Fire the CEO! - Anonymous employee Agilysys Employee Review

1.0
Nov 8, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

People at the individual collaborator and middle manager level (what's left of them)

Cons

I can join most of the other recent negative reviews here. The new CEO is completely focused on operational efficiency at any cost, and in the year that he's been here has: - given everyone a salary cut, via a modification to the bonus pool program that all but guarantees no bonus at the end of the year. This effectively makes compensation here below market level. - retains a large base salary, instead of chipping in on the operational efficiency idea and refusing the base (as the most stock option rich officers, CEOs don't really need salaries anyway) - forced heavy expansion of R&D into India. In fact, all of new hires are brought in over there, and most of them are junior level. This will spell disaster for product quality, innovation & motivation. - due to all of the above, caused huge outflow of best engineers and managers (apparently, I'm not alone in my critical assessment).

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The interview process was smooth, well-organized, and professionally conducted. I appreciated the timely updates after each stage. Overall, it was a positive and seamless experience.

Cons

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1.0
Apr 28, 2026
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Pros

People below the senior manager level are great to work with and are dedicated to customers.

Cons

Senior managers and above are political “yes men” to the CEO who frequently screams at people publicly and on Teams meetings and makes cutting, derisive comments regarding the work people do — even those that put in many hours on the company’s behalf. He frequently complains that he is the only one who is smart enough and dedicated enough to identify and solve problems. His vision is limited to an intense engineering focus, with the answer to every challenge being to “hire more engineers.” This has begun to hold the company back and is reflected in the dropping stock price.

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