Horrible - Systems Engineer Circana Employee Review

1.0
Jul 14, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flex Time Off and a paycheck in a terrible job market

Cons

I'm pretty sure every 5 star review they have is fake or current employees trying to boost the appearance of the company. In all of my time there, since the merger i haven't heard a single person talk about how happy they are with their job or the company as a whole. I've never worked for such a poorly managed company. They'll lay off dozens of employees with no backfill, and then yell at the remaining employees for not keeping up with the workload. They'll call you on weekends, vacations, nights, etc because only a few people know the systems anymore after each round of layoffs. And then they'll contact terminated employees to ask about the systems they left behind. Higher ups literally don't know what their engineers do on a daily basis, it's basically "make it work and we're happy to ignore you completely and allow you the grace of having a job but if there's a hiccup then you're going to be laid off without warning next quarter." There is no company culture, no matter how much they try to make it seem like there is one on the "town halls" every few months. Nobody wants to watch you dance to disco music on a Zoom call with a fake smile on your face before a webinar when they're all worried about getting fired every waking minute. People sign on, are miserable all day, get overworked, and sign off. It is not a "cameras on" culture so you just talk to initials or icons all day, and its incredibly depressing. There's no clear direction for the company, it seems like employees are on a stationary bicycle being whipped because they aren't moving forward. Salary discrepancy is insane within teams. If this company isn't dissolved or sold off by H&F within 5 years I'll be astounded.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

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Cons

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