Motion Computing Reviews

Pros

Great products and people, have navigated well through the market challenges over the years.
Still a small company, but that can be a plus for employees.
Working with leading computing technologies and significant International exposure with overseas partners.

Cons

Have gone through difficult cycles as a small company in terms of ability to fund growth and products. Have lost some high quality people in some areas. Challenging business to be in.

Pros

Interesting products to work on, a start up environment that can be exciting, free drinks, decent employee events, above average pay, and a good location in Austin.

There seem to have been a lot of operational changes since I left the company, and that might have resolved a lot of the cons below.

Cons

First off, it was a fairly common belief that there was far too much management. I've worked at companies with two to three times the employees with less upper management. There were a ton of VPs, Senior VPS, Directors, and so on. It was straight out of office space. Worse yet, when they had financial problems, they had round after round of layoffs where they let go of essential employees, but never seemed to lay off any of the excess management.

I watched them hire what should have been wage workers as independent contractors, and when employees brought this up they were indirectly warned that they could be let go for any reason. This meant no insurance, no unemployment when they were laid off, and owing double what they should have in taxes. I still know people who have paid hundreds of dollars in CPA fees, and are still trying to get this worked out with the IRS.

When they did convert contractors they paid them way less than they were making before, and told them that they had to accept the offer or lose their job in the next three months. Then many of those employees ended up getting laid off within that time anyways.

Then, part of the layoff package was that you got to keep your tablet and accessories (Keyboard, docking station, etc), but many people didn't get all of it and never did.

Had they simply done right by their employees this would be a job I would recommend to anyone who was interested.

Advice to Senior Management

Years ago I would have assumed that Motion would had little to no chance of lasting more than maybe a year. I assume that the changes in upper management solved a lot of issues within the business since it's still up and running. Keep up the good work in that case.

Pros

Very laid back environment where you have a voice for changes etc. Very good open door policy bt management and employees.

Cons

Money was the main downside as well as career growth. Once the economy started to go downhill there was a lack of career movement.

Advice to Senior Management

I believe with the recent changes that were put in place by Motion that management is doing a fantastic job and I would go back to work there in a heartbeat if they offered a better compensation package.