AHEAD Reviews

Pros

If you're looking for technical expertise, then this is certainly the place for you. My coworkers are some of the brightest in the industry, and we're all striving to maintain excellence in every branch of technology. Everyone has such a passion for the industry, which is evidenced by the numbers of group chats surrounding emergent technologies and technical enablement. Joining this team was the best decision I have ever made for my career.

Cons

Admittedly, there is a lot of process involved when it comes to sales and delivery alike. I often find myself having conversations about solutions with so many different people that at some point I think that I could have had a solution in place in the time that we spent talking about our options.

Pros

Lots of perks and benefits that add up to a happier team. Communication is clear and they set realistic expectations for you but always encourage and provide the tools and support if you want to go beyond whats been set.

Cons

After three months, none so far.

Pros

The company is diverse and highly financially successful.

Cons

The capabilities of the leadership team leaves a lot to be desired. Terrible communication and expectation setting abilities. Inconsistent or non-existent process definition causes a lot of frustration and wasted work. Their hiring practices for diversity have been a joke. The CEO even made a comment that until 2 years ago he did even think about diversity - he just wanted to hire the "best" candidate, which just happened to be a large majority of white males. Completely oblivious.

Pros

The management wasn't the worst I'd ever had and most definitely not the best. Free snacks in the Chicago office was nice and some of the workers were fantastic, specifically the inclusion groups and some of the support staff.

Cons

Though some peers were liked a lot by fellow employees, the things they chose to criticise about, time in and out, was strange given the frequency that they snuck out early everyday. A coworker criticised my in and out tine, but they arrived later and left early everyday. Almost as though they intended for me to be the office presence for our practice while they skipped out to be at home or anywhere but the office. But they were a very well liked personality so they were allowed to do that while they lied to me about being in the office and were openly hostile to me while maintaining friendly conversation with everyone else. It was not a fun or friendly place to work.

Pros

Great comp. Great lifestyle. Great people. Most importantly - Ahead is on the cutting edge of where IT is going.

Cons

Lots of growth, new people to meet and get to know at a high high clip.