Avoid like the Plague - Operations AspenTech Employee Review

1.0
Dec 11, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

There were some nice people you work with but that’s about it

Cons

There is absolutely no work life balance. I was working 100+ hours a week and when this was brought to the attention of HR and Management they shrugged it off like it wasn’t true. Management doesn’t have a clue what is going on. They blame high turnover on passion projects and claim they have a culture that people are dying to come back to. The culture is nonexistent. The place was run like a zoo at most times. No one knew who to go to for help and processes were an mess. The high turnover rate can also be attributed to them paying about on average 15-20% below industry standards in salary. Don’t even come here if you can’t find a job. Bonuses are based on company performance but the company is so separated that you at no point can tell how the company as a whole is doing. The only bonus received in my time there was stocks that were only allotted to you if you stayed with the company for a significant amount of years moving forward. Because they know how high turnover is there they had to do something to try and incentives people to stay. But that “bonus” was still an embarrassingly small amount for all.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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