Stagnant and New Parent Company Changing Things for the Worse
Pros
At the individual contributor level, you have some of the friendliest and most driven folks around. Nearly all people you work with directly are helpful, cooperative, and fun. Free snacks and free beer on Fridays.
Cons
Eze was recently bought by SS&C. The feeling of a lot of things has gotten very corporate and near-sighted. A lot of focus has shifted to short term goals and revenue targets instead of long-term health of the company. Some bulleted items: -Pay is very sub-par, and with this most recent "raise" cycle, most people got .5% or no raise at all. Raises are now only given once a year so this means mostly everyone got a pay cut (since any "raise" below inflation is a pay cut, don't forget that). -Products are vast, disparate, not easy to support, and buggy. -Company sells to clients that we probably shouldn't sell to, over-promising functionality and leaving client service up to bridge the gap. -Severe lack of documentation regarding product, internal processes, etc. -Very high attrition rate. Lots of folks with tenure and knowledge are leaving because of poor pay and being overworked. -Transparency with upper management has been bad for a while, but this was exacerbated by being acquired by SS&C. -SS&C is a terrible company to work under and they clearly do not care about Eze's success. -Clients are extremely A-type and demanding. This is okay (maybe even a pro for some, honestly like me) if you like the challenge, but the lack of pay and support makes this a con (and would be a con anyways for most people). -Benefits under SS&C are an absolute joke, ESPECIALLY for anyone who is married/has children and wants to cover them under SS&C eze's insurance.
