Applied Systems reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(747 total reviews)
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Taylor Rhodes

70% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Applied Systems has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 747 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Applied Systems employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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747 reviews
3.0
Nov 11, 2018

The Workload is Incredible

Anonymous employee
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Pros

So my title is, the workload is incredible. This can be literally taken both ways. In my department there is a wide range of work to be done and much of it is fairly enjoyable, with a few tasks so frustrating that slamming your fingers in a drawer would be less painful. But in general, the baseline work is ok. Your clients are generally very pleasant to work with and helping them get live with their products is rewarding. Depending on your manager, you may have a wonderful internal experience as well.

Cons

The con is, the workload is incredible. I'm talking about having hundreds and hundreds of accounts piling up, in addition to new sales needing their stuff RIGHT NOW, and product updates coming out so quickly you'd swear the last batch of new features came out only a month ago. They probably did! This means your supporting job workflows are quickly out of date, and you have no documentation on what to do, or updated documentation to hand out to your clients. The department I'm part of, and lets be honest, most departments at this company are vastly, vastly understaffed. It's a bad cycle, you may have 10 people but need 30 people. Those 10 people doing the work of several can't take it and leave. Repeatedly. You may receive emails every few months of all the people leaving. They want people to stay, naturally, but who wants to do the work of 2, or 3, or more people, all day, every day? Through your lunch, or even at night, and on weekends? And depending on your manager, you may not have a good time, at all. Might get told you should feel stressed, that the CEO himself doesn't want to hear about the departments terrible numbers, or blustered one way or another.

4.0
Nov 10, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Company culture is the best of any job I've had. Coworkers and managers are great! It's a very laid back atmosphere. Extremely casual dress code. Decent benefits. Generous paid time off. Ability to work from home sometimes. Pay is decent in my opinion...yes, you can make more if you are willing to commute to Chicago, but I personally am not.

Cons

As with any customer service job, there are some nice customers and some that really test your patience. Room for growth into other departments is there, but not for everyone. Those hired for Epic software support have ALOT more opportunities to grow than those who support the older softwares. Also, the amount of the 401K match is kind of a joke.

1.0
Oct 11, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Lower level, Support and non-management second floor employees care about evolving the products and customer service.

Cons

Lack of communication throughout entire company, poor management (Director) skills, failure to include employees with all the details or meetings pertinent to job.

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