Long View Systems reviews

3.7

75% would recommend to a friend

(474 total reviews)
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Brent Allison

85% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Long View Systems has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 474 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Long View Systems 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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474 reviews
2.0
Oct 4, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

This company has grown well but possibly too quick. Great view of eau Claire Market.

Cons

I/we believe there should be some internal education challenges for leadership roles. System consultants are constantly adding to their skillset while leads and managers are not. Seems the consultants are at risk, soon the company will be nothing but managers if they keep laying off good people. Long View does not own any patents; its success is 100% people. Let go some of the first generation team for good example of fairness. Some employees are close to head office directors, they will be safe, but those who work hard and are not close are not safe. Directors cannot see past their nose.

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Long View Systems Response
10y
Thanks so much for taking the time to post a review! Training is an incredibly important component of our culture, as it directly correlates to our Competence pillar. Our internal Leadership Development Program provides a wide variety of training for those in team lead roles and above. We have some exciting changes coming to the program this year that we are excited about, so hopefully you will start to see some positive changes in this area. Also, your local People Services team is always available to hear any concerns or feedback that you have at any time - our door is always open!
1.0
Oct 3, 2015

Your working experience can vary greatly

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The location of the office downtown is convenient. You might end up at a good client site depending on which contract you end up working. Paid training. Average benefits.

Cons

Severely overworked and stressful work environment. Bullying can and does occur from some coworkers or leadership at times. These issues can be brought up to other leadership or HR but at least in my experience after multiple people brought this to HR's attention these individuals still received promotions. The work environment is very male dominated and heavy on cliques. Long View seems to hire tons of people with the same type of personality traits. If you don't fit these traits well you aren't right for their "culture" or "this job isn't for everyone." Long View likes to push its core pillars which it identifies as values essential to the organization such as work life balance. There isn't any work life balance but this is completely determined by where you work. Maybe you end up at a cushy client site or at a decent internal position or maybe you end up in a worst case scenario – it is a roll of the dice. Internally they like to push career development when in many cases there isn't really anywhere to go. Those that move up may pay their dues for years being rolled out all over the country or working any number of varied sites before getting a different position which may not be better than where they were before. Many get their training and then leave. For the years I worked here there was never an opportunity where a big client was gained and a number of internal employees were needed to fill new positions. Payroll is a joke. Watch your pay stubs carefully and bring up any mistakes with HR as fast as possible to get them fixed. As far as I could tell this was incompetence more than anything else. Lastly the Long View office perpetuates this cult-like atmosphere of greatness. Coworkers would refer to this as drinking the Kool-Aid. This is pushed heavily at company meetings and during career development meetings. It is depressing when everything around you is a disaster yet the perpetuated myth continues without any concerted push to improve things due to fears of upsetting a client or upsetting long established processes.

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Long View Systems Response
10y
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts about Long View. We value your feedback, so our Director of People Services would like to speak with you directly so that we can learn more about your experience in an environment that is more interactive than a review website. Can we ask that you call her at 403-515-6900 and ask for the Director of People Services? Thank you in advance.
1.0
Sep 30, 2015

Bad Management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

A lot of the employees not at management level are awesome people to work with. They created an environment that was friendly and was willing to help you in any way possible.

Cons

There is a lot of favoritism, particularly among the higher ups. If they don't deem you useful, you will get shoved under the bus and left to rot.

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Long View Systems Response
10y
Thank you for your review; we are sorry to hear you did not have a good experience while working at Long View. We are continually striving to add value to all of our employees, and this includes treating everyone with respect and fairness. If you would like to share more about your experience with us, please feel free to contact our Director of People Services at (403) 515-6900.
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