Director of Telecommunications - Director SparkPost Employee Review

5.0
Mar 4, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Message Systems is a culture driven company with everyone working towards the same goal. The . leadership is an impressive group of executives that all have an open door policy with a willingness to freely discuss and share ideas. Management has a true compassion for every one of the employees and the company's CEO and CTO have two of the technically sharpest minds I have been around. What I have found to be most impressive (in addition to having great products that work) is the motivation from management to set everyone up for success. Top performers and over achievers are definitely recognized and rewarded. The company also encourages competition as all levels of the company periodically participate in competitive team activities outside the company. Message Systems places a great deal of importance on culture fit when considering new hires. The hiring process is very strategic because each individual person has the capability of making a difference within the company. We are able to work with the latest technologies, focusing on providing compelling solutions to our customers. Our customer focused fanatical support is not just something we say.....we live it each and every day. I have to say that Message Systems is one of the very best companies I have ever worked for. I wake up every day feeling like I can make a diffence and knowing that I will be recognized and rewarded when I do.

Cons

Message Systems is probably not as well known as it could be, particularly when you consider the list of clients currently running their business on our messaging engine (ie Facebook, Linked In, Twitter and many of the Communication Providers). Also, there are some growing pains that you'd expect with a fast growing company but the good news is that executive management stays on top of what's working and is willing to make adjustments to what's not working.

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Pros

Culture, Collaboration with team. Valued.

Cons

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5.0
Mar 1, 2013
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Pros

Many years I have worked in this industry and the terms CTO and CIO have never meant anything other than "a person that managers technical directors". In this company, not only are C-level executives programmers but so are many of the Managers and Directors. Got a code or product question? Post it on the intranet and anyone from an Engineer to the CEO could reply (without the "you didn't know that?" attitude). Compassion for a true work-life balance, working with teams that I can learn from and assist new people during their onboarding, it all comes full circle here. Health care costs rose and the CEO deflected the cost for us. Many other mini-perks too, but the best is being part of the fastest growing technology that reaches people daily. Have something you think may improve the product? Recommend it. Your idea may be rolled in to the next release. Thinking outside the box is a desirable trait. I would recommend working here and more importantly, when people ask if I would recommend them for a job here, I think twice whether they would be a good fit. People here are that awesome.

Cons

With so many teams working very hard, getting together for cross-training is difficult. Enhance skills of current employees not only with external training, but internal cross-training.

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