Failed company - Senior Software Engineer Symbotic Employee Review

1.0
Jan 22, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

When I joined the company, the CEO John Lert defined a solid productive inspiring environment. He brewed coffee for everybody, was very detail-oriented and highly technical. This was due to him and other execs at that time, that CasePick was successful early on. However, times changed in 2009 when the company was acquired by C&S and replaced the CEO.

Cons

When C&S acquired CasePick, things turned for worse. Both C&S team and the new CEO has brought opaque dysfunctional system with politics. All talented people left in 2010-2011. C&S tried to spin off the company and renamed it to SymBotic and hired Jim Baum as CEO who currently doesn't even list SymBotic on Linkedin. Very sad story.

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Symbotic Response
12y
Thank you for being with our company when we were a true start-up and working by the side of our founder. We are proud to say that our CEO shows his Symbotic support on LinkedIn and we have grown the company to over 150 talented professionals and will continue to grow with adding more talented professionals. Please contact our HR team to let us know how we can continue to bring in more talent at info@symbotic.com.

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Pros

Great company and good for networking

Cons

Could help employees grow more within company

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Symbotic Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. We're pleased to hear you found value in the connections and relationships built during your time at Symbotic. We also appreciate your feedback regarding growth opportunities – supporting employee development remains a priority, and we will continue to invest in programs, learning opportunities, and career pathways that help our team members grow and succeed. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors!
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Every day you learn something new.

Cons

Upper management chase everyone decent away.

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