iSystems reviews

The amount of technical debt on their books is only outdone by the sunk costs related to their acquisition of products, making it more of a clean up on aisle six job for technical talent, and not enough actual engineering of solutions for problems. Little of the code is written by anyone in the company and even less is documented. This is all further complicated by ineffective QA management where any small change might result in disaster, making teams too cautious to fix the most obvious issues. The success of the software more greatly reflects the performance by outside contractors, which outnumber the internal staff, making it all frustrating to watch, since this will greatly influence internal job performance scores.

Working at this company is not for people who can't stomach unprofessionalism, poorly executed software, or borderline bullying from your colleagues. You have to keep in mind that this is still a small, but growing company that hasn't shed of all its former ways. There is a small clique in middle management that spans the entire company which effectively acts as a firewall against communication and accountability. Software releases may be completely botched, requiring patching, but management will not be held accountable or even let word of it flow freely up the chain. Meanwhile, subordinates are made to scramble at the whims of very talented people that were once very successful in their roles, but now seemingly in over their heads and making it up as they go along. The company also doesn't use well established HR practices and will randomly promote people in the "in" clique or promote those in their favor without ever posting positions internally or waiting for the formal performance review process to play out. Monetary compensation is competitive, but total benefits offerings do not compare to those of similar size technology companies in the area.