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      Good People, Poorly Manager - Anonymous employee Synectics Employee Review

      2.0
      Feb 8, 2015
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      - Friendly working atmosphere - Dedicated staff - Very strong market and customer knowledge

      Cons

      - Weak leadership - unable to drive change - Immature development practices; chaotic, adhoc, individual heroics, unpredictable software. Software is typically unreliable, re-introducing previously resolved issues, uncontrolled feature introduction, driven from development rather than Product Management. Features are typically what the organisation feels the customer wants rather than asking what is needed - Lack of strategic direction, poor communication and lacking in organisational capability. The heroic nature of the majority of projects (both in development and delivery) has created a reliance on "key" people (the "heroes") for strategy and direction. However these staff lack knowledge and experience in areas where the business needs to improve; hence a continuous cycle of emergencies and disaster and an inability to analyse and learn from previous mistakes, or take on-board new ideas or thinking.

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      Synectics Response
      6y
      Hi, thank you for your comments. I’m sorry to read it didn’t work out with us, but I’d like to wish you the very best for your future career.

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      4.0
      Mar 23, 2022
      Associate director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      longstanding, stable tech company, proven product, strong customer base, smart, dedicated people, autonomy, travel, cool technology

      Cons

      recovering from tough 2-3 years, rebuilding team and culture, limited resources, travel intensive for sales and engineering

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      Synectics Response
      3y
      Hello I hope that you have included helpful feedback such as this in the employee survey. Please do not hesitate to email HR if you wish to speak about your own particular needs. Thanks
      1.0
      Feb 25, 2021
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Flexible work schedule. Some work is remote so you don’t have to deal with the Operationally Focused Process and Improvement Implementer face to face.

      Cons

      For the Carpenteria Office; There is no HR department in the US. HR is in the UK. This is is huge problem. Consistent bullying and harassment. Managers and most employees left spend more time trying to make it look like others aren’t doing their job, than they spend actually doing their job. Lack of any processes or consistency with work flow. Clear segregation between management and other employees. The former COO ran the company into the ground all for self benefit and the Operationally Focused Process and Improvement Implementer (that job title couldn’t be farther from the truth) significantly aided in that. This is the most dysfunctional company I’ve ever worked for. Half of this business unit has quit, I don’t see them sustaining a US business for much longer. All other reviews from former employees are accurate.

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      Synectics Response
      4y
      Hi there, thank you for leaving a review and apologies that we haven't responded before now. It's tough to hear about your experiences and I'm sorry that we've nowhere near met expectations. I fully take on board your comments regarding HR and operations in the US and will use them to ensure we improve the employee experience going forward. Thank you again and we wish you all the best.
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