Cubic acquired GATR and things have gone downhill ever since... - Anonymous employee Cubic Employee Review

2.0
Feb 26, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Great employees (locally) - Lots of employee engagement activities/lunches/events - Easy hiring process (when they aren't on a hiring freeze) - Very helpful HR (the onboarding process was very thorough, and he even gave me a building tour, then helped me get logged into my computer which was set up by IT and ready to go on day 1 - all of which was very different from my previous employer)

Cons

- Constantly changing the programs we are expected to use, and we are rarely or never consulted about whether we think they are good/better than our current systems, but rather Cubic forces them down our throats from Senior management down - We keep acquiring new small companies to help "grow our business" but then they lay people off because we aren't doing well financially that particular week. Clearly they are more worried about making the acquisitions than keeping their employees. We might have a meeting with Senior Leaders who will tell us how well our business unit is doing, only to hear later that week that we are getting rid of people to cut costs. - Extreme lack of direction. We are told today that THIS is priority and needs to be completed ASAP, only to be told tomorrow to hold on that and now lets prioritize something else. Makes it hard to commit to any single project and give it your all. - Lots of employees feel trapped in their current job/role and feel there is no real room for growth or advancement - Benefits used to be great, but have continued getting more expensive and less coverage - Pay is pretty good if you're an engineer, otherwise don't expect much

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In the end, my loyalty seemed to not be valued. My hard work showed and I met deadlines before the due date. Only called in sick when actually sick, and hardly took time off. The thing that bothered me the most was the way they laid me off. Group Teams video meeting, but the person giving us the news was not on video. Just a black screen, telling you that was your last day and that after that meeting your access will be cut off. And it was. I almost felt like an email would've been better than that black screen. That is really the only time I felt bad about the way things went. I know corporate life brings in the usual fiscal year layoffs, but it just felt wrong the way it was done, in my opinion.

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