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EMA Design Automation reviews

2.9

49% would recommend to a friend

(31 total reviews)

Manny Marcano

56% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

EMA Design Automation has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 31 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The EMA Design Automation employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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31 reviews
1.0
Oct 6, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A paycheck for some period of time... There is really no other reason to be here.

Cons

The Management Team (husband and wife) are much more concerned about their friends internally than the negative effects on the balance of the employees. Moving forward, I think a list is simpler: 1) Impressively incompetent people are placed into important positions with no training, knowledge or a proper understanding of English (These people are native english speakers). I consider myself a professional and it was quite embarrassing in front of customers and business partners. 2) Selling software support to companies when they know there is little to no work being invested in the product. 3) Running inside sales like a sweatshop, monitoring all calls in and out of the building without a notice to the caller. 4) Ridiculous number expectations for salespeople, and you may or may not be paid. 5) When I was there, we didn't even receive commission statements, so we couldn't verify we were being paid properly 6) They try to retroactively negotiate compensation plans in a very heavy handed way. 7) They force their right wing political views on the entire organization, you absolutely cannot challenge this. Why is this even discussed in a work environment? 8) General employee morale is terrible, almost everyone is on the way to somewhere else. 9) Management acts like your pay is coming directly out of their wallet and you certainly dont deserve it. 10) Employees who are brought in from offshore and treated like indentured servants and will likely never get a green card. To me, they are treated like slaves and being taken advantage of. Overall, it is a haphazardly run kingdom, they don't value/respect their employees and they never will.

1.0
Dec 3, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The really only pro that I can think of is the paycheck. Oh, and the coffee. The coffee (which comes out of a machine that you pay for) is decent. Most of the technical staff are knowledgeable.

Cons

Management is an absolute joke. The only way to get ahead or promoted at this organization is to kiss more butt than you ever thought possible, be a "yes man," and constantly tell management and ownership how wonderful you think they are. The owners promote who they like, regardless of how terrible that person is at their job. If you need to take a day off, you're viewed as lazy and ungrateful, and you are not allowed to take any vacation or sick time for the first year. The ownership of the company is the most condescending couple I have ever encountered, personally or professionally. They will threaten you with your job on numerous occasions. You either agree with them 100%, or you can head for the door. Should you have any suggestions, keep them to yourself. You will be looked at as disloyal. I literally sat and watched people around me do absolutely nothing for eight hours, but the owners liked them, so they were never bothered. This company went from being the #1 business in Rochester in 2005 to being not even in the top 500 as of now. The owners make their personal and political views VERY well known, and should you feel otherwise, keep your mouth shut if you want another paycheck. I watched a person who was running their most profitable territory be fired for absolutely no reason other than the fact that the VP didn't like him. His numbers were great, he was well liked, and they just told him one day that they felt it best to part company, and then they denied his unemployment. That was a fun lawsuit to watch them lose. At any given time, this company has a couple different lawsuits pending against them. If you're in sales, you will have pretty much no idea what you're being paid or commissioned on. You won't get a well-defined or outlined plan, but rather just a paycheck at the end of the month with numbers that you will have no idea of where they came from. If you have ZERO other options, work here. Otherwise, accept literally ANY other offer you may have of employment elsewhere.

1.0
Mar 29, 2013

Overall a horrible place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There really aren't any, unless you consider a paycheck a pro.

Cons

- No vacation during 1st year of employment. - Cannot contribute to 401K during 1st year of employment. - Most everyone that works here is miserable, so it makes for a toxic work environment. - Vice President opens everyone's mail. You would think a VP of a company would have better things to do, but apparently not here. - To get days such as Christmas Eve off, you need to reach crazy sales goals. So you go the entire month of December not knowing if you will have Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve off. When you do reach the goal the owner has no issue telling the employees "how much money it costs him" to give you these days off with pay. - Management treats employees poorly, it is a very "Us vs. Them" type of environment. I would not recommend working here. It is a waste of your career to go your first year without being able to contribute to your retirement. Management treats employees like children. There really is nothing good to be said about this company.

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