PTC reviews

Kepware used to be a place where people had literally no complaints. Since being acquired by PTC, the culture has slowly eroded to the point where it's barely recognizable. All the pitfalls of a large company have crept in, and the icing on the cake is layoffs even though Kepware is apparently one of the only PTC brands actually making money. Constant IT issues plague the company, and a huge amount of time is spent in company-wide meetings watching execs deliver slides on things barely relevant to most workers. Favoritism exists, budgets are being cut, and it felt like performance reviews and "SMART goals" became more important than creating great products. There's more layers of management, more distraction, and what used to be a culture of transparency has become opaque.

Not a great place to be if you were acquired. The inside picture at an acquired company is very different than when PTC fist shows up. Executive staff swoop in and pick the bones of the acquired company. Looking to merge "sort of the same" departments; lacking an understanding of the acquired company's customers and staff. Only seeing that there is profit for advancing their agenda. Prior to understanding how the pieces of the acquired company work and how they function at the contributor’s level PTC will make cookie cutter changes. The acquired companies’ customers suffer for years, the staff is shown smoke and mirrors as a future. Do not expect to receive training unless you are management. Management training is just to form a collective of drones who do little to make improvements unless they can move forward and have an executive supporter. PTC does not fix employees that need assistance to improve at their jobs; they cull. They must cull the younger staff to fit the requirements of wrongful termination to older higher paid staff. Do not expect to receive training unless you are management. Management training is just to form a collective of drones who do little to make improvements unless they can move forward and have an executive supporter.