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
3.0
Feb 12, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good people Niche IT solutions Fair benefits package

Cons

No career development opportunities - It's a good company to use as a leaping pad High Turnover - The management changes every year - Unable to retain top talent Still building the brand in the US thus no consistency in the US branches

5.0
Jan 30, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Never a dull moment. There are always new opportunities and tremendous growth. This provides great opportunities for people to try new things and progress their careers (and quickly at times). It's a fun place to work and there is generally a tremendous amount of collaboration and teamwork.

Cons

The constant growth and sometimes the pace of the growth can sometimes stretch people (and management) beyond their cycles and abilities.

2.0
Oct 19, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lower level employees are great. Know what their doing and do it well. Met some great people and will continue to be friends with them moving forward!

Cons

Sadly as management has no idea what their doing, they tend to bounce around quite a bit. Move towards a concept, dislike it and move back. Additionally, there is definitely a high school mentality. Their version of a promotion is a lateral move with no pay increase but additional expenses out of your pocket citing "annual cost of living increase" which never happens. As a company, you can tell they have come a long way. Their cheap recruiting strategy has filled their management ranks with folks who don't know what they are doing and could care less. At the end of the day, employees who are disliked get thrown under the bus. Their training program is designed to benefit the company but not you or its clients. Absolute waste of time. They pride themselves on 4 core pillars. Competency, Integrity, Value and Fun. While they have the fun down, they over charge their clients, under pay and poorly treat their employees so no value. Their management lacks integrity to admit when they have made a mistake. They lack the Competency to realize when they have made major mistakes. A few months back, Don Bialik (Founder and Owner) came to Edmonton and blatantly lied to all employees advising that no one would be let go as the result of the oil crisis. This at the time was obviously not true and later own, major cut backs occurred. This shows 0 integrity and no appreciation for hard working employees. The Executive team has it in their mind that they want to reach the 100 year mark. Based on their current path, I'd say it's an exaggeration to see them around in 2025. There are quite a few great initiatives going but they are exactly that, initiatives. Minimal follow through and no follow up.

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Long View Systems Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your opinions about Long View. We’re happy to hear that you made some lasting relationships during your time at Long View that will continue even though you have left the company. We take pride in all of the people we have working here. While no company is perfect, we are working on a daily basis to improve our processes, while always keeping in mind, and demonstrating, our four core values. It sounds like you have concerns about several areas of the company. We’d like to communicate with you in a way that is more interactive than simply responding via Glassdoor, so please reach out to our People Services Director at (403) 515-6900 as we would welcome the opportunity to speak with you anytime. We wish you the best of luck in your next opportunity outside of Long View.
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