Perceptive Software Reviews in Kansas City, MO Area

Pros

Great product, some very good people and plenty of work to do. Creativity and IQs run very high at PSI.

Cons

If you aren't in the 'favorites' group you are going nowhere. They aren't looking for people who tell them how it really is. They want "yes men". If you are a ladder climbing, backstabbing, finger pointing, guru of nothing but self promotion this is the place for you.

Advice to Senior Management

Take a good, hard look at the quality of people who have walked away in the last two years. They left because they didn't fit the culture of arrogance and hubris. They were people who cared about others and Imagenow. Not everyone lobby's vocally for the promotion; some people actually work for it. Recognize them.

Pros

Relaxed environment with challenging problems. Small company with lots of opportunities where you can find a project that best suits your interests. You can work on lower levels of implementation, or higher level business logic. Great developers with lots of knowledge, especially valuable for a young developer to learn what software development is about, I learned a lot.

Cons

Salary scale relatively low compared to the local competitors, this got fixed in recent years. Kansas. Parties can be conceived as cons but mostly a fun, family atmosphere.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work. Get rid of the people that do not contribute. Keep focus on what made this company successful.

Pros

party house - lots of parties and drinks
work from home when needed
flexible work hours
free pop
free bagels and donuts on Friday

Cons

Being good at politics is very important here. You get promoted not by your talent, but by who is your buddy, friend. You get kicked out if you are not one of them. Management team are really close to each other so that they can screw up anyone they want. If you are social and can talk you will be successful. If you can only do things even you have great talent you are screwed.

Advice to Senior Management

The executive team should be alert about management team. Good management team should not use politics to manage team. Instead they should keep equal distance with everyone.

Pros

Other Employees
Relaxed Dress Code
Flexible Work hours
Good Starter job
Good place to learn the software business
Growing company

Cons

Salary are sub par
Benefits are not comparable to other companies of similar size in the area
401K matching is terrible
Lower management lacks experience
lack of career development opportunities
lack of a career path
lack of personal growth opportunities
Management likes to play favorites and outcasts

Advice to Senior Management

Overall the direction the company is heading as a whole looks good, but there are some serious challenges that the company must undertake in order to transform from a small software shop to a mature public organization. Management would be smart to secure the best talent at the company by reviewing salaries and compensation in all positions. There is a risk of high turn over (mass brain drain) with the talent if the local job market improves!

Pros

Casual atmosphere

Good benefits

Management supports flexible time/work from home if needed

Good coworkers for the most part

Management promotes team atmosphere and respect-- almost weekly team meetings, birthday cookies, holiday gift, and anniversary gift

Cons

Supervisory positions are filled by people with tenure, not by qualifications, resulting in sub-par direct management structure

There is segregation within the department between the "favorites" and the "outcasts"

No opportunity for career growth/advancement

Advice to Senior Management

Utilize SuccessFactors and read employee's manager reviews. If we take the time to review our managers, we expect our review comments will be used to influence performance reviews of our manager. It feels like manager reviews are getting ignored, which gives employees no opportunity to provide real feedback.

Pros

Perceptive offers a dynamic enviornment and is staffed with employees who care about doing a quality job. Everyone works for the good ot the team, company and customers.

Cons

As with any Sales / Software organization, pursuit of the sale can put those who support the customers in a tough spot.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to make the customer the primary focus and keep the quality of the software in the forefront of all you do.

Pros

Fun Culture, Beneits ok, relaxed atmosphere, fun events, great product. Quality of life is good, as Perceptive allows you to handle personal events by not having to always submit for time off.

Cons

Pay not as competitive as other companies in area. Undefined career paths. 401K and benefits can be better. Outside training needed for some roles.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue fight to keep employees by more benefits, more pay. For people who travel, hotel stations are not very effective, would rather have cubicles for more privacy.

Pros

The company is great when it comes to family. They give you time off when you need it, let you work from home when you need it. The starting vacation is outstanding, who else gives you three weeks at your one year anniversary, sure, its in advance but who cares right. Most of the people are awesome, and the atmosphere is great...most times.

Cons

Communication between depts
Too many chiefs
Pay is not competitive

Advice to Senior Management

Get it right the second time!

Pros

- strong executive team
- autonomy and trust to get the job done
- growh presents career opportunities
- excellent employee benefits (health, dental and vision all covered by Perceptive)
- vacation (3 weeks after one year of service)
- company supports its community

Cons

like every rapidly growing organization, Perceptive has faced a number of growth-related challenges, however, now that the growth is at a more sustainable pace, many of those problems have disappeared.

Advice to Senior Management

consistent communication with employees is key. as the organization continues to grow, effective communication from management is critical to maintaining an engaged workforce.

Pros

+ paycheck
+ health insurance
+ free pop
+ laptop
+ blackberry

Coming into it directly after college, the company has a very strong sense of community.

Cons

- communication with manager
- who you know vs what you know

After several months on the job, the honeymoon was over.

Advice to Senior Management

Get your house in order.