SMX reviews

3.9

86% would recommend to a friend

(241 total reviews)
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Peter LaMontagne

85% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

SMX has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 241 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SMX 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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241 reviews
4.0
Jan 2, 2017

Smartronix Review

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Company has good leadership at the top and is stacked with a great number of talented employees. The company is very employee-focused and creates a 'family-like' environment for and shows a genuine interest in its employees. The company has a great business track record (especially with Federal Government contracts) and operates with the utmost integrity. Smartronix offers its employees a very generous benefits package.

Cons

Some members of the executive management team don't seem to be a forward thinking or as progressive at the CEO, often making decisions that are penny wise and pound foolish. The company has one or two business ventures that seem to be out of sync with the company mainstream market and would appear to be ill-advised. Despite the company's success, the infrastructure often appears to be immature or underdeveloped for a company its size and tenure. Company sales, particularly in the Cloud division, seem to be success more by pure luck than a concrete, documented and communicated company strategy.

4.0
Dec 23, 2016

Decent but will never be the best

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Decent pay, decent management and culture in terms of personality. Good relationship with AWS. They are a growing company thanks to their focus. Well articulated medium-term plan and good transparency from the highest management (regular updates on contract awards/protests, planning activities). Note that a guy named John Parris is listed as the CEO in emails and does this communication, I have no idea who Arshed Javaid is so I can't comment on that.

Cons

HR is completely tone deaf when it comes to their benefits. They switched to offering ONLY a high deductible health plan, and the insurance provider is terrible. They don't understand that the so-called "benefits consultants" get kickbacks from the insurance companies and 401(k) providers they recommend. Their 401(k) plan is pretty bad in terms of options and the expense ratios on the available funds. Their match percentage is also middling. Talking to other in the industry, the benefits are quite sub-par. I also agree with the lack of advancement sentiments expressed in other reviews. Management is super nice to employees personality-wise, but your employer is not your friend, I'm here to get paid and grow. So it's typical as far as IT jobs go, you gotta move out to move up. Get your experience and use your contacts to move on.

5.0
Dec 14, 2016

The best!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Talk about loving their employees!

Cons

The military leave policy is lacking.

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