Presidio Networked Solutions Reviews

Pros

People are very nice, the work varies and is generally challenging with a wide degree of latitude in how you do it.

Cons

A very small number of the upper management can be rude and standoffish with an apparent air of entitlement, and appear to have little respect for their subordinates and make decisions with little integrity.

Advice to Senior Management

Find out who the managers are that lack genuine passion and integrity and dump them. They hurt morale and don't contribute as much as you think they do.

Pros

An average Cisco retailer. Great Engineering force

Cons

Management is clueless. Engineering is third class citizens.. Management is run by Sales in this company. Account managers and their VP of Sales manipulate to blame Pre-sales engineering for everything. Engineering Vice-President or other engineering management always accepts the fault. Their default position is that their Pre or Post sales engineer is wrong. There is lack of diversity in management. No minorities or women in the management. Bunch of White guys running the show. zero quality of life here.

Advice to Senior Management

Please go close to your DNA which is engineering. your company is becoming a second hand car dealership with the Sales talent doing anything without any punishment. FIre your VP of sales and replace him with a logical resource who understands Technical sales. Start respecting Pre and post sales engineers as they are responsible for whatever success you have. Stop hiring dumb sales guys. you have sales people on staff who cannot spell 'Router ' correctly.

Pros

Engineering staff throughout the company is top-notch. Very skilled and very willing to share knowledge and help others when senior management and institutional barriers do not prevent it.

Cons

The success of Presidio, at least in the Mid-Atlantic region, is almost entirely attributable to the skill of the large engineering staff. Despite this, the engineering staff is treated as virtual 2nd class citizens by both the sales team and senior management. Pay is average at best with raises only granted when specifically begged for and usually not even then. Management refuses to hire enough staff to handle the workload and therefore expects the current staff to regularly work 60-70 hour weeks to keep up. They were even recently considering prohibiting engineering staff from taking any vacation days in June, July, or August as they believe that is usually a busy time. Sr. Management hires highly skilled and professional technical people and then treats them like teenagers who need to be micromanaged every minute of the day instead of trusting that people will act and perform professionally. Every year there is a policy change resulting in a reduction in pay or days of PTO or some other reduction in benefits for the majority of employees, especially those that have been there the longest. Senior Management in the Mid-Atlantic region is 100% short-term tactical in their outlook and management style. There is no planning or strategy of any kind. It is a $1.3 billion company whose budgets consist of a revenue goal and a hope that expenses are less than revenue. Any expenditure over $300 requires direct written approval by a divisional President. It is amazing and a testament to the rank and file technical staff that they are at all successful.

Pros

Presidio provided great opportunity to work on demanding and complex projects. Many of the engineering staff are very competent and there is great collaboration and growth among the teams. Presidio has a good reputation for being able to deliver on projects, particularly around Cisco.

Cons

While Presidio has for the most part maintained its reputation for technical competence, the leadership culture has changed dramatically. In the past it was a great place to work and the executive leadership was engaged. Today's executive leadership is distant from the people and is either disinterested or not capable of really engaging with the people that get the job done. The corporate CTO is an exception to this. Most real people leadership in the organization is at the first line of management or among peers.

Pros

Good opportunity if willing to work hard

Cons

No annual raises, have to request.

Pros

They offer lots of products for clients.

Cons

Financially Challenged, closed offices down shortly after I was hired.

Pros

Training, development, great exposure to different technology.

Cons

Some what erratic schedule, some travel.

Pros

There is no micromanaging, everyone is wiling to help each other out.

Cons

There seems to be a disconnect between new management and the employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Be more involved in your employees work life.

Pros

Everyone is pretty friendly, lots of new technologies implemented constantly. Room to grow your knowledge. No mass layoffs so far due to the economic downturn.

Cons

Lack of communication with management beyond your direct supervisor, no desire to assist in alleviating workload you and your fellow team members face. Very little recognition on accomplishments from anyone other than your direct manager. However upper management comes down hard and fast should the slightest thing go awry.

Advice to Senior Management

We want to help the company succeed, let us do that by helping us as well. We need better working conditions, more help, more support when we are trying to expand our knowledge.

Pros

Presidio is a challenging but rewarding environment where the management is second to none. Good business decisions are often followed by great ones, and the overall environment is an extremely positive and professional one. The engineering staff are regarded as the skilled experts that they are. It is possibly the best place I've ever worked.

Cons

My experience appears to be atypical, but lack of staffing in my particular field of expertise has led to long hours nearly every day of the week for extended periods As a result my personal life suffered.

Advice to Senior Management

I don't have any advice to offer management.