If you're not ready to drink the bitter koolaid - this isn't the place for you - Anonymous employee AspenTech Employee Review

1.0
Feb 4, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The pay rate for certain levels of jobs are quite good - even ahead of the norm - which is great.

Cons

The pay rate for lower level jobs are very low - the compensation gap between entry or lower level jobs and mid management or professional is too wide. They run the organization with archaic principles. They don't trust anyone in their organization - they don't value people as professionals. They preach that they are open to making changes to improve employee morale - but it's all talk and no action. Many executives lead by shaming their employees - no positive reinforcement - but tons of negative tongue lashings. There's no internal growth if you are interested in working in other organizations - because each organization will sabotage any efforts to "take" a good employee; even despite the employee's fit for the position, and desire for the change.

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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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