I was a part of an acquisition and it was truly a horrible experience. We were told for months about how lucky we were to be a part of ECI. They shove this idea of the ideal work place down your throat and even have incentives surrounding good employment reviews. This company prides itself on earning awards and accolades related to being a great place to work. What is not known is that employees are strongly encouraged to positivley rate their work experience with ECI.
I worked for the acquired company for 15 years and held multiple positions. The company and the product was successful. Less than a year into the acquisition, my department was moved offshore and our positions were eliminated. There are still good people that work for this company but the upper management is out of touch. An average day is filled with pointless meetings where absolutely nothing gets decided. Up until the day I was told that my services would no longer be needed, I had not spoken once to any employee from ECI directly. There are unreasonable expectations set by management who openly admit that they do not understand or want to understand the scope of the project. This company sells multiple software packages and on more than one occasion, management has stated that they do not want to know how the software actually works. Better than that, they do not care. In turn, they propose unrealistic goals. They also eliminate industry experts in favor of a lower cost option. This compromises the integrity of the products they sell. While I have not experienced this directly, I have also heard that their customer support team is constantly admonished for taking time to actually help a customer.
I realize the point of manufacturing and sellling a product is to turn a profit and they do this successfully but at the cost of those that work for them.
