Accela, Inc. reviews

Where to begin? (1) Management, or lack there of. 4th CEO in 5 years. Speaks volumes. (2) Company policies and procedures which are rigid and inflexible in the face of common sense. Employees cling to these idiotic policies just to cover their own rear ends. (3) Finances. How do you not pay employees their paychecks, commission checks and pay vendors? Inept financial policies and management. Imagine depending on a check to pay your own personal bills, when the company sends an email THE DAY BEFORE YOU EXPECT IT, to let you know it will be delayed 60 days. The day before. Now imagine they do this not once, but 5x in 4 years. That's complete disrespect and disregard for it's own employees. (4) Morale. None. Non existent. Multiple layoffs over multiple years have every employee on edge at all times. Critical thinking has become a company of sheep and monkeys too afraid to work, that just plod thru the day trying to keep their heads down. (5) Technology. Old. Outdated. Their prime competitor in the industry is far superior to their overpriced product lines. (6) Response time. Whether it's the HR department, sales, customer service or management...sending an email to an Accela employee might as well be just printed and put in a garbage can. Accela employees don't even respond to each other, let alone vendors and prospects. Culture of laziness, ineptitude and blatant disregard of effort. My manager once went three weeks without calling, emailing or contacting me, despite my repeated emails and voicemails. Utter absurdity.

Well, after giving their new C levels million dollar bonuses while ignoring their hard working staff, the new millionaire CEO is out the door. Which millionaire is next? It's a sad state of affairs. The software was built in China and but the now former CEO ended that contract. They're now looking in Ireland. Why? Because they try and compete with the big boys in San Francisco but simply can't. Innovation is pushed aside every day at this company. The best people have left. This is a zombie company at this point. The technology is over a decade old, and still uses silverlight! Honestly, there is no consideration for innovation here. It takes YEARS to get anywhere and then they take credit for your work and recycle it, without giving you credit.