Synygy Reviews

Pros

Salary, work culture, mentor culture

Cons

Operations slow but picking up

Advice to Senior Management

Market aggressively

Pros

The management doesn't expect you to dedicate your entire life to your job. You have great flexibility and can get involved in a meaningful way within your first couple of weeks. People are very friendly, and a mentor system helps you with the learning curve. Mentors also serve to help you navigate through your career, and they do an excellent job of it. If you are a self starter, you will succeed at Synygy, as you are given a lot of freedom to choose your tasks and develop expertise in particular areas

Best, I think, is the evaluation system. You are evaluated once per month in your first three months, and then you are evaluated every six months (based on your start date) in addition to quarterly evaluations. The result is that you should always know how you are performing at any given time.

Working in the old Delaware County Electric building makes for a unique environment, with 100 foot ceilings and enormous bay windows overlooking the Delaware River and Commodore Barry Bridge.

The benefits package that we get is very good.. the people responsible for your benefits are knowledgeable and care very much about helping you out.

Cons

Its location, though pretty cool, is extremely inconvenient. You can take public transportation, but because it is in the suburbs of Philadelphia, trains are never running at times conducive to commuting by rail. Without a car, it is very, very difficult to get to work.

Although benefits are good, that doesn't quite make up for salaries below industry standard. They are getting better and have recognized the need to compensate employees in such a fashion as to give them incentive not to leave the company, but salaries are still lower than competitors' salaries.

Advice to Senior Management

Work on being a little more transparent. The company is shifting its focus, and the employees need to know what's happening, which means informing them of changes before they happen, not after they have already been implemented.

Also, keep up the good work. Employees are generally happy, recognizing that although we are paid less then peers, our lives are less stressful than theirs. Largely I believe this is due to the efforts of senior management to secure a productive and satisfying work environment.

Pros

A lot of transparancy, excellent work-personal life balance, no politics nd beaurocracy, decent pay, a lot of fun activities

Cons

py could be more, but honestly am overall very happy working here

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work

Pros

Steep learning cycle. Great place to jump start your career. Open workplace with great interaction betn teams. Great mentoring system.

Cons

Pay is not at par with industry. WIll need to be proactive abt your position and any changes, otherwise you might get stuck in the rutt.

Advice to Senior Management

Dont take advantage of your employees being quiet. It does not always mean they are happy. Pay better and you have the happiest workforce.

Pros

Great people. Good products and services. No politics

Cons

Top management can be nasty and vindictive. Plays favorites. Mercurial and unpredictable.

Advice to Senior Management

Value your people and invest in them. Run the business as a business, not a sandbox. Don't play favorites.Value your clients and your employees.

Pros

Works on cutting edge technologies
Good Opportunities to work as a software developer
Great work culture

Cons

Growth opportunities
Employee retention
Too many changes in SDLC

Advice to Senior Management

Work towards providing growth opportunities to developers. Employee retention is also one area to look towards

Pros

Company takes care of employees
Beautiful building
Leader in its niche

Cons

The sales profession takes a backseat to engineers and consultants
Pay ceiling and potential is below what other software companies offer

Advice to Senior Management

Let sales manage the relationship all the way through the lifecycle of a customer engagement.

Pros

Some projects offer a lot of learning opportunities

Cons

Small company, limited overall opportunities.
Long work hours.

Advice to Senior Management

they are working hard to make a positive experience for employees, however the overall growth is far more slower as compared to other smaller companies.

Pros

Has a great great work culture and the monthly parties with free beer are a great way of cooling off.

Cons

Small company , hence not much exposure and scope for advancement. Highly specialized domain which not many companies are working in.

Advice to Senior Management

expand operations to more than the current offerings. Recognise opportunities in emerging/developing markets. Recognise the potential in your star employees.

Pros

Synygy has a great culture and good people to work with. Also, it is a great jumping off from point. You can learn a lot here if you apply yourself.

Cons

Sometimes it's hard to get the best experience out of the company due to many circumstances; getting put on a large team and becoming lost in the numbers. Low salaries with management asking for more and more work hours is becoming a huge well of dissatisfaction with the employee base.

Advice to Senior Management

Try and hold onto your top talent. Sometimes you need to be proactive with merit/salary increases, performance awards and promotions to show you value someone.