Okay as a stepping stone. Not the best for the long-term unless you are willing to settle. - Software Developer Applied Systems Employee Review

3.0
Apr 1, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people that stick around here are mostly good people. I call some of my favorites actual friends. They enjoy coding by their quiet selves or enjoy helping people over the phone. Management can be nice, depending on what team you land in when you start or get moved around. The office is large and nice, and has an atrium they use to offer a few perks.

Cons

Upper management is turning into a clown car of corporate drones. They can't help it; it's their natural way. But they are starting to get top-heavy, and really only care about growing. Our regular meetings are filled with charts showing how much money they are making and what companies we are buying out, but that doesn't mean it will end up in our pockets. Instead, they just spend it on more executives and on their precious corporate image. We have a lot of offices now, but wages are barely fair. They almost are equal in each office, but living costs in those respective areas are greatly different. This should be a factor when deciding wages. That's a simple fact that's over-looked from what I've heard from employees in the remote/smaller offices.

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5.0
Dec 4, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good place to work. Feel cared for and can do my work well

Cons

Has the issues all well established companies end up having

1.0
Jun 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Appears ot be an innovative company from the outside. Lots of access to customers and research. Strong upper management push for new tech initiatives. New CEO might clean it up.

Cons

There is a hierarchy of UX designers with titles that separate them in skills and respect in the org. I was not allowed to really contribute or engage and was actively silenced because of my title as SR. I was not a Lead and Principles UX designer. I was shocked. Leadership appears disengaged with designers at EZLynx division, with a major transition happening at the top. The product team holds disproportionate control over UX decisions, including managing UX staff directly. The UX org has 5 hierarchical tiers UX including UX management, which creates significant bottlenecks. I came in with 15 years of experience and after two months - I was unable to do my job because of the harassment from a fellow designer. I found the environment hostile to UX professionals. After filing an HR complaint about harassment isolation, public claims that I did not know how to do my job. I was fire the next day in retaliation. They are being investigated. Not recommended for experienced UX practitioners who are looking to the future of AI and UX design as a step toward future software development.

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