Deltek reviews

Deltek’s senior management lacks substance. They are very nice people and make a solid first impression, but act powerless to fix many downstream issues. I believe this largely stems from hiring managers cherry picking applicants from previous working relationships. This is occurring across several teams and leads to a political and soft leadership methodology that ignores problematic employee behavior and talent gaps. The Marketing team has seen increasing turnover recently. I attribute this to the lack of equitable opportunities for career growth. Deltek is a fine place to work if your goal is to stay in the same role long term. Job openings are not communicated internally — and new hires often come in at higher seniority than existing employees doing the same work. Promotions and raises are rare, unless the person has a previous professional connection to the CMO or VP. There are ‘Specialists’ with more years of experience than some ‘Senior Managers’ for no rhyme or reason. After facing technology and process barriers (and being passed up for promotions and raises two years in a row), I found a new role that better serves my career and compensation goals.

Deltek produces chronically poor leadership. It's very effective at capping potential, so the best employees and leaders leave the company. It leaves a baseline of OK performers who sustain the company. There is little interest in innovating or making the products perform better. As a result none of the Deltek products are world class and are one disrupter away from irrelevance. Heavy bureaucracy that stifles productivity and produces of a culture of people doing the minimums daily.