Smartek21 reviews

3.5

66% would recommend to a friend

(306 total reviews)
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Al Lalji

63% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Smartek21 has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 306 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Smartek21 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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306 reviews
1.0
Jul 23, 2015

Unprofessional and unbelievably low salary

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None None None None None

Cons

- Manipulates and is dishonest about salary - Does not negotiate with the clients so that they can keep the clients but give a low wage (a cut) to the consultant hired to do the work. - No increases unless you aggressively negotiate and/or sell your paid time off

1.0
Dec 26, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salary is paid on time Benefits are decent

Cons

Poor executive team which keeps changing every few months. There is too much instability in the company as every few months things keep changing. The CEO shows up once in a while at the all-hands meeting, walks the team through the same PPT that is being used for the last couple of years. No questions/concerns are addressed genuinely. None of my co-workers are still around in the company, they have either been fired or they have quit. You have to time and again prove your loyalty to the CEO by different ways and means. If you don't suck it up, you might be fired with no notice. NOTE: Loyalty works one way here - You are supposed to be loyal to the company. The company will not be loyal to you. :)

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Smartek21 Response
9y
I am sorry that your working experience was not a positive one but your accusations contradict everything I (as well as the majority of our employees) have observed throughout years of working with our executive teams and directly with the CEO/Founder Al Lalji. The CEO is a gifted visionary who travels to each of his 5 offices around the globe and prospective new clients; therefore, he is not able to sit in the Corporate office many days out of the month but always makes himself available via phone and email to each of his employees whenever needed. The all hands meetings are made up of 6-8 different stakeholders who combine their information into one presentation that is delivered by the CEO or CRO. I personally have not witnessed two of the same. Like all competent tech companies, the Company responds when employees engage in misconduct or if they fail because of lack of the necessary motivation or skillset to get the job done they were hired to do. For example, we unfortunately recently addressed a situation where an employee recruited certain employees to work (while employed) on competitive, non-company, for profit, projects using our company resources. That type of behavior is unacceptable and unloyal. We invite fair and honest reviews and criticism is welcome. That helps drives us as a company to make forward positive changes. But when reviews are false and so obviously intended to mislead and reduce SmarTek21’s hiring pool, the Company will respond to set the record straight. That is the case here. If you would like to rethink your approach and professionally discuss your experience at SmarTek21, we have an open door policy and I invite you to contact me at ST_Legal@smartek21.com so we can discuss your thoughts. We also continue to wish you well in your future endeavors.
1.0
Aug 11, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Recruiters know how to send and receive email, at least from what I can tell.

Cons

That's about all they seem to know in my experience and opinion.

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Smartek21 Response
9y
I am sorry you had a negative experience within the recruitment process; however your assessment contradicts what I have observed throughout the years of working with the recruiting team as well as the countless of satisfied employees hired through that very same process. All of our recruiters are senior level talent ranging from 7-20 years of experience; therefore I find it surprisingly odd for such a disapproval. Our management will look into our current process and see if there is anything we can approve upon. Thank you again for your review and for allowing us the opportunity for us to learn and grow.
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