Sep 8, 2013
Eze Software
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Eze Software reviews
3.8
72% would recommend to a friend
Michael Hutner
74% approve of CEO
66% positive business outlook
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1.0
Jul 16, 2013
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Pros
Eze used to pride itself on tremendous culture, workplace transparency, competitive compensation, and great training. It also revolutionized the industry by producing great products. Employees were promoted based on merit and the company was dynamic. Then, the ConvergEx merger happened. ConvergEx killed the culture in NYC and drained resources from the rest of the company. ConvergEx is now out of the picture (and will likely be out of business pretty soon), but Eze just kept getting worse. The QA program became miserable for incoming employees - a 12-18 month training program became a 2-3 year sweatshop and the stories of managers abusing their analysts were appalling. Consulting became nothing more than glorified tech-support as Eze began producing low-quality products or outright lying to clients saying they could sell products they didn't actually have and passing the buck onto Consultants to have to perpetuate this lie "in the name of protecting the company." I was actually told by my MANAGER to lie to clients and perpetuate the myths that sales sold on them - this was doing "good business." The moment that happened, I lost all respect for this company, and fortunately got out. I am not alone - the turnover here is absolutely outrageous, and management seems oblivious to the fact that the average employee usually lasts about 2 years here and refuse to do anything about it. Why? Because management, at least in consulting, is completely inept, likely because they have no experience working anywhere but Eze and thus have never received proper training on proper management. Guess I didn't really list too many pros, because there really aren't many. I guess there are free snacks? Also, while the culture is eroding in the Boston HQ, it is still pretty good in some departments.... Also the company holiday party is truly great, and the community service opportunities are inspiring.
Cons
So many. The ceiling is low here because people who entered the company 5-7 years ago, regardless of their ability, have entered cushy mid to upper management positions and sit there like a logjam. Many of the upper management in NYC is downright bad at their jobs and prefer putting up good numbers in terms of implementation time business development to truly serving their clients (thought this was consulting? HA!). Positions are advertised as financial services but really you're either on the tech side (development), operations side (GTS), or "consulting" side which, as others have noted, is really glorified tech support. You are frequently derided by clients because the product has become terribly buggy and they have zero respect for you. Also, the Hedge Fund industry is retracting so the future of this company is not great....
2.0
Apr 3, 2013
Just another dehumanizing corporate environment with terrible management
Current employee, more than 3 years
Boston, MA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Small perks like free kitchen snacks and the occasional company outing or event put on by the "Improvement Committee." Decent benefits, although they are being eroded away each year due to rising costs. There are some very competent, talented people who work there, although those numbers seem to decrease each year as they leave for greener pastures.
Cons
Poor company vision and stability - The company is constantly re-branding and restructuring. There's high turnover. The company often lies outright to its clients claiming they have many products and services and then has to frantically create them later, forcing its employees to work long hours for little to no added compensation. Poor Management - Most of the management is awful and inexperienced, at best petty and indifferent, and at worst, downright abusive. Eze says it takes its "upward feedback" very seriously, but considering the same problems continue to exist and in many cases has even worsened, management doesn't exactly feel the need to adequately address it. Morale is very low within the company in general for many employees. Office politics - There are a lot of office politics between teams, within teams, and between managers. This friction has led to increasing delays in product releases, among other things. It's significantly impacted the quality of work life.
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