Pros
Most of the good things are gone. Your immediate team will probably be people who are good people and enjoyable to work with. It ends there.
Cons
Agilysys is a toxic work environment now, thanks to the new CEO (Agilysys seems to have a revolving door at the CEO level). It’s a company in search of a mission that will make money, and it’s failing. The new CEO’s past as a C-level executive is sketchy at best, with short stints that ended suddenly—including three different CEO gigs in four years. He is, by his own admittance and bragging, a negative person. And that intense negativity is often focused at employees. His playbook is the same as he has used in previous CEO gigs. Cut costs. Multiple layoffs (first one or two at a time, then in waves). Demand that remaining people work around the clock (hey, because he does—which he reminds employees of often). Bring in his cronies from India to take top positions (and they are NOT the A-team of executives, by any stretch of the imagination). Open (almost immediately as a first order of business) a development center in his native India. Focus on and hire employees in India and not in the US. Limit or eliminate (by sketchy means, if necessary) employee bonuses and benefits—except, of course, for those executive cronies he brought along and for himself. Mr. Srinivasan’s compensation at Agilysys is well in excess of two million dollars per year. He’s also pushing an old software model of customized versions of base software, with customization paid for by the customer. That won't survive long in today's world. He’s basically pushed the company’s cloud vision aside. In addition to the layoffs, many (most?) people are leaving of their own accord. It’s obvious where the place is headed. Become a sweat shop that does as much work as possible in India and has as skeleton of a staff as possible in the US. Ignore employee morale and health. Move quickly to make a profit at all costs (on the backs of employees that will not be rewarded), even if the model will not last more than a year or so. Take the accolades and rewards for yourself and for your new executive cronies. Sell the company and reap the benefits from the stock rewards that only executives have. Read the Glassdoor reviews at Bally’s during his time as its CEO (17 months from January 2013 to May 2014), and you will see nearly identical things happened there. Salaries are average to below average. Other benefits are average to below average for the technology industry. There used to be good work-life balance, but that has changed and is getting worse at an exponentially accelerating rate under the new leadership. Avoid this place. It will suck your soul away.
