A great place to gain experience and work in real enterprise scale - Technology Manager HRsmart Employee Review

5.0
Aug 8, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

About 3 months ago, I left HRsmart for a really great opportunity elsewhere. I really do owe HRsmart a lot and the experience I gained there made it possible for me to go from intern to executive in very short order. I worked with HRsmart for over 9 years. I started there as a college intern and came up through the ranks over the years. I was exposed to all kinds of challenges and technologies. I was able to travel the world and work with many really amazing people at home and abroad. I still have many of these friendships and a totally new perspective on the world. HRsmart is a fairly large organization and has a really impressive network of employees and former employees and because of that, I have friends at pretty much every major internet company. It really is a great place to gain experience and work with real experts in the field. There are not very many companies in the Dallas area that operate at this technological scale.

Cons

As you can see by reading some older reviews on this site, they have had their fair share of turmoil as well. A lot of the executive leadership that people complain about here have left the company over time. As of today, they seem to be on a better path. The biggest failing I saw while there was a general lack of focus on sales. This of course led to a lack of new sales and other real challenges caused by that. They have renewed their focus on sales, chosen a direction and it seems to be paying off. My friends who are still there have told me that they’re on track for a record quarter which shows the investment in sales is paying off.

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5.0
Apr 20, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible work scenarios - working from home. Deltek integration project has been near flawless - our family in VA listens and responds to our legitamate work needs to ensure we are in sync and providing an exceptional "product experience" for our clients.

Cons

Leftover "HRsmart-istic" tendencies. Departments show fractures and some signs of segregation / attitudes of eliteness. An lingering viewpoint (not Deltek)..that some EEs time is less valuable than others, thus their opinions do not receive the same level of attention or priority.

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1.0
Jun 25, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It was a great company a few years ago. You got career opportunities, the people was always kind and the general mood was good. The software side was always kinda crappy, but other factors helped to ease that. Individual developers cared about that and tried to solve the problem. Sales... was just sales. You were able to learn (by yourself, but you could). Sadly, the money flow seemed to stop due to awful management decisions and the company is facing massive layoffs, salary reductions and late payments. You won't be able to do anything else than maintaining a dead code base (or trying to sell it)

Cons

1- Historically awful management. Unskilled, paper-pushers and power-hungry individuals get promoted exclusively. They take important decisions without the slightest knowledge of the matter. Skilled people is starting to be demoted or just laid off because they're problematic, or just too expensive. 2- Bad management decisions stopped the money flow after a relatively long time, powered by the recession. Their main product is broken, totally outdated and is being quickly replaced by competitors. 3- No more good mood anywhere. Everyone is paranoid about being laid off, or being overseen by his/her direct manager. You can't have an honest discussion about the simplest workday problem with anyone. 4- Laying off people doesn't get work out of your plate. You'll be required to do overtime every single week.

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