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Open Access Technology International

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Open Access Technology International reviews

3.0

38% would recommend to a friend

(596 total reviews)

Sasan Mokhtari

60% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Open Access Technology International has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 596 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Open Access Technology International employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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596 reviews
2.0
May 24, 2020

Last resort employment.

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Pros

The only real pro of working here is that they provided a paycheck on time every two weeks. Also, my team and co-workers were nice as well. But this can vary radically depending on who your manager is. Just read other people’s reviews for context. The work itself is easy which means you tend to stagnate fast working here.

Cons

There are so many cons where do I begin. The biggest one is how upper management feels the need to micromanage your work hours despite being a salaried employee. If you show up 5 minutes late to work or back from lunch you get an email with your manager and the CEO CC’d in it. You could work an extra 30mins every day and you would still get that email. Which brings me to my second point the hours are 8:00am to 5:00pm no budging. Want to work and extra 30mins everyday so you can get off early on Friday? Maybe even skip lunch so you can leave an hour early? Nope, you will be dinged for not working a full 8 hours any day of the week. Another thing they do that makes it feel like a prison is they will send their little administrative slaves around the building to check if anyone is on their cell phone. Even if you're just glancing at it to check the time or respond to a quick text you will hear about it if caught and it will go on to your record for review if you stay long enough to get promoted. Now on terms of tech stack and what you will be doing. This varies widely between teams but for me we were working with depreciated languages trying to support a deprecated browser that no one uses anymore. There was really no experience gained from me working at this job because of the weird set of languages they used. You couldn't even use stack overflow if you got stuck because the languages and frameworks were so obscure. The source control is honestly the worst to, there is no overhead so you are constantly fixing bugs that you have fixed previously because they have no formal test plan. Overall, one of the most unprofessional software jobs I’ve worked. The pay is way below industry standard, which is funny because the company made a deal with a local Mercedes dealership that advertises to your face right when you badge in (Not Joking). Yet no employee other than upper management could afford one on the salary they pay you. In the end try to stay only a year if you have to, because otherwise you’ll be pretty unemployable after multiple years of using depreciated languages and bad coding standards. You'll also be extremely unhappy which you’ll soon realize from the vibe you get off the long-term employees.

1.0
Oct 30, 2018

Sinking Ship

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Pros

Co-workers and nearby restaurants

Cons

First thing you notice is the security fence. It looks like a prison, and you feel it while on-site. Why else do you see employees standing at the turnstile exit at 5:00 ready to leave? During your work time don’t forget to play with the company bugs that come around during the fall, nothing like a bug landing on you. You can come in early if you want to, but if you leave early you get a less than 8 hours worked email that goes to you, your manager and the CEO, obviously there is a trust issue here. Did I say 8 to 5 and no flexibility there? Yet expected to stay late without compensation. Lack of communication, managers sit in their office and do not come out and talk to you face to face that is unless you mess up. The main way of communicating is via instant messenger (Jabber), even if you sit right next to them. Let's talk about technology. They claim to be a leader, when in fact they are far behind. They have critical programs running on 10-15 year old servers and no plans to replace them instead they do a Band-Aid fix of trying to upgrade them with the cheapest way. Speaking of technology let’s re-use whatever we can to save a buck. Lack of training, "Here look at a PowerPoint presentation on (fill in the blank) and you are now trained and expected to understand it”. Did I say lack of training? Have a problem do a "google search." If part of your job is to go to the south campus which is about ¼ utilized (there are floors that aren’t fully built yet) you have to use your own vehicle, even though they have company cars which are only for employees whom come from out of state so they don't need to get a rental. There’s nothing like having an exercise room to get your juices flowing, and with only two showers. Avoid the area around noon unless you want to smell sweaty people. Did I mention lack of communication? Friday evening I received a phone call from HR to inform me that due to a restructuring I have been terminated “laid off” effective immediately. Saturday I received the official notice via UPS.

1.0
Jul 24, 2018

Avoid

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Pros

Some friendly coworkers Vending machines Cafeteria Summer sports

Cons

Heavy micromanagement Biggest culprits of micromanagement are cruel in it. They go out of their way to be mean. Too much pettiness Strict adherence to schedule. Blame the wrong people for projects going unfinished. Bottlenecking Managers will point out weaknesses but never focus on strengths. Nepotism is rampant. Too much reorganizational changes that are harmful to business. Fake. Low pay Absolute disregard for employee input. High turnover because of awful culture.

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