Kenexa Reviews

Pros

Health work environment
Many nice co-workers
Good compensation if company meets the goals

Cons

Internal module development pushed to production before ready.

Pros

This is a good company to start out in. If you're motivated and a self-starter, there are many opportunities to learn and get valuable on-the-job experience.

Cons

Employees aren't always treated with a great deal of respect by the senior management. Due to this, in part, there is a fairly high staff turnover rate, which goes against what they recommend to their clients.

 There is also a strong tendency for the business to be focused on the States and not take into account different cultures in their business approach.

Pros

Many companies talk empowerment, Kenexa lives it. It is refreshing to be part of a company that gives you the latitude to do your job. The culture supports absolute transparency without fear of retribution.

Cons

If you lack talent you will be miserable and would better fit a status quo company that pays everyone the same and when giving out merits and bonuses, everyone gets about the same. If you are low on energy, don't work at Kenexa. You will be tired and miserable.

Pros

The people are the greatest group of people I have ever worked with!

Cons

Benefits aren't as good as they could be.

Pros

good environment to work at

Cons

growth opportunities are limited, compensation not par with the market

Advice to Senior Management

better to have a clear growth opportunities

Pros

-Health benefits coverage
-New employees come in with a lot of energy and enthusiasm
-Staff in the US can be very supportive

Cons

-Management is not only incompetent, but also lacks core company values = not a good combination
-It´s a deadend job - no growth opportunities, except for friends of the director
-The US offices don´t seem to know what´s going on in the South American office in regards to management problems
-While the company values tout quality, the Argentine office is nothing more than a call center, and as such, cannot hold on to its employees (retention rates are exceedingly low)

Advice to Senior Management

The US offices should evaluate the Argentine management, as it seems they do not follow the company´s own missions involving employee satisfaction and enriching lives. This office has become a poorly run, repressive, call center.

Pros

Opportunites driven by growth
Talented People

Cons

Compensation is often below market

Pros

There are alot of friendly people, and you can often hear laughing. As of 2011 the CEO has pushed out some employee satisfaction initiatives based on survey's, and so management is taking a different approach towards employees, which is helping to make the environment better overall. The CEO is inspiring.

Cons

Low pay compared to the market. If you use sick or vacation days as a single mother for family illness etc., then you are considered to have an attendance issues. Is that not why we have sick and vacation days? The majority of the people I see moving up have no children or have spousal help. People should be friendly, and approachable, but brown nose seems to get rewarded to several managers. Some managers are verbally abusive.

Advice to Senior Management

Our office is changing, and that is a good thing, but new employees are lacking the basic Kenexa knowledge. People should be looked at for their strengths.

Pros

Great people in many departments

Cons

Leadership is average, micromanages and does not trust it's smartest people. Small inner circle of friends get ahead, super political, they can't hold on to talented people.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop preaching employee engagement and get the employees engaged. Listen to the employee feedback you solicit and react objectively and proactively and not deny clear data based on relationships.

Pros

flexibility in arrival and departure times in office

Cons

Manager showed complete favoritism and would ignore some members on the team. She didn't like anyone that didn't kiss her a** and agree with everything she said. You had to drink the kool-aid in order to work there.

Advice to Senior Management

Lay off the kool-aid and acknowledge people for the contributions they do make instead of dangling bonus and pay raises over their heads if they don't put in over 40 hours in a week.