Aquilent reviews

If you notice that my "Pros" had nothing to do with my position, there's a reason for that. The issue with Aquilent is that there are Sr. managers who think they are technical who don't know how the products they commit to the customer works. A previous review stated that the company does not know how to say "no" to the customer is an understatement. Aquilent will waste resources to accomplish the customers goal even if it doesn't make sense. Beware of the people that current Aquilent employees claim as "Very Smart". I have had a run in or two with these people and I will say "Not the sharpest tools in the toolbox". The people referenced are in higher positions which means if you are in a technical role, your opinion will not count. if they tell you that they value all opinions, then assume they are misleading you (how would you determine if they were misleading you?). If you want to understand the company and how they operate, ask HR about the turnover rate that many people have stated here in reviews, and ask why. Also, in your interview ask any of the technical people to explain their process for development (how do you deploy code, what tools do you use and if they are currently incorporated into the environment) or just simple tests. Understand (fully) what your daily tasks are and what you are committing to when you get an offer. If interviewers can't explain to you what your daily activities are like, then ask to speak to a person that deals with the day-to-day. As a manager, there should be a vision of what your plan for your group for the next 6 months. If you get a technical interview, ask your potential manager "How do you see your group in the next 6 months", "How many people do you have on your team", "What has your group accomplished in the last 6 months" and if you don't like the answers to these questions dig a little more until you get satisfied/unsatisfied answers. I wish I had a review like this which would have prevented me from accepting the position. My assumptions is that most people that have been at Aquilent 5+ years that they have just accepted doing just the minimum amount of work and get paid a decent salary (they have accepted the foolishness). Lastly, if your gut tells you that the people in front of you are misleading......STAY AWAY or you will regret it and will be writing your story on glassdoor as well. Don't let the "Best company to work" title make you feel that the environment is different.

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.