Planet Technologies reviews

My friend said they had been recommended to Planet but was concerned that the reviews were all over the place. As I read the reviews, good and bad are both right. I'll try to explain. You're hired in with a good story. You're busy immediately, the pay and benefits are decent. But as time goes on, you realize there are dark under currents here. If a project goes poorly, the project managers start back biting. We've had to fire 2 project managers in 6 months because they didn't know what they were doing. Burn out is high - we've lost 3 managers in 3 years. The company runs like 3 separate organizations, and the owners don't like each other. It's closely held and as a consultant you ABSOLUTELY have to understand you are a commodity. Someone told me that when a bad review was posted, that some people were paid to write a good review to counter it. I don't know if that's true, but it would certainly fit the Ra Ra culture. There's also a lot of tell the customer we can do anything and then figure it out.

As a private company, leadership exercises its right to make decisions in what it perceives to be the best interest of the company, which is understandable. But decisions do often seem to be made in a vacuum. The people who work hard to make the company successful can be made to feel like a commodity at times in a "what have you done for me lately culture". Management asks for candid feedback but often can't handle it, or it then becomes a liability to those expressed it. Bottomline, if you are okay with working for a company with an inconsistent value system, you will be fine. You will be decently compensated. You will find support among your peers. But don't expect too much from leadership.