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3.1

43% would recommend to a friend

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Andres Angelani

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2.0
Jul 10, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

- coworkers are smart and friendly - Romanian management supportive and sympathetic - lots of growth opportunities if you land in the right project - some clients give equal control for product development and vision (i.e. client strategic partnership) - financial assistance for participation at tech conferences

Cons

- lost competitive edge some years ago, from boasting of being "employer of choice" to "employer of no choice" - constant turn-over, no desire/solution for retention of competent engineers resulting of a growing sea of mediocrity - some clients just want staff augmentation (you'll be despised by the client's Dev team and treated badly) - limited growth if you land in the wrong project - promotions are not based on merit but on billing for the client - US management and leadership competence is questionable, with dubious ideas (i.e. fluid workforce, war on free candy) - every year we get a new "CTO" who nobody knows what this person does

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Thank you for your feedback. We are committed to making 3Pillar Global a place that fosters development and growth both for our employees and our clients. One of the things that drives this is becoming strategic partners for our clients. To achieve it we promote “product mindset” as a core component in our working culture. We realize that getting to the strategic stage is usually a journey. Not all client relationships are there yet, and we are highly appreciative of our teams for the continuous and consistent effort to get us there. Change has indeed been a strong tide in our decisions during the past years, whether these have been changes at management level, restructuring teams or the launch of new company strategies - they all have been designed to help navigate us through to the next stage in scaling our business. While we do gather from your feedback that sometimes this can look and feel inconsistent, this can teach us that we need to create more transparency, more iterative communication and more attention to individual heads up and reviews in terms of employee and company well-being. We would really appreciate it if you reached out so we can further discuss all the points addressed and tackle them directly, especially because you are still giving us the credit to work with us.
1.0
Jan 17, 2018

Struggle Bus to Failure Town

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The Romania team is what makes this company work. Work life balance is great. It's a lifestyle company. You get to work from home a lot and workdays are short, which means things get done slowly because no one is around. The Fairfax office can be a ghost town and I rarely saw collaboration take place, except for maybe around the foosball table.

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Leadership: Amateur executives are all new to the company, making rookie decisions and throwing each other under the (struggle) bus. They are soft. If you look hard enough you can read through their phony act. The leadership dynamic is unhealthy and they cannot be trusted. You should question why they’ve had 100% executive turnover in the last 18 months. Company Performance: The company is struggling, which has caused so much unrest - people are jumping ship or being asked to leave. The inexperienced CEO is thrashing out and has made reckless decisions in order to keep the company from sinking. He is prone to acting before he thinks through repercussions fully. The CULT(ure): Mediocrity is celebrated. They do average work and it's accepted as Minimum Viable Product. They encourage failure and freely own and apologize for their mistakes – calling it “smart failure”. The catholic cult(ure) undertones how business decisions get made based on ultra right wing, pro-life, conservative religious values, regardless of financial impact. The dysfunction abounds. They tout Agility, Innovation and Integrity as CULT(ure) values. Here is what that looks like: Agility: they like to experiment a lot. Trouble is they are constantly experimenting with new organizational structures. It’s as if they think people are disposable, regardless of impact on careers and livelihoods. They are addicted to agility so much that they don't allow enough time to see if the last change worked. Be prepared to work in a schizophrenic constant state of chaos. Innovation: Real innovation is not taking place. The product mindset and design thinking are not new concepts. They use post-it's for brainstorming. (Slow clap) Integrity: They claim integrity but most are just faking happiness and talking behind each other's backs. The CEO preaches sermons about integrity, but he is not loyal to his team, unless you are in his inner catholic circle. They don't have policies, which makes it easier for them to play favorites, politics and operate inconsistently. They will coax you into believing you can share thoughts transparently and say what you really believe, but be careful with your words because they hang on every one as if it was gospel. If they had a strong sense of integrity, they wouldn't have invested the equivalent of a person’s annual salary to have an executive offsite retreat at a 4 star resort during the same period of time as they were having layoffs.

1.0
Oct 31, 2017

Not a good place for advanced product people

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Their pay is good and they offer flexible work schedule. It is a good place for beginner level people to gain some experience.

Cons

They still work at very basic level of product management. Their leaders only repeat from beginner level books about agile and lean.

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