Great first job but that's it - Software Engineer Yardi Systems Employee Review

2.0
May 22, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good work-life balance - Friendly coworkers - Decent benefits - Great first job off college

Cons

Low pay, you can get 20-30% better pay from a similar position in-town. Zero quality and standard, management does not value quality and only cares about how fast you get things done. Most new hires just start coding without any training or review. For issues or even to add new features, they do patch work rather than properly engineering and architecting the solution. They will jump right into adding a new feature on a short notice based on a client's demand but comes back and spend more time because the solution was not properly planned out. This is the culture of the entire company and not specific to a particular team. Uninspiring work, do not expect cutting edge technology here. Just take a look at their software, it's like a flashback to the early 2000s. Management prefers cheap labor fresh off college/from India. High turn over rate among talented developers. Out of touch management, they are out with clients most of the time and rarely in the office listening to their employees. Feedback from employees is not valued. Oppressive work environment.

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Yardi Systems Response
8y
Readers of the Yardi Glassdoor reviews will recognize that your experience at Yardi is quite different from that of other employees who have posted from the Santa Barbara office. All of our salaries are benchmarked against national norms and our wonderful benefits include 100% paid health care premium, a FSA plan, 401k, profit sharing, vacation condos, tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave, great discounts to a variety of places both near and far, and more! In our interactions with each other, our customers, and within our community we are guided by core Yardi values. It is these values that have shaped this company and enabled us to continue providing quality software and unwavering customer focus. Our corporate motto is to take care of our clients, take care of our employees, stay focused and grow. Without the hard work of our wonderful employees we would not have the success we have today. We truly value every employees’ comments and concerns and encourage you to reach out to the VP of HR to discuss your concerns with management.

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5.0
May 19, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company culture, support, and growth

Cons

Low compensation compared to market average

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Yardi Systems Response
2w
Thank you for the review! We are glad to hear that you enjoy our fun and dynamic culture, the growth opportunities as well as your supportive team! We strive to remain and employer of choice with competitive pay practices and robust benefits offerings, but we appreciate your input.
2.0
May 12, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If I were asked pros of this company in 2020 I would fill this entire space. Since COVID the company culture completely changed toward the negative. They have good affordable health and dental insurance. You get to leave 2 hours early on the day before a holiday. They will provide lunch in office once a week. You get to work a hybrid WFH schedule. They invest in your 401k whether you contribute or not.

Cons

Their pay is below market. I was a TAM and could have made $20k more per year with another company but wanted to stay with yardi because they weren’t publicly traded and were more stable. The culture became more stressful and toxic after covid. Yardi began a partnership with wework (see Hulu documentary) and then wework went belly up which yardi had to bail them out of. As a result yardi spent millions of dollars. To offset this terrible decision, Yardi started quietly firing people within the company. Basically, they were eliminating “overhead” without calling it layoffs because the word layoff scares clients and they’ll start looking for another software to use.

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Yardi Systems Response
4w
We truly care about your feedback and appreciate hearing from you though some of your experiences and observations are vastly different from what we hear from our talented Technical Account Managers worldwide. Regarding the 2022 WeWork partnership, Our CEO has a proven track record for making strong business decisions that result in continued growth and success for the company, and we were thrilled to debut a new space management solution through our ‘WeWork Workplace’ partnership which solves for a dynamic, constantly evolving future of work. We are proud to share that we have not participated in any company layoffs and have added serval thousand employees to the company in the past several years as we continue to grow. We take pride in our caring, respectful, and transparent culture and genuinely encourage anyone who feels negatively impacted by something to schedule time with the VP of Human Resources to further discuss. While we are sorry you weren’t a happier employee, we genuinely wish you all the best going forward.
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