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I expected great things, but I should have known better. - Employee Kony Employee Review

1.0
Sep 14, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Kony offers good base pay. Kony is in a an amazing space. There are a lot of opportunities as the Internet of Things continues to push companies to innovate. Kony may still have the potential to be a true leader. Free Bagels in the office every morning.

Cons

The company is majorly understaffed in critical areas. There has been a high turn over of employees recently due to the horrible work culture.. Many of these positions remain unfilled leaving remaining employees shouldering an already heavy load. The new leadership has hired a lot of Vice Presidents and Executive Vice Presidents from outside the company that lack mobile experience and do not understand the product line. These high priced resources are only adding to the confusion since very few of them are leaders and spend more of more of their time in conjecture or thought rather than digging in and providing leadership as well as help with the increased workload from the departure of so many. Instead, Kony continues to have a nepotistic battle between our CEO, originally from HP and our President, originally from Microsoft where external hires are flooding in . Things seem shady and crooked, and I fear employees will continue to suffer for the good of those at the top, not the company. All the glowing recommendations on Glassdoor started with the hiring of our new HR staff that also increase our CEO's rating. This smoke and mirrors game extends across management.

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5.0
Aug 30, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
CEO approval
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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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