Bad for Colorado - Network Engineer Flexential Employee Review

1.0
Aug 4, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

The BEST co-workers I have ever had the pleasure of spending time with. No shortage of challenging work.

Cons

Prior to being acquired by Peak10, ViaWest was wrought with politics one would only expect to find in larger companies. After the acquisition and subsequent transition to "Flexential," Colorado employees are quickly being sent to the chopping block. There is little regard for past knowledge, history or tenure when it comes to the North Carolina-Based management team. Their mission is to consolidate the base of operation to specific markets, without compassion. If you are considering going to work for Flexential, know there will never be a time when your value is considered essential to the organization, and the management team will do whatever they want to you at any time with complete disregard for your situation. This same statement applies to customer relationships, which are also being discarded due to changing product offerings. There is no cohesive business strategy. You will never get the same story twice.

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Flexential Response
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Thanks for leaving feedback. Since the combination of ViaWest and Peak 10, the company boasts dual HQ in both Charlotte and Denver and our executive team is a melded one - it's split almost exactly between the 2 sites! A coincidence but pretty nice that we have legacy leaders with deep heritage from both companies. This being said - the "new" team is working hard to embrace where we came from while forging a NEW, fresh path forward for our team. We did a full strategy session in the fall of 2017 with a cohesive roll out to managers in late fall to ensure all our employees were privy to a cohesive message and that the management team fully understood expectations and how their team can best support / engage around the objectives. Further, our All Hands meetings that are held at least quarterly are centered around the same written tenets within that plan. Finally, I hope that you received your written copy of the plan we distributed to every employee and new hire. It's important to us that you know what we are striving to do here and how you fit into our success as a company. When we rebranded as Flexential - we identified with a tagline of "The Power of People in a Technical World". We know our people define who we are and we act like it on a daily basis by investing back in their personal and professional growth. Whether that is supporting someone through dealing with an aging parent, seeing you through the adoption of a child, offering you unlimited PTO so you can support Hurricane efforts, we stand behind you. We're committed to your career growth as well by offering training, certifications and tuition reimbursement. We want you at Flexential for the long-term.

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