Espial reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(38 total reviews)
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Jaison Dolvane

85% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Espial has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 38 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Espial employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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38 reviews
2.0
Feb 1, 2018

All Scrum and no work!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great people, great pay, great benefits!

Cons

They practice scrum in a way that focuses more on process than work. They hire and fire aggressively.

1.0
Feb 1, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly and helping coworkers - everyone knows everyone - a small organization Opportunity to learn, ability to work with customers. Nice office setup and kitchen. Free pops, coffee-tea and paid snacks Decent pay and very good insurance health and dental benefit - Matching RRSP contributions and free bus pass/parking Christmas shutdown and Christmas party. Sick days and vacation days. Board games, chess, cards, dart games etc Onsite gym, lots of options for lunch, nearby coffee shops

Cons

Micromanagement lacking ownership - the organization keeps changing directions, process, strategy, team, locations, job contracts, job titles etc Any strategy change comes with team change, process change, desk change, floor change, boss change. Management is of the opinion that anybody-can-do-anything and keep switching roles. You fail and you get the blame, because anybody-can-do-anything!!! Negative office atmosphere; blame games, finding a scapegoat mentality. Practices “Pigs and Chickens” concept of Agile. There is an inside gang in each division; you don't get well with them then good luck. Loyalty, ability, and performance are not respected and considered during evaluation or layoffs. No Work-From-Home(WFH) or flexible timings. Challenging for people with family. Expected to work over the weekends, late nights etc without any overtime pay. Dysfunctional HR department. Layoffs happen by manager escorting people outside the building. HR department is busy coordinating parties, events, games, desk moves and not involved in people issues - You have a problem, go deal with it.

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Espial Response
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Disappointed you feel this way about the company. As you know, there is a social committee in each location and they organize events and games. HR is not a part of the overall organization of these events. Managers have never escorted anyone outside the building so this is completely incorrect. We try and treat departing employees with respect and give them the opportunity to pack up and say good bye if they are comfortable doing so. In terms of WFH and flexible timing, we allow managers and employees to work out the appropriate schedule. Many employees work from home when they need to and work this out with their manager. Staff with laptops are all equipped with VPN, which works very well to allow people to work from home.
1.0
Jan 28, 2019

Former Employee

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Location, benefits, free sodas, gym onsite, some good people

Cons

Toxic environment No room for advancement Investors needs to evaluate the organization Knee jerk mentality High and fast turnover Employees are not motivated

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