Worst Company Culture I Could Imagine, Revolving Door of New Hires - Anonymous employee AspenTech Employee Review

1.0
Jan 9, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Competitive Pay Really smart business strategies Hire good people, accomplished and driven.

Cons

Terrible Culture Poor employee retention Inefficient Customers hate the company (this is a problem for competitive markets, MSC etc.) The company policy is shaped by the sins of the past so much so that many groups have near total inability to function. Revenue, Legal and Accounting policy strongly color field operations. There is a complete lack of trust, fear is the most common motivator employed by middle management across groups.

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Pros

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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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