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Computer Generated Solutions

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Not a bad place to work if you don't care for goals or climbing the corporate ladder - Senior Network Engineer Computer Generated Solutions Employee Review

1.0
Sep 7, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

No skills required, as long as you clock-in at 8:45am and clock-out at 6:00pm- you will maintain your job indefinitely, really. Only thing that kept me here for 2 years was the CIO (Rich Cannici) because he is the only person in upper-management that believes in work-life balance and valuing key employees who prove their worth.

Cons

CGS doesn't care about your skills (or lack of). There are persons who've been here for 7+ years and can't even perform the job CGS hires them for (ie. Lotus Notes admin, Informix admin) and yet they continue to collect a check. Also, if you want flexibility with work schedule or work-from-home benefits this place has a zero tolerance policy. If you're lucky enough to have an understanding manager then you can get compensation-time for working on weekends or off-hours, otherwise it's pretty much against company policy to work remotely. Dress-code is stuck in the 70s IBM days where you must wear a shirt and tie even during summer days. Absolutely no casual Fridays! Also, for better or worse, there are no annual reviews. Whatever your initial salary is, is what you'll leave with; even if you work your ass off and go beyond your job description, upper-management prefers to fire you and hire someone else if you ask for a raise. CEO has a superiority complex and believes anyone can be replaced regardless of skill, loyalty, or tenure.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

- Mandatory unpaid holidays (unless you have PTO available to cover them). - Pay is $16/hr, and increases only seem to happen when the state raises minimum wage. - Internal IT couldn’t fix broken taskbars for 8 months. - They reward employees with occasional pizza days and “National Apple Day” events instead of actual raises. - You have to wait for approval to take breaks/lunch, and there are days when you end up skipping breaks because of call volume. - No real growth opportunities: you’re basically stuck in an L1 role unless you leave the company. - Training lasts 5 weeks where you go through Dell powerpoints for about 2 weeks before “real training”. When we started taking calls, we didn’t know how to do about 80% of the work. - Health benefits only kick in after 90 days. - High turnover rate: my training wave started with 15 people, and we were down to 3 before I left. The same thing happened in other training waves as well. They seem willing to lose money hiring and retraining people instead of giving raises or investing in employee retention. - Some L2s are unprofessional, aggressive, and defensive. Conclusion: Please avoid this company at all costs.

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