unitrends hires Under-qualified people to fill positions. Management - The entire management team is completely oblivious to any "numbers or stats" that are not tracked by their system. Their idea of performance is like a Mcdonalds - Quantity served over quality any day of the week. Their goal is to have as many customers as possible and have the lowest number of employees possible to support them. SALES - The account managers at Unitrends will say anything at all to make a sale. They would tell a customer that the backup appliances could wash your car to make a sale. There is no 401k Match. The list goes on and on.

5.0
Apr 11, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Unitrends has a good problem-space in which to work, and enough challenges to keep things interesting. The company has a great strategic model with a lot of future potential; visionary leadership with ambitious goals; training and development opportunity. Leadership is always watching trends to ensure that Unitrends stays relevant and aligned with customers needs. Vision of the company is exciting and enabling. Unitrends has recently hired talented people who are smart enough to push you and challenge you, but also fun to work with. The benefits and work/life balance are fantastic especially the paid-time off program, 401K match and insurance coverage's with medical, life, dental, vision, disability and cancer.

Cons

Changes and lack of communication can make people a little frustrated. Communicate more and replace management who can't handle the job.

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