Aquilent reviews

3.2

51% would recommend to a friend

(77 total reviews)
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David Fout

60% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Aquilent has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 77 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Aquilent employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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77 reviews
5.0
Aug 21, 2012

Senior Business Consultant

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Co-workers, HR team, ethical company, culture, benefits, track record of success. I was actually compelled to write a review because my experience has not at all reflected some of the other reviews on this site. The environment / culture may not for everyone. I find it very rewarding to work with such smart, driven and helpful people.

Cons

Need for better communication throughout the company

1.0
Aug 14, 2012
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Pros

Over the three years that I was an employee the salary was great along with bonus...

Cons

Once management found out I was looking around... they basically tried to be-rate me by reporting to consultant which was someone below my pay raise. What was the worst was that when the consultant did my appraisal (which he had never done with anyone else) he said he had put in the review that I had done a fantastic job during that year. The management told him to reduce the grading and they added false information to make sure I did not get a bonus the final year - while I had brought in over a million dollars in new business while working with this consultant at another location... not good

1.0
Aug 6, 2012
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Pros

The HR team was very professional despite a very lengthy hiring process. They make you feel very welcome at first and everything was set up and ready for work on my first day. Good pay and benefits.

Cons

Where do I start? Unfortunately after a couple weeks the honeymoon was over. Little did I know I was hired before there was any work for me to do. Sounds like a dream for some but after a couple of weeks of absolutely nothing to do except read their web site and internal docs I began to worry. I offered many times to help out with tasks that weren't even what I was hired to do as I'm a team player. My Account Manager began to act as if it were my fault and I was a burden to him as the projects they had anticipated were not coming to fruition. Not exactly a smart way to run a company and then to treat the new hire like they are a problem when you don't have work for them to do. I've been on that side of the fence at another company and we didn't do that to our new hires, nor did we hire without projects lined up....I left a much more reputable and larger company that I had been with for a long time to come here and quite honestly absolutely regret it. Their office is located in a very undesirable area, read between the lines, and despite being told I would be onsite at a client location I was not because they never had the project in the first place. Please reference the other review about liars. You win some and loose some in life and this was a definite loss. Also, their are many disgruntled employees there who create a toxic work environment. I did meet a few solid and sharp people and best of luck to them. I honestly can't see how this place was on a list for top places to work and the Washington Business Journal needs to do better research if so.

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