Serious Concerns Regarding Culture, Leadership Accountability, and Compensation Practices - Technical Program Manager Sparq Employee Review

1.0
Nov 28, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nothing positive to say about this company.

Cons

I strongly advise prospective employees to approach this company with caution. While the initial role or project may seem appealing, the risks associated with the pervasive lack of accountability, the confirmed indifference to serious ethical complaints (discrimination/sexism), and questionable compensation practices (non-payment of earned PTO) severely outweigh any potential benefits.

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Pros

Leadership was relatively hands off. Requirements regarding interacting with anyone at Sparq while on a client were nonexistent.

Cons

Leadership has literally no idea what they are doing. At no point in my years with Sparq did senior leadership give any indication that they knew what was going on with clients. They also refused to take any accountability for hard times. The new CEO would often blame any company shortcomings on the economy or even politics. The company threw out the old model of getting rural engineers into the work force and decided it was cheaper to force cheap foreign labor on our clients which inevitably killed the company forcing massive layoffs. They also pay very very little for the industry but lie about it.

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