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
5.0
Aug 21, 2015

GREAT company to work for!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I’ve worked at Long View over 7 years, it has gone by so fast! It’s tough to find a job you love, where you work with people you also love. -Career Progression -Career Life Planning sessions each quarter with your Manager/Director/VP, you decide who you want there -If you want to work for a compassionate company, this is the place for you! Unbelievable support for not only you, but your family as well -Flexible working arrangements -Work Life Balance -Open door policy throughout the organization -Competitive compensation -Great benefit package I can’t say enough great things about Long View. They have treated me and family amazing for over 7 years.

Cons

Sorry, no con's from me.

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Long View Systems Response
10y
Thank you for your review! We are happy you took the time to tell us how we are doing. Our career progression and career life planning sessions at Long View are something we take pride in and feel helps to keep our culture strong. We are glad you feel the same way!
1.0
Aug 20, 2015

Eye opening

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Pros are free lunch, if you work days in the office. No matter how poorly you perform, your looked upon favorably if in office, at least in the U.S. As far as Canada goes, it doesn't matter, as you appease the right people.

Cons

Challenges of work here , are a "Canadian first" culture. Can't really blame them, they are Canadian. Leadership is lacking in, well, leadership. Technical resources are stretched thin or to the point of brewing for a MSP. Training is far more than lacking depending on your department. If you are in a "value added" department, you might get the training you signed up for. If not, well, don't expect leadership to explain complicated systems, or tools if needed. Breaks, few and far between, in certain hourly departments. Overtime is doled out to those who don't make a fuss, no matter how poorly they perform, otherwise, your OT is highly scrutinized. "People services" is the equivalent of HR, and regardless of these reviews, where they reply, "please contact so and so, they really want to speak to you", it's just another way to save face. I of course, engaged people services on multiple occasions, yet they were "shocked" by my revelations in my exit interview. Of course I had brought my concerns to their attention. Many, many months prior. As always, if you play the game, you'll do fine, however, this would involve violating their "four pillars" approach to everything. Line level associates are all new, and barely trained. Good luck with promotion unless you kiss major behind, and stab teammates in the back. Think of all the worst parts of google and Microsoft, and you get an idea of how this place works. Lots of infighting, no real team work. Basically, never attempt to go above baseline, as soon as you do, your expected to keep it at that or they analyze your throughput to see what's wrong. Pushback to EVERYONE is popular, until they decide it's not. The it's seen as challenging leadership. God help you if you decide to leave Long View Systems. They will 100% trash talk you, say how they have you a chance, etc etc ad nauseum to sway opinion of you if you leave. This is despite the fact they don't give you assistance of any kind in your job. If you make a mistake? Good luck.

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Long View Systems Response
10y
Thank you for your feedback; we truly value your opinion. We are happy to hear that you shared even more feedback with us during your Exit Interview. Based on your comments above, 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
Aug 12, 2015
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Pros

Great location, great benefit, always new people

Cons

Longview prides itself on being about the people. The truth is, the don't care about employees. Very very poor management, old school management . Low moral, poor incentive program, reactive to issue instead of proactive. Agent got fired because it took a muslim hodilay day off (very disrespectful) but it's okay it's okay if a family member of the boss take a day off. Never trust them , it's all smoke. Do your job and leave.

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Long View Systems Response
10y
Hi there, thank you for the comments on your experience at Long View Toronto. We are glad that you enjoyed our benefits plan and the people you worked with. It sounds like you didn’t get to experience the true Long View in the short time that you were with us. We wish you the best of luck in your new job.
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