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
5.0
Jul 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They do thoughtful events throughout the year. The CEO has been known to surprise us with additional days off. Supervisors are nice as well as management. The company is growing and that is job security at its finest. Upper management of support is extremely personable and never makes you feel beneath them. They have gone out of their way to allow me to balance personal and career with understanding and patience. Applied employees are nice. I've met a lot of intelligent and very nice people that I will forever be friends with. Great company.

Cons

Every job has issues in one way or another, and of course Applied would be no different. However, it's the manner in which they address the issues that I respect. There is nothing I can say that is bad. I'm fortunate to be an employee especially with all our eggs in one basket.

1.0
Jul 1, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Coffee Soft Drinks Absolutely nothing else. 20 word minimum

Cons

- Poor Management. One person from the senior management, worst I've ever seen. No sense of direction. - The lies stretch so much he has trouble keeping up with them. - Loves listening to himself talk. - Puts words in peoples mouths, just like how he puts artificial facts in his head. - Always making excuses like a child. - Yelling/insulting at other employees nearly everyday in person or on phone. - Talks poorly about everyone. - Very unprofessional. - Extreme micromanagement. - Makes the environment extremely unstable. - The actual company had their annual meeting and told everyone to write positive ratings on Glassdoor because it was rated so low. - Poor 401k match - Poor medical - Low salaries. - Long commute.

4.0
Jul 1, 2015

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Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I'm writing this because I think it is unfair to criticize the CEO for drawing attention to our Glassdoor rating. He encouraged everyone to write a review but his only comments were to be honest. What's wrong with that? So employees that are happy came on here and said how they felt and obviously employees that are very unhappy came on here to post as well. - transparency- regular company meetings discussing the goals and vision and success of the company - lots of surprise employee programs and "events": we now have a paid day for birthday, employee bbq, free bagels every Tuesday, end of year party, other various treat days, art program, etc - I find the benefits package average to good. I've had worse, I've had better. Paid time off is below avg for Canadian employees who are used to getting more paid vacation upon hire (we get 2 weeks) - there are a lot of good people who work here and there is a lot of depth in experience - there are many educational opportunities for those interested...just don't expect a pay increase as a result

Cons

-pay, at least for non-execs, is below average - they consider a lot of "promotions" lateral and don't award a pay increase - HR is pretty disappointing...not especially helpful, nor personable and my few friends that have needed assistance due to issues were basically told that they were at fault. - middle management is inconsistent. This means if you have one of the supervisors or managers that follow policies to a T, you may be disgruntled when you see others getting away with something that you cannot - those I know in Support feel underpaid and micromanaged. Many use Support as a stepping stone to get into the company and apply internally to transfer to other departments within a few years

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