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ViaPath Technologies

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ViaPath Technologies reviews

3.2

43% would recommend to a friend

(224 total reviews)
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Deb Alderson

51% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

ViaPath Technologies has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 224 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ViaPath Technologies employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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224 reviews
1.0
Aug 31, 2016

The Worst

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent pay and company benefits

Cons

Late compensation Lack of promotions Nepotism Greedy managers Not enough characters or TIME to list Company is “lead” and I use the term VERY loosely by greedy upper managers. In twelve years the CEO, Brian Oliver has addressed the company on an all hands call only ONCE. His president, Jeff Haidinger has had 2 calls. They spend more time dealing with the investors and finding ways to squeeze more copper out of a penny. They have never attempted to host national or regional meetings with any groups other than the sales team. The remaining “managers” manage by fear and intimidation. Cronyism and nepotism run rampant within the management staff. Silos are built throughout the organization and company policies are thrown by the wayside in lieu of regional policies. When needed, managers make up new undocumented polices as a matter of convenience. Compensation and annual reviews with monetary increases are delayed to a point of being ridiculous. Year-end annual reviews and payouts are distributed in March. The company implements an MBO process (which can be debated on its own merits) for evaluating employees. The MBOs which are annually evaluated are seldom delivered on time and usually presented to employees in the 3rd quarter and are designed to penalize rather than promote. The language is structured in a way to tell the employee what they are at risk of losing if the goal is not met instead of how they can become better employees. When looking at problems to be resolved the organization would rather look at who they can throw under the bus. Mangers within the company seem to have an US versus THEM mentality rather than working cross-section-ally with their peers in other departments. The only teamwork seems to be worked at the top of the organization and collaborated in getting each other promoted to the next level. Advancement and recognition doesn’t seem to filter down below upper management. Experience and educations appear to be overlooked for the sake of promoting and or hiring relatives and friends.

2.0
Aug 22, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I enjoyed the interpersonal interaction with my clients.

Cons

The lack of promotional opportunities in the rank and file areas of the station.

2.0
Aug 9, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Friendly work environment. All employees are aware of the stressful nature in the office and sarcastically joke of how things need to change, lightening the mood for a bit. Casual dress code is nice as well. 4% 401K Match.

Cons

People are in positions that have no ability to be in the position they are in. Many times during project meetings the people leading the meetings do not have any idea how the project should function. Project Managers rarely stick to the documentation specs. Changes to the project/software are constantly changed on the fly because someone higher up wants it to look or feel that way, leading to limited development, testing and updated documentation. Many projects have the "Just release it” mentality. Meaning the latest project will be released just to hit the release date deadline and deal with the defects after production. End-to-end testing is rare due to tight deadlines and constant changes to functionality. Projects are rushed when they need to be thought out more. Things may look good on paper but that doesn't mean that type of functionality is possible. Barely any internal advancement and minimal bonus (if any), cost of living expenses are non-existent. GTL has employees who work very hard at their job and do not receive any kind of incentives or grateful gestures for working hard. If you work hard and do a good job, you get more work thrown at you.

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