Worst CIO To Work For - IT Engineer, Senior Wilson Elser Employee Review

1.0
May 6, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Great PTO, the IT staff is a great group of people that are fun to work with.

Cons

The CIO runs the show but he is not a leader. He has no vision, not does he understand the environment. The CIO plays the blame game. He will find a way to minimize your input. You will get blame for a minor typo in a report even though you just resolved a major outage. If you want to work for narcissist, a complete idiot, then feel free to work for Wilson Elser. if you want to work for a CIO, that requires you to include him on every email, that wants to know when you arriving late, when you are working from home, then feel free to apply. Wilson elser IT department always have multiple position open. I have witness employee quitting in the middle of a conference call with the CIO, another employee quits after the CIO hard sever temper tantrums. worst CIO to work a complete idiot. As long as the CIO is stay far far away ...

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