- The CEO listed is not Howard Messing but Michelle O'Connor. Every communication makes it quite clear that she has a lot of contempt for the pions beneath her. I'm not sure why anyone is letting her send those company wide emails. She is a 'if you don't like it, leave' sort of person and it's obvious.
- While my immediate supervisors were great, anyone above that level was paid way too much and completely incompetent. They spent more time trying to appease the upper levels of management rather than supporting their own team. This makes it PAINFULLY difficult to get any further in your career.
- The upper management is so out of touch with the industry they believe what they are offering is actually a good salary. Now they're confused as to why everyone is walking out and they can't seem to hire any new programmers. Many of us have had to work second jobs/have a working spouse/roommate to have a decent standard of living. OH and at least as far as service is concerned, the non-technical positions that don't require a degree are making just as much money, if not more than those who got a degree in computer science as if that doesn't add insult to injury.
- They are slowly stripping out every worthwhile benefit we had. They cut the number of holidays we were given, cut the bonus down to nearly nothing, and are slowly chipping away at our working from home benefits which we have done very successfully the last 2 years.
- The upper management clearly has no plan or direction and have been routinely trying to manipulate the staff into doing what they want. Their current goal is to push everyone into the office while gas prices are nearly $5 a gallon for no reason whatsoever because this job can be done sufficiently at home. We have been told the entire last 2 years that our productivity is great and now that they want everyone in, suddenly people aren't getting their work done at home. Last year they tried to bribe us in with ice cream like a bunch of deprived kindergarteners. I'm glad they think so highly of those doing 90% of the work to keep the company running.
Unless you are bored and feel like making a paycheck while you're in the process of moving on to bigger and better things, don't touch this place with a 10 foot pole. Before Howard Messing stepped down, I used to be proud to work here. Everyone at least pretended to care about the wellbeing of the staff. Now, it's just not worth it. The conditions are becoming so poor they are losing their most valuable staff. This company uses PROPRIETARY languages. Programmers can't be replaced easily since it requires years of training to get new employees up to speed and they're not going to get many given what they're offering for pay/benefits. If they keep this stuff up, I can't see this going anywhere but downhill fast.
