Sentinel Solution Architect reviews

2.1

3% would recommend to a friend

(3 total reviews)

Brian Osborne, Timothy Hill and Robert Lenartowicz

Not enough data to show CEO approval

3% positive business outlook

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3 reviews
2.0
Jul 27, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

1.) Good team (employees), Sentinel has a very deep bench of committed employees who are vested in the company's success. 2.) Fair pay and benefits, medical, dental, 401K, etc. 3.) Stable conservative company (financials), Sentinel addressed dealing with COVID well; it's never going to be perfect, but navigating risk vs. operating a company the size of Sentinel was executed well. 4.) Exposure to many technologies, if you are a technical resource such as a SA or network, security, or storage engineer, you will get exposed to many technologies, and given the diverse pool of customers, you will experience many unique implementations. 5.) Risk averse; this can be good or bad depending on your adopted business philosophy.

Cons

1.) Good Team, not a great team; as Sentinel's management seems reluctant to address inter-departmental issues, a preference to maintain the status quo. 2.) Fair pay and benefits, however not current with what other employers offer and has difficulty adapting to changing workforce expectations. 3.) Culture favors a butts-in-seats approach; however, it attempts to project a progressive culture and falls short. 4.) Lacking diversity in management, seems to have an old-school approach to running the day-to-day business. 5.) Risk averse; this can be good or bad depending on your adopted business philosophy.

1.0
Sep 20, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Good Solutions Architects, engineers and sales folks.

Cons

Management supremely favors those who have been established there. High turnover for sure. When I was there, they had antiquated practices and outdated methods of sales and forecasting. HR is a joke has has no clue on many things HR would need to be privy on. Management lied when they promised to train and groom new employees only to dismiss them with no prior warning - very cavalier, unprofessional, subtle and disingenuous.

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Sentinel Response
9y
Our mission for our employees is to create a work environment that encourages creativity, fosters growth and rewards success. These are the core principles we use as a foundation to make sure we are setting up each team and every team member up for success. For our SA team, we strive to foster their growth through peer mentoring, internal training, partner trainings, certification courses, and exposure to multiple customers. We have found this combination of activities to be very effective and we are disappointed to hear your experience was so different from so many other team members in terms of fostering growth. The methods and tools used by the Sales team do not always make sense to those outside the department, but we can assure you we are using the same principles for that team to set them up for success—which includes implementing the most efficient and effective processes possible. Our employees are family which makes your “Advice to Management” particularly painful to read. We have internal paths in place to voice concerns to direct managers - along with escalation all the way up to the Senior Management/ownership team - because the opinions of our employees are so important to us. Based on your concerns, it appears these paths were underutilized and led you to feel disconnected. Thanks for your feedback. Best of luck in your future endeavors.
5.0
May 6, 2016

Solutions Architect

Recommend
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Pros

Best work environment of management, peers and colleagues I have ever had an opportunity to work with in my 25 years in the networking/telecommunications industry. Positive atmosphere, can do attitudes. Everyone pitches in, everyone is willing to help. They grow and nurture and collaborate efficiently to make sound business choices for the best win/win outcomes for the team and customers. Great pay, great benefits. Great working rewards and acknowledgments. Flexible, adaptable - but driven management styles... Top Notch organization bottom to top. I feel like I found a home here.

Cons

This is not a "Con", rather another "Pro": It's not that I haven't had a differing opinion, or disagreement, because I have. I was heard, there were discussions. The results are that everything has worked out as it has needed to - and everyone, including myself, continues to benefit and grow from the experiences.

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Sentinel Response
10y
Thank you for building your 10+ year career with Sentinel! We are truly humbled by the loyalty and dedication shown by employees, such as yourself, who choose to make their career with us. Thank you for sharing your insights into the Sentinel Lansing team--it is greatly appreciated!

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