Usablenet reviews

3.0

44% would recommend to a friend

(124 total reviews)

Nick Taylor

65% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Usablenet has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 124 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Usablenet employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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124 reviews
1.0
Sep 6, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Do a great job of hiring great people Provide food and drinks Opportunities to grow for company people

Cons

Management is completely blind to the reality of employees Management is misguided and ineffective No internal communication No transparency No opportunity to voice concerns or critcism Poor record of executing

2.0
Jun 16, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Fast growing company - Work with Fortune 500 accounts - Good variety in tasks and work keep things interesting - Ability to interact with client - Given responsibility and control over projects (usually) - There were a handful of interesting characters working there - Free snacks - Decent Coffee - Spectacular company potential

Cons

- Abysmal and deteriorating quality of middle management - Some staff are subjected to work in dreary windowless offices, surrounded by black paint, a loud vent, and desk-sized cubicles - Increasing level of office politics is quickly destroying morale and pushing out talent - Middle/Upper management feigns interest in problems and spend too much time protecting their jobs - Reputation of not keeping promises to workers - Bonuses/Salaries are capped and deserving employees are often underpaid - Unnecessary stress during deadlines due to poor decision making from middle management - Understaffed/underpaid development team - Increasing work hours without increasing pay - No accurate measure in place to gauge success of staff - Now, due to the political climate, staff are no longer able to openly communicate concerns freely - Highly inefficient

3.0
Apr 6, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Working with major clients (great for resume) - Gain a broad base of experience in the growing mobile field - Insurance is free

Cons

- A highly political middle management that makes it difficult to grow with the company - A lack of merit-based opportunities for career advancement - 8am start time (for a web development company?)

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