Cross Match Technologies Reviews

Pros

Seems like things are getting better. Management finally figured out that things weren't going to be good in a few years, and they are finally taking action to make it better. Good people gone to waste in the past. Now things seem to be moving.

Cons

Still too many people that are hanging on to the past. Germany and America aren't workign together

Advice to Senior Management

Keep moving forward and get rid of the people that "don't get it"

Pros

Challenging work, made in the usa, good balance of work and life and good skill building for resume. You can wear many hats.

Cons

very poor communication, constant reorganization some people have had 3 different titles in less than 1 year, favoritism, people with little experience or no qualifications are promoted into positions they are not even qualified for, new CEO hires his buddies for upper level jobs and they sit in their office all day or attend meetings, minimal exposure to lower level employees and do not even know employees names after being there for nearly a year.

Offfsite meetings and a week long events for a large % people only some entire departments included not just managers and many were left out of the "team building" events and are left back at the office feeling like they are not important or a part of the company where is the teamwork?

People coming in late and leaving early or disappearing for hours or not coming in at all, abusing their allocated time off, a lot of employees also sit and surf the internet all day long and don't appear to be busy with no fear of being fired or reprimanded because their managers don't care.

HR is a joke, new HR manager is nowhere to be found.

Annual raises have been very low to none at all.

CEO calls town hall meetings and talks big, say's one thing 1 month then 4 months later flip flops on what he said.

Advice to Senior Management

Read the above and know only this is the short list, level the playing field for others who have been with the company for years and are loyal hard workers. We got bigger fish to fry.

Pros

Knowing you are working on something that defends our borders, helps our troops, catches criminals, terrorists and helps ID missing people and children. Company supplies employees near the bleeding edge equipment to get the job done. Work environment is good,clean and safe. Coworkers are generally friendly and cordial but there is a clique'.

Cons

Extremely poor annual salary increases, big layoffs in the past, company has a revolving door CEO, many bring big ideas and they fire existing upper management and bring in their friends to fill the roles it either lasts or nothing happens. No IPO realization. Too much middle management some are lacking experience and the skill sets to be managers and tend to dip into working on things they have no experience or knowledge in. Good'ole boy club exists and favoritism amongst managers for certain employees is obvious, managers tend to overlook more experienced employees and go to the rookies or junior level people with minimal experience for answers and tend to shut others out in the process. Management also tends to boost and promote people into roles they have no qualifications or experience in. The company is very title oriented and bickering between departments is often a typical meeting tone.

Bad project management and direction, often projects are started with no game plan of attack. Communication is very poor between departments, causing money and time to be wasted on a daily basis. Company is not diversified, has plenty of PhD titles, but lacks the innovation that it once had.

Company on a whole is very secretive amongst it's employees and you will often be in the dark on a lot of things that are not company trade secrets or top secret info. This also applies to projects, even within your own group management is very secretive on new projects and often only selected people will know or be involved. These selected people are usually based on the previous favoritism statement and will often be discussed in private closed door meetings yet the project is worked on in plain site.

HR department is transparent and employees really feel there is no mediator to turn to when there are problems. Benefits are okay but not the best. Little room for promotion unless you are in the club.

Management does not recognize hard work, innovation or completing projects on time with a low bug count. Often you may end up fixing someone else's mistake while they wipe their hands of it and move on to something new. Management often honors and acknowledges these types and overlooks the mistakes though they end up being very costly to the company on a whole. Management is not phased by this too often and still see's these types as employee of the month material and does not criticize them for their mistakes. Others though will get lambasted with comments and questions if there are issues.

Much of management is old blood and is not very open to new hires ideas or background and often are resistant to new CEO policies. CEO typically talks the talk but does not walk the walk. Company is big on sales and contracts and spends thousands of dollars flying staff all over the world on missionary type sales pitches with minimal ROI.

Competition is stiff and the company is falling behind the 8 ball on a lot of sectors and technology and needs to realize this to survive.

Advice to Senior Management

Recognize all employees on a level playing field and be aware of their strengths and weaknesses and most importantly experience and history of results. Stop the favoritism and do not shoot down ideas from those that you may feel threatened by. Not all are after your job. All middle and upper level management should attend a Dale Carnegie course. CEO needs to sit down with the management and improve interdepartmental communication, project planning and make management review staff credentials and experience in order to reevaluate roles and responsibilities.

Pros

The company has a qualified engineering team that allow entry level people to learn fast.

Cons

The Quebec city office doesn't have all the flexibility it needs to react fast to internal and external clients.

Advice to Senior Management

The advice would be to decentralize the decision process.