Bullying culture, sinking ship, poor managers on all levels. - Software Engineer Cirium Employee Review

1.0
Feb 13, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Good vacation time, maternity and paternity leave, ok 401k match, benefits just ok.

Cons

Management is suffocating. They preach agile but do not even know themselves what agile is and yell at people trying to promote agile or otherwise block their efforts to be agile. Some managers have no idea how to handle employee conflict and blame and punish the wrong people or blow a small conflict out of proportion or, take a big conflict that is dragging down the team and don't handle it at all. Some managers are still a big part of day to day activities, micromanage and ruining employee morale. I have worked at a lot of places and this one has to be one of the worst cultures I have ever seen. It is very dysfunctional. The different teams do not effectively communucate causing alot of issues that could be easily prevented with proper processes. Management claims they are open to feedback, but don't bother, they don't want to hear it, if you try they yell at you. They say they value your professional growth, but that is impossible here, no growth opportunities and no direction either from managers. If you are in software QA, definitely stay away, testers are seen as not even existing and developers are held to a higher standard above and beyond anything I have ever seen at any other place I have worked at, even when developers are wrong ( and I am not a tester, I am a developer saying this, I have seen QA get alot of abuse here). Management is driving away their best strongest people and killing morale. Besides all this, its simply a sinking ship. They deal with the airline industry which is falling apart and not expected to be back for a long time. If you are desperate for a job, then take it and start looking again. If you have a job, my advice. Do not come here!

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Cirium Response
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Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. Firstly, it’s great to hear you commend the annual leave and benefits at Cirium. Secondly, we appreciate you raising your concerns about Cirium. We certainly do not tolerate bullying and we have policies in place to address such issues. We wish you had raised these concerns during your employment and if you would like to discuss this in more detail, please contact our HR department at hilary.beck@lexisnexisrisk.com. In regard to your feedback on management and effective collaboration. Our aim is for Cirium to be a collaborative culture that embraces team work and knowledge-sharing. We do believe that everyone has a voice and people should be empowered to do their best work. We also advocate for career development and it’s our aim to invest in the talent we have. We appreciate the comments and advice you have provided in regard to this and we will address these internally at our business reviews. If you do want to disclose more details to help us understand your experience, please contact hilary.beck@lexisnexisrisk.com.

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