Inseego reviews

The company in Eugene, Oregon was originally named Feeney Wireless. It was purchased by Novatel Wireless. At first this seemed like a positive move but it later proved to be anything but good. Novatel (later renamed Inseego) already had a track record of making poor financial choices. They started round after round of layoffs often getting rid of key people which made it difficult to continue to achieve corporate goals. Multiple times we were told that the layoffs were over only to have more soon after. This created a toxic and depressive environment. To be fair there were many layoffs in San Diego as well. Although middle management appeared to have a firm grasp of what needed to be done to bring the company to profitability, much of upper management did not appear to listen to anyone. Poor choices continued. The decision was made to outsource the Production Facility to a company in Texas in a move to save money although upper management continued to have huge salaries. This ultimately lead to a loss of many local jobs and a much smaller Eugene branch. This is a classic case of poor leadership, vision and execution. The upper management was changed again just before I left. I do not know if the working environment has changed. If you are interested in working there make sure things have gotten better.

Where do I start? Long hours, stressful conditions, a lot of pressure... yet only 2 raises in nearly 8 years, and one was a minimal cost of living increase. Yet the executive team has lunch delivered every day, and huge bonuses and salaries (this is public information). The stock performance is laughable. The executive team has been in place for years and is driving the company into the ground...and somehow the board allows this team to stay in place! Company does not allow "work from home". Very interesting, given that their main products provide wireless connectivity. Hmmmm. What does that tell you? When layoffs come (3 in 13 months, by the way)...you will have no warning, and only 10 minutes to pack what you can. You'll be walked out the door and will need to make arrangements to come back another day for your belongings. Your insurance benefits will expire at the end of the month they let you go, and you'll no doubt encounter problems trying to continue your cell phone coverage, sell your stock, etc. None of it will be easy. The worst of all things is that upper management doesn't view the employees as people...there's no true recognition or appreciation for people's efforts, or for our financial well being, as is evidenced by the chastising handed out by senior management because employees were selling their ESPP shares too quickly to supplement income (since we had no raises). Oh, by the way, ESPP program was cancelled twice due to running out of shares because the price plummeted due to sustained poor company financial performance. Look it up, it's all public information. This is a great place to work if you have no job...and need one desperately. Don't worry, your paycheck won't bounce. Yet.