Lyris reviews

Year after year, no raises. Performance is not a factor. Even if requested, raises are never provided. Performance reviews are very irregular. Too often they just do not occur. Bonuses all but eliminated. Benefit packages are mediocre at best. While they have managed to merge several products into one, they have failed to merge the company as a whole. Business units operate independently. Left hand does not know what the right hand is doing! Resistance to implement industry best practices. Features are pushed to clients without proper testing. Its all about the feature list for sales. Fix the problems later. New CEO's qualifications are questionable. Implementing mass layoffs in CEO's first week is simply irresponsible. I can only imagine this has done for company morale. Layoff is one thing, but the severance package is just a slap in the face. Its very deficient. Once you are out the door, the only way you will be able to contact HR is with a certified letter! They will not talk to you or respond to inquiries.

No Methodology: They do not use Agile/SCRUM the right way. They are learning how to use this. But management has no real clue on how to implement it. Inconsistent performance reviews: No performance reviews or inconsitent (don't be surprised to get 2,3 or 4 quarters reviews the same week). No/void tasks priorities: No clear guidance as to priority of tasks and tasks switch constantly. There is priority but it can change any second. This makes priority unimportant and voids any management process. This leaves you with many incomplete tasks and many things to do in your plate at once. Poor product/development management: No clear idea as to what is more important in the product. They don't use analysts and don't use a formal way to get requirements. Not a strong bond(cohesion) in the organization: Multiple teams working on similar tasks without sharing knowledge or clear direction. Layoffs: Recent layoffs of many key individuals. I think they let go to save money and show higher profit the next quarter. Poor compensation: Initial salary looks good, but stay there 4, 5 or more years and you may not get an increase. This company does not give raises/bonuses, 401K, etc. Well, they may offer 401k and bonus now that they are under the radar but don't be surprised if after a quarter of getting hired they stop that along with other things. That happens to everyone working for this company! No advancement: This company does not promote within the organization. Instead they love to hire from outside. Poor communication between management and crew: High executives don't speak clearly. For example, recently the CEO was changed and a customer knew this before the employees. Also, some external people knew about some layoffs coming before the employees. This is a shame.