Edaptive Computing reviews about "upper management"

*I asterixed the guys because there are 0 women who work here that are not family of the CEO. I think it is pretty difficult to reach 55 people without a single female employee. Rumor has it, they will bring in women for interviews every couple of months just to say they tried, but in all reality they don't want women for who knows why. "distractions" I don't know. -Pro and con, majority of people will be hired within a week of contact. This is good if you are desperate for a job, which most people are when the reach this company. I think they recruit people who have been down on their luck so they can get them for a steal. They rush the contract process because they don't want to negotiate. Ask for a copy of the contract prior to making a verbal commitment, you probably will not receive it. Everyone here is under paid, and they want to catch you off guard so they can get you for a bargain as well. -leads me to a point about money. The administration is the largest set of penny pinchers I've ever met. Look around and you will see many examples of it. Furniture is from Ikea, Chewy Granola bars are rationed in the break room, coffee has a cover charge per cup, and a recent happening, a company picnic happened during office hours. We were told to make up the time for when we were at the park because it was going to last longer than our normal lunch hour. Also, lunch is not paid. 40 hour work week, 45 if you take an hour lunch every day. -Be 100% clear in any negotiating you do if you choose to get hired on (not recommended). I have heard people asking about getting more education and they will say "we support you getting your masters" and by support they mean they wont stop you from getting it, not that they would support you financially. Heaven forbid they invest in their workers. -But they do highly care about their personal "company" resume to sell themselves for more contracts. But the badges they are trying to put onto their website and proposals are just for show. I hear they have full intentions of not following up with processes once the whole company becomes "certified" with various programs, and just faking data every year after to maintain their certification. -Overhead: Anyone who becomes a Senior level/ Project Manager/ Supervisor will be micromanaged. Its how upper management works. Also I hear they don't give adequate time for any task which use overhead hours. Again, to cut back costs. If you are not willing to put money into the foundation of your company, you probably are not planning of being around long. -The handbook is dated for 2007, and is terribly written. This allows for management to make up the final ruling based on the situation and their opinion of you. Hardly any of it even is relevant any more. It references people who no longer work here and forms which no longer exist. They say you are going to get a 90 day review, but as with all policies, this can come at 60, 90, 6 months or even never. I have found that you only get called into a meeting if they found something and are going to ream you a new one so they can justify your lack luster salary. There is never any praise, if you are not getting attention, then you are doing well. Otherwise you are feeling wraith. (these statements are for upper management only, you direct supervisor will work with your and mentor you. Either that or this is the best game of good cop bad cop I've ever seen. I'm sorry if you are applying for an overhead position, aka non-developer) -Benefits are lackluster.

1. The pay is mediocre for starting developers and there is zero salary negotiation. When I tried to negotiate I was told I would be "disqualified" from the position. At that time I already put a good amount of time in as an intern 2. Upper management (one person in particular, look above) 3. Disorganized. There is no structure to the teams of the projects I worked on. Everyone was a full stack developer and there was a tech lead and that was about it. Planning and peer reviewing was a long and painful process. 4. Very low potential to grow. There was a coworker I knew who was reasonably competent at his job and he was not given a significant raise or promotion in the years he has been working there. I also learned that his current salary at 3+ years is about the same as my salary was when I started there. 5. High retention rate, low employee satisfaction makes the office depressing 6. Very aggressive employee tracking and timekeeping. You're not supposed to leave the building without swiping your card. Why hire us if you don't trust us? 7. The office space was cramped 8. Benefits were not great. I got a <$100 dollar gift card as my yearly bonus 9. The office has a weird smell to it

There were occasional instances were workplace drama became an issue due to disgruntled employees who disagreed with the company's vision but over time those became easier to handle and tune out if necessary. I highly dislike workplace drama and believe that cohesion and mutual respect is the best way to be successful in both the small business world and large corporation world.

Upper management can be a little scary sometimes. You work for the local air force base, which may be a con I guess

Attrition is VERY high. A year ago there were only 30 employees here. Now, a year later there are 50-something. That's quite a bit of growth but one thing you need to be aware of that should set off lots of alarms is 11 people left the company in the last year as well. So, if you figure an average of 40 employees over the last year and 11 of them have left that's an attrition rate of over 25%. Even if you use the current number of 50-something employees that's still an attrition rate of nearly 20%. Why are so many people leaving. It's simple: 1. Tiny desks situated in a large room. The setup is highly distracting and far below the standards developers expect at similar companies. Cubicles would help immensely. 2. Pay is below average. Most of the people that have left are receiving 20% or more compensation and better benefits. 3. Upper management tells you they want you to come to them with any problems but they will blow anything way out of proportion and basically tell you that you're an idiot for even the smallest suggestion if they disagree with your point of view. So, on the surface they tell you they want you to come to them to address issues but in reality unless you're masochistic you quickly learn that it's better to just keep your mouth shut and go look for another job if you're unhappy. That's what 20% of the employees have done so far. If things continue as they are currently I expect that ratio to increase or at least stay the same. 4. When a coworker does leave they, for some reason, are not allowed to tell anyone they're leaving so if you get stuck working on what they left behind you have no chance to ask them questions. This is highly inefficient and when friends leave without being able to say goodbye it hurts company morale.