L-1 Identity Solutions Reviews

Pros

Dysfunctional Organization provides excellent opportunity for growth and gaining experience, i.e. to be successful you will need to get your hands into every aspect of the organization.

Cons

Same dysfunctional organizational and specifically lack of standard processes and quality of performance across groups greats a steep learning curve required to be successful. Also creates an environment of high stress.

Advice to Senior Management

Everyone in the organization knows what the weak links are from both a process(Requirements Definition/Business Analysis & Product/Solution Management) and group stand point, focus on fixing these things will go far to improve overall product quality and morale. Providing an environment where individuals feel like they are succeeding is key to becoming a successful company.

Pros

Unique industry
Unique technology (biometrics)
Able to play different roles
New management under new parent company (Safran Morpho)
Convenient office location in Concord, CA

Cons

Career Path for employees is not given enough attention
Starting compensation for some employees are below average
People work on projects for too long

Pros

Cutting edge technology. Talented co-workers.

Cons

you become a workaholic and stay in late most days.

Advice to Senior Management

keep up the good work.

Pros

(i)Exposure usually depends on the group one is working with.
(ii)fun working with interesting technology also got great amount of knowledge while at this place.
(iii)Talented staff

Cons

Even after working on interesting technology sometimes one feels that its t's just routine work.

overall there is not very effective communication across different groups.

Pros

It is challenging and working with interesting technology. Gained a great amount of skill and knowledge at this company. Talented staff.

Cons

Long hours and constant support is needed. Put out fires frequently. Needs more communication. Don't have a sense of pride working here. It's just work.

Advice to Senior Management

More communication. More activities. More appreciation. More communication. More activities. More appreciation. More communication. More activities. More appreciation. More communication. More activities. More appreciation.

Pros

Work life balance, work atmosphere, good work life, good people to work with in general, minimal conflicts and issues with employees

Cons

Salary, attitude of senior people, corporate culture,senior management needs improvement and lots of communication needs to be improved between senior folks.

Advice to Senior Management

review periods and salary increments, salary and basic corporate attitude needs to improve for professional growth and work life balance is good.

Pros

They take care of the people.

Cons

Being sold but very little info is flowing to employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate.

Pros

- Supportive team members, within own team
- There are individuals that are very bright and talented who are willing to help and teach

Cons

- Low morale
- Long hours, low pay
- Poor management
- Lack of universal protocol
- Very poor time use on management's part
- Under-qualified (technically) management
- Management tends to restrict individual growth and learning

Advice to Senior Management

Allow employees to conduct appraisals for management. Allow it to be anonymous and an annual occurrence. This allows feedback and approval ratings to not be one-sided.

Pros

There are a variety of challenges and technologies.

Cons

Many processes are not mature.

Advice to Senior Management

Ask employees about what processes are broken.

Pros

At the beginning, the ping pong table held up a little of the work. The food was alright in the break room and it was free. The last company holiday party was good.

Cons

The salary compensation was abysmal. Most of the time <15% less than market value.

The working condition spiraled down into a firey pit of hell. We were moved to cubes that are smaller than the driver space of my car, and at the same time work load increased as resources diminished (people quitting). The project planning is horrendous, and my department cannot handle the projects being thrown at us with minimal or almost illegal amount of resources.

Work hours ranges anywhere from 10 - 12 hours a day and sometimes even more.

Over time, the beverages in the break room turned from nice healthy to only Red Bulls(tm) and Star Bucks Coffee.

Advice to Senior Management

Please be wiser with resource management in the future. You have created single points of failure, example ME. Now that I am gone, you guys are suffering or even the whole practice has been abandoned. Realize that human beings are working at your company and not mindless drones. If you wish, you may employ your son who has no education to work here, but please do not employ anyone talented for them to waste their careers in this place.