Average Employer - Typical Pitfalls - Anonymous employee AspenTech Employee Review

3.0
Oct 28, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Excellent facilities - Opportunity for advancement if ambitious enough - Job security (difficult to be let go, see cons for more info) - 3 weeks vacation starting for new hires - Talented R&D and technical departments

Cons

- Managers lacking in management skills (lack of 'working' managers creates disconnects between management and employees). - HR keeps under-performing individuals and 'dead weight' far too long. It's virtually impossible to be let go at this company creating heavier workloads for the few quality employees. - Management plays favorites which undermines the company's desire for employees to take initiatives to better the company. Ideas and process improvements from others not in 'the favorite few' circle are let to slip by the wayside. - Work/life balance is non-existent. Operating a global company has it's demands, yet staffing is so bare-bones that there is zero work/life balance. - Poor pay for positions when compared to other employers in the greater Boston area (Engineer positions are competitive, but business positions are severely lacking).

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Cons

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Pros

Good products with large customer base. Product development is innovative and willing to work directly with customers. Base pay for sales reps is improving after the acquisition by Emerson Electric. The Emerson Electric acquisition is received positively by the customers. Internal training is good and readily available. Collaboration between the various departments is excellent.

Cons

New management is focused on running the sales organization by spreadsheet metrics vs. obtaining and improving customer relationships. Product pricing and sales approval processes are very complex. Customers are seen as captives and when they request reasonable changes to their contract, they are often denied if there is not significant revenue growth (results in bad relationships). Sales management is spending more time in internal meetings than with customers and their reps.

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