Kantata reviews

Kantata is unfortunately not the company it used to be. Morale is extremely low and the culture has become one of fear and uncertainty. Despite leadership’s statements that layoffs had ended, there continue to be silent, unannounced cuts. No one feels safe, even as the company insists it “puts people first.” Talented, hardworking colleagues, the kind of people you want to build with, have been let go. It has left the rest constantly wondering if they’ll be next. What makes this worse is that the CEO remains in place, and every time he speaks, it feels disingenuous. He doesn’t come across as a leader you can trust or rally behind to bring the company back to what it once was. Frankly, I don’t see how it will ever return to that. I used to recommend Kantata enthusiastically to anyone. It was a great place to work and I was proud to be here. Today, my advice would be the opposite: run and look elsewhere. There are still some great people left but the environment is toxic, and everyone is just hoping for change that doesn’t seem to be coming.

Salary is stagnant, particularly since the acquisition by private capital. Culture can be hit or miss, but seems to be more of a miss the last couple years. Engineering department stateside has been steadily shrinking over the last few years through attrition and annual layoffs as the c-suite makes a new strategy and course corrects every December. The latest strategy it to accelerate growth by hiring a team of engineers in India while holding wages/opportunities in the US Where the office was once alive and vibrant with ideas and collaboration, with lunch provided a couple days a week. Is now a vacant husk, filled only with abandoned workstations and a scantily stocked kitchen. There is no career growth here.