Applied Systems reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(745 total reviews)
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71% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Applied Systems has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 745 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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745 reviews
1.0
May 28, 2013

Time to Make the Donuts

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Friendships with co-workers can be made through mutual suffering. Some work days are slightly better than shoveling manure, but not many. FYI: shoveling manure may pay more and does not require any academic degree.

Cons

Low starting pay. Insulting raises on the rare occasion that raises are approved by the new CEO. Witch Hunts after negative anonymous employee surveys. Survivor-style, department-wide performance evaluations. Any position that doesn't qualify for a not-so-secret bonus, isn't a position you want. It's owned and operated by the notorious Bain Capital.

1.0
Dec 13, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Every Tuesday you get your choice of a free bagel. 2. Casual dress code. 3. In house cafeteria. 4. Co-workers are nice and friendly. I've made a lot of friends. 5. Occasional Company Mixers that allow you to drink and converse with Co-Workers.

Cons

1. If you're a creative, free-thinker, with amazing ideas you will not be heard. 2. The only way you'll get ahead is if you know someone. 3. Business as usual since the 80s. 4. A lot of work for minimal pay. 5. Raises are done on percentages. Don't expect getting big raises. 6. Don't expect nice work equipment. My chair is stained yellow from when people were still allowed to smoke in the office. The padding is so worn I constantly fear developing hemorrhoids from sitting in it all day.

1.0
May 22, 2014

Happily Gone

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-I gained a great deal of experience working in this position. -The team I worked on was like a second family, and I very much enjoyed the camaraderie.

Cons

-Even my supervisor didn't know what I did on a day to day basis. -The company threw around money on acquisitions and new VPs, but the average employee was not fairly compensated. The straw that broke the camel's back was when I had my first yearly review, and I was told I had only been working for 10 months and was ineligible for a raise because I was shy of being there for a year. This came after a glowing review, and I had already received a certificate signed by the CEO congratulating me on my first year. -The turnover was atrocious. In my first year, 50% of my team was turned over. To compound the matter, I was still treated like I didn't know what I was doing a year after I was hired. That being said, I was trusted to provide a significant amount of training to several new employees. The respect was so bad that my first supervisor was demoted and we were told that it was organic growth. -The infighting between departments is terrible. The project managers do not know much about data or technology, but have no problem demanding the impossible or impractical. The scope creep got so bad that any custom solution we provided to one client was expected of every project that followed. -The workload was very poorly managed. Some weeks I would be working on 3 or more projects while trying to provide help to the new hires, and other weeks I would be scrambling to find work.

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