Jun 2, 2014
Quest Global reviews
3.9
82% would recommend to a friend
Ajit Prabhu
91% approve of CEO
80% positive business outlook
Quest Global has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 4,676 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Quest Global employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).
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4.0
May 28, 2014
Great career growth for self motivated engineers
Current employee, more than 5 years
East Hartford, CT
Recommend
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Pros
Work-life balance is great, hours are flexible. If you do not like what you're working on, you can learn a new discipline or work on a different part. Access to the global network of engineers is very cool. We have many customers in different industries who are at the forefront of technology. Career growth opportunities are prevalent if you are a competent, driven engineer. You have to pave your own career path, it will be hard, and you will be challenged. If that's your thing, then QuEST is for you. If you want an easy job, QuEST is also for you. If you want an easy job where you make a bunch of money, you should have gone into software engineering. If you are passionate about technology & problem solving, you will find this job very rewarding. QuEST is evolving as it ages, you will notice many changes happening that align with the customer's position in their industry. It is a young company, so processes are still being worked out, but QuEST is not afraid to take a risk to try a new service or mode of delivery. It is very exciting as an engineer to be on the forefront of these new deliveries. It can feel very entrepreneurial.
Cons
Inexperienced managers and enablers. Process people (project management and quality) functions should be run by experts in their fields, not by project engineers who grew up in QuEST (too much bias). Limited talent pool makes this a great opportunity for self-starters, but the disorganized middle mgmt/center managers can stunt growth of talented individuals. This is perceived to be an ego issue, but is probably just because of lack of experience in mgmt. There are always ways around management if you are resourceful./ Not all managers are inclined to change, which is a core value, and a critical success factor for QuEST. This attitude holds us back. No system for escalating HR issues. HR is in India, the US HR team does what they can but they are stretched too thin. Too many QuEST employees assume they work for the customer instead of for QuEST, so they have the wrong perception of their job (job title, compensation, responsibility). This should be managed better by center & program managers. Heavy emphasis on metrics is preventing growth and evolution of the company. No credit (praise or monetary reward) is given to employees. So if you are the type of person who needs to be told you're doing a good job all the time you will likely not enjoy working here.
1.0
May 20, 2014
This company does not care about you
Current employee, more than 3 years
East Hartford, CT
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros
One good thing about working here is the flexibility of hours. You can pretty much come and go without getting hassled by management (differing depending on who your manager is), as long as it's reasonable. If you want to skip out early on a Friday, it's not problem as long as you get your work done. Overtime is also an option when the engineering department is swamped, which can be nice. You get paid time (not time and a half).
Cons
Someone in upper management at this center has a motto which everyone knows: "fake it until you make it". There is no technical career path here. You get exposed to some entry level tasks, which are great to start out with, but that is about all you can do. The only way to move ahead (or get any sort of significant raise) is to go into management, which means you won't be doing any engineering work. My benefits are not good for an engineering company. There is a 401k match, however, it is abysmal. Starting salaries are low, and raises are even lower. You will have to work here for at least 4 years in order to hit the average starting salary for a mechanical engineer in Connecticut. You will get a sense that nobody in management cares about you or the company, just hitting metrics. They won't fire people so they can hit their attrition metrics, even when customers complain daily. Metrics are taken more seriously than good business decisions, and that is not a good sign.
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