Absorb Software reviews

4.3

86% would recommend to a friend

(258 total reviews)
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Kimberly Williams

91% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

Absorb Software has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 258 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Absorb Software 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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258 reviews
1.0
Mar 18, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Some nice people, good pay check. The (used-to-be) 7 h working day/ 35 h working week was nice. CEO is a nice guy.

Cons

Diversity is an issue at the company. Racism seems to have the upper hand among a lot of people. White people will ALWAYS have the priority over others when promotions are considered, regardless of experience or competences. Some people just cannot help it and that is a fact. The number of non-white people who are in a top managerial role is... ZERO (NONE). The number of non-white people who are leading teams is one out of at least 12 teams and that one leads a crappy project that no one wants to lead. I've seen people leaving the company cause they did not get their chance simply because of their skin colour. Unfortunately, upper management does not recognize that all employees what keeps the company running and money coming in, and yet they're completely unsympathetic to the toxic work environment they've created. Some team leaders are better managers of the work than senior managers, which results in big variations in team cultures from one project to another. There is absolutely no room to voice concerns and anyone who does speak up or dares to have an opinion is labeled difficult and promptly targeted/pushed out. For a lot of people, no room for growth, lay-offs last year were unexpected. The senior management is disconnected from the other company and are especially dismissive of concerns. Neither of them deign to interact with anyone below their level, and internal communications from them are shameful and gross.

2.0
Jan 5, 2021

Despicable

Recommend
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Pros

2019 Christmas party was impressive. Snacks, pre-covid. Some cool people.

Cons

Absorb made unnecessary lay offs that crippled teams across the org, cut employee salaries/hours/bonuses, froze wages and lowered benefits while crying the Covid card all year as their excuse. On their website they broadcasted lies to customers that they were not impacted by Covid, while expecting employees to deal with increased workload with lower pay/workforce. Despite this, promotions were granted to higher ups, and executives brag about breaking sales records and being an entire quarter ahead of target since Covid made the industry boom. Nepotism is RIDICULOUS in this company. They formed an inclusion committee that required an application, and the obvious favourites made the cut. The inclusion committee doesn't even have proper representation across different demographics, so don't bother asking about diversity across Management. Senior Management preaches transparency and an open door policy, but will punish those who use it (Good talent was laid off at the start of Covid, and I would bet money they were the few willing to speak out). Makes promises to clients that they don't have the resources to maintain, yet expect the org to somehow deliver. On the flip side, will constantly makes promises to employees they won't keep, and provides poor lies that further insults them by thinking they can't see through the dishonesty.

1.0
Dec 23, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Most of middle management and lower colleagues were great. Really kind and caring. Good benefits package. Company was growing, seemed like there were opportunities for some.

Cons

The outcome of the diversity effort was that it got whiter. The directors with the worst track records for diversity were given promotions during a company wide hiring freeze. With two exception, everyone in a leadership role is white. If you look like me, you have no future at Absorb.

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