Pros
Apparatus used to be a great company to work for - one of the best in the area. The culture was innovative, welcoming, hard working, and supportive. Numerous perks such as a free clinic, on-site fitness, subsidized lunches, and company parties were offered. There was lots of flexibility to move to different positions and grow professionally. Post-acquisition the benefits are still decent. Still a decent starting point for entry-level hires.
Cons
Company was acquired by Virtusa (Indian outsourcing company) in mid-2015. Top talent left or is in process of leaving, and the layoffs started around Christmas 2016. More layoffs are likely to come due to poor planning, lack of sales pipeline, and shifting direction as directed by Virtusa. The new parent company has a foreign work culture, treats employees horribly, and operates with no vision other than quarterly financial results. Top sales staff and pre-sales engineers were laid off, leaving inexperienced and incapable sales staff, who only pitch "bargain bin" level projects. No resources spent on winning big direct clients, focus is shifting into "channel business", where Apparatus is a subcontractor bidding on the lowest cost. There is no clear direction for the business unit, and whatever information is shared from the management appears to change weekly. Recent changes and the bleak outlook, as well as terrible handling of the changes and communication to the employees created a real morale crisis.
