Cook Systems reviews

4.3

99% would recommend to a friend

(90 total reviews)

Brad Weeks

91% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Cook Systems has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 90 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Cook Systems 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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90 reviews
2.0
Aug 25, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

8 week training course free, company laptop provided, although you will have to pay for travel/hotel if you are out of town. Coursework is very in depth and you will learn a lot. Co workers are very nice and friendly for the most part.

Cons

Management- very deceitful they made all the employees post fake reviews as you can tell. Always making false promises to the employees when you begin training they tell you "in 3 years you will be making 70k" knowing that very few people will still be there after the first year. Your starting salary will be absurdly low for a software developer (30k) and you will be promised raises but you will be ignored when it comes time for those raises. Also be prepared to move anywhere across the country once you complete the training. Management only cares about billing hours and NOTHING else. You will get less than 2 weeks of PTO per year, and management will manipulate you into not using your pto days so they can get more billable hours out of you.

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Cook Systems Response
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We are glad to hear you had some positive takeaways from your experience, but are disappointed that you didn't have a great one overall. Much has changed since your review, but critical feedback helps us to improve. Thanks again for taking the time to review us!
1.0
Aug 18, 2015

It's a Sham

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-"Free" training that's legitimately in-depth -Provided hardware/infrastructure (laptops, etc.) isn't cheap -Free accommodations during training -Generally friendly staff

Cons

-A complete "fend-for-yourself" affair if you are cut from the training early with no opportunities for other positions within the company -Unpaid training, must pay for flight yourself if necessary; you're not even considered an employee until you've completed their training -Training not meant for those without prior experience, DESPITE heavily assuring those without said experience could actually survive the curriculum -Cheap accommodations; force you to pair with a roommate, for better or (most of the time) worse even if you were checked-in solo/had a roommate that left the program -No organization and misleading practices -Incredibly low starting salaries for this field in IT--we're talking about 40K or so lower than the industry average Like another post pointed out, look at all of the fraudulent "reviews" posted within the same day. This is a relatively unknown, low-key corporation despite their claims for "success" of their Fasttrack'd program. Be smart and seek a reputable company with resources, quality training with pay (reduced or otherwise), and a better head on its shoulders in terms of vision, structure, and overall organization.

3.0
Jun 19, 2015

Be Smart

Recommend
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Pros

A good place for recruits. The Java fasttrack training program is very good, comprehensive and effective, though you have to work hard on it. The supervisor is very considerate and friendly. He gave sincere suggestions and help to the students careers.

Cons

Management is.. not well organized. The recruiter/managers care only the money they eat from the employees who have assignments with clients, and they eat a lot. Some of them are very crafty, so stay smart. Good and average employees get the same pay. Some assignments are bad, but they don't consider for the employees, just push. They even eat the PTOs..

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