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3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

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John Carney

66% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

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5.0
Jun 3, 2015

Committed to Creating Remarkable Client Experiences

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Pros

Proven and continuing remarkable service and products to federal government clients. Passionate devotion to organizational improvement, developing employees, developing business, developing client relationships, and creating innovative designs and tools to accelerate performance in the federal government workplace. - Great at aligning corporate, client, and employee goals. - Honest organizational self assessment, communication, and continual improvement - Fascinating mix of clients and projects - ability to support Government missions that align with individual employee experience and passion - Leadership commitment to making Carney a great place to work and grow - Teamwork, teamwork, teamwork! Gifted program managers who do all the right things. - Opportunities to grow and develop at all levels: individual, team, program, corporate - Sensible mix of onsite, limited work from home, and remote team members - Very high trust among coworkers - Individual and team contributions matter - Corporate leadership committed to continual improvement

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Federal contracting is a tough business!

1.0
Jun 2, 2014

Lacking Everything!

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There is an elevator in the building

Cons

Working at Carney is like a bad High School memory full of uncertainty, immature behavior, distrust, and lack of respect for team members. You will be reminded constantly that everyone at Carney has an expiration date so the incentive to perform meaningful work and best practices is clouded at best. This is reinforced by the constant layoffs and riffs that typically are not justified. It is management's kneejerk reaction to never being able to complete a project on time or within budget and looking for a scapegoat. Perhaps if they sought the advice of their Program/Client Managers and technical staff when pursuing the work then they would have some success or if they joined this century and stopped forcing antiquated carney-built software on clients. The technical staff lacks training and I am sure that a Covey or Dale C. course is not going to provide them those particular skills. They are also given the unfair burden of worrying about how they will come up with their 40 hours - management's job? The functional leads spend more time telling you what you can't do instead of sitting down and actually listening to someone else's opinion. If you are successful at instituting your concept then get your box ready because you will be next on the list. Don't visit HR since it really is a wasted elevator trip and they probably already know and are working on your paperwork. The open environment (throw back to the 80s) does not work. How can you call that a collaborative environment when all you see are people's backs? Conversations best had behind closed doors are aired routinely.

3.0
Apr 7, 2014

They're still figuring it out

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Pros

Work with very talented individuals Flexibility to work around appointments or needed time off

Cons

Really poor management over the last few years has left the company floundering, led to a round of layoffs late last year, and a steady, high turn over since then - the good talent here has mostly left or is leaving Company touts itself as tech-forward but management discourages telework in practice despite claiming not to and doesn't leverage existing technology because it would rather make its own in-house tools Almost no training infrastructure internally despite being a company that describes itself as a performance-enhancing expert; guess it's a case of the doctor's children Can't seem to streamline its production process to be more efficient and competitive

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We have had management changes, but not unlike many firms. The current management team is poised to lead Carney in a very positive and successful direction. The positive momentum is obvious every single day. The team works collaboratively together and has a unified vision of where we are headed. We did unfortunately lose some employees, but our current employees are extremely talented - across the board. We are currently looking to add to our ranks. One of the areas where we are hiring is HR to specifically focus on employee development as this is an area where we want to excel. We do offer development opportunities, but employees are expected to play an active part in taking advantage of these opportunities. As for telework, we openly discourage it so there should be no confusion. We do have some teleworkers, but these are primarily people who have worked here for many years and due to personal reasons had to move away from the Northern Virginia area. In many cases where this happens, we do look to create a telework opportunity. In terms of local employees, we believe strongly that having people work in-person, side-by-side creates the best opportunity for us to create incredible value for our clients. As we begin to integrate video conferencing capabilities for each employee, expand our technology infrastructure, and pursue business opportunities outside of the Northern Virginia area, we will likely have more and more teleworkers in the future, but for now on-site people working closely together is important to what we are building. I encourage this person to provide this and other specific feedback to their manager or HR so we can make Carney an incredible place to work. Anyone with questions can email Carney HR at hr@teamcarney.com.
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