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Could have been great, directionless now - Software Development Engineer Kony Employee Review

1.0
May 13, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

-The products division offers some really flexible timings. As a result, work life balance does not suffer unless deployment is close by. -Appraisals are usually better than the industry standard for companies of this size. -You get to say that you worked in a hot field like mobility. You can use Kony as a stepping stone to better opportunities. -Some of product teams are doing great work. Freshers may get to learn a lot IF they join the right teams. Otherwise it'll be a waste of your time and potential.

Cons

-The company made some really bad policy decisions. Some big guns were brought into senior management from some really top notch companies. There was a lot of excitement among employees about the direction the company was going to take under this new leadership. This was 2 years ago. Presently, the attrition rate is very high. Most of the older employees have already left or are planning to leave. Almost everyone I have spoken to since I left are prepping for interviews. The aforementioned 'big guns' have also left after having failed to deliver on all fronts. -Originally Kony hired freshers from tier 1 colleges across India. This ensured good diversity and meant that the brightest students in India were contributing to the growth of Kony. Nowadays, freshers are being hired from local colleges only. The interview barrier was lowered due to some office politics and favoritism(long story). This has led to a lot of sub par candidates entering(bad coding skills, bad grasping power and really really bad communication skills). The product quality has suffered as a result. This has also led to a lot of groupism and language based discrimination. DO NOT JOIN Kony if you do not speak Telugu. That's the official language in this company now. English be damned. -The HR is powerless. All they do is organize festival celebrations. They do not protect employee rights. Even some lower level managers who have spent some time here seems to carry more weight than the HR. -I understand that mobility is an ever changing industry. But the top management is running all over the place trying to do too many things at once. We have lost so much valuable time just because the management realized midway through a project execution that this approach won't work/sell. These kind of things demoralize the workforce. -There is hardly any synergy between the different teams. No one knows/cares what the other team is trying to do.

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5.0
Aug 30, 2019
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Pros

1) Great base salaries 2) Amazing group of talented folks 3) Great tools and technology stack 4) Diverse portfolio of industry verticals to choose as your workstream 5) Room to grow in your career path

Cons

1) Low contribution from the company on 401-K

2.0
Feb 5, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The employees are great. Most people are very smart and passionate about what they do. In the time I was there I never had any problem working with anyone in the company. Always someone to go to lunch with and lots of staff drinks after work (mostly organized by staff and not management) Good flexibility for work-life balance...for some people

Cons

- Disorganized. - Not diverse. - No support for career advancement/training/certification/education - Totally inconsistent with a lack of focus. Strategic direction seems to change every 6 months and it never makes complete sense. - Leadership is tone deaf to the market and is not willing to adapt. Stubbornness is why nothing is selling and the company is falling apart. - Top Leadership doesn't engage with employees unless they feel like they have to. - HR is beyond useless and gossips about EVERYONE. There is no confidentiality in HR. - Lots of recent turnover with long time employees because of messed up operations and managers egos. - LOTS of people have left to go work for the founder of Kony at his new company, or they left to go back to their old jobs. - TERRIBLE operations. Travel policy is crazy!!! Some people can't afford to come out of pocekt and be reimbursed for almost everything. $7k in expenses for travel is ridiculous!

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