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Found 272 of over 287 reviews
3.4
60% Recommend to a Friend
Open Systems International President Al Eliasen
80% Approve of CEO

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3.4
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Open Systems International President Al Eliasen
Al Eliasen
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    1. 5.0
      Jul 11, 2023
      Software Engineer
      Current Employee
      Medina, MN
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great work life balance Decent benefits

      Cons

      Overhead not great Leadership slow

      1. 4.0
        Dec 4, 2023
        Software Engineer
        Former Employee, more than 3 years
        Medina, MN
        Recommend
        CEO Approval
        Business Outlook

        Pros

        Good people, solid management on the Software Development side.

        Cons

        Management on the Project Engineering side has had some problems.

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        1. 4.0
          May 8, 2023
          Software Quality Engineer
          Current Employee, more than 1 year
          Medina, MN
          Recommend
          CEO Approval
          Business Outlook

          Pros

          Great team to work with and great people Great place to develop skills and learn. They care about your career growth and goals. Many managers and supervisors are pretty young here, so leadership opportunities are here, which might be absent at other companies . You can feel a sense of pride in your work and feel like you're an important part of your team. You aren't stagnant in your role forever.

          Cons

          Aspen mandated the 3/2 hybrid model, which could be a pro or a con. Pro or con: it's a very young place, they are going for a hip, startup, techy, silicon valley feel and sometimes it seems like a college cafeteria. If you're out of college you might like the atmosphere, but if you're over 30 you might feel old here. The pay is below market, and might be the reason people decide to leave after a few years. The 'open office' concept makes it harder to focus than cubicles, especially when employees are all on calls or chatting nearby at the same time. If everyone you work with is if the same office it might work, but with half your team in remote locations you are just on teams calls all day anyways.

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          1. 2.0
            Nov 9, 2023
            Project Engineer II
            Current Employee, more than 3 years
            Medina, MN
            Recommend
            CEO Approval
            Business Outlook

            Pros

            Some remote work is still available. Some teams are very good.

            Cons

            Most work from home is slowly being stripped from is. Aspentech doesn’t seem to actually care about its acquired companies (OSI included). Like to overwork employees who are high performers.

            1. 3.0
              Oct 15, 2023
              Software Engineer II
              Current Employee, more than 1 year
              Recommend
              CEO Approval
              Business Outlook

              Pros

              AspenTech (company who bought OSI in 2022) is beginning to shape the OSI business into a software business rather than a solution business. Nice office. There are employees passionate about improving processes and products.

              Cons

              Vast amount of technical debt. Software documentation is lacking. Immature testing standards (lack of automation) There are senior employees who stubbornly refuse to change. Low pay compared to industry averages.

              1. 4.0
                Jan 25, 2023
                Project Engineer I
                Current Employee, less than 1 year
                Medina, MN
                Recommend
                CEO Approval
                Business Outlook

                Pros

                - Great PTO, insurance, and work/life balance - Plenty of company engagement opportunities and friendly coworkers - Lovely company campus with great food and calming atmosphere, though the location is farther out of the cities than most prefer - Well organized project structure and small coworker teams are helpful to ease learning curve - Very helpful team manager - Work focuses more on configuration and planning instead of development, so it's great for engineers who want to work with computers but not write code all day - Very easy to work remotely

                Cons

                - Pay is slightly below average for Electrical/Computer Engineer graduates and compared to developer roles - 2 month training period was more stressful than helpful - The period after training can be very boring before you get your own project to lead, as you may have to ask around for things to do - Work revolves around configuring proprietary applications, so skills learned do not translate well to positions outside of power production/distribution companies

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                1. 4.0
                  Sep 16, 2023
                  Principal Engineer
                  Current Employee
                  Medina, MN
                  Recommend
                  CEO Approval
                  Business Outlook

                  Pros

                  Very good coworkers to work with

                  Cons

                  A lot of transition going on at once

                  1. 2.0
                    Apr 18, 2023
                    Systems Engineer
                    Former Employee
                    Recommend
                    CEO Approval
                    Business Outlook

                    Pros

                    - Large amount of young people at the company makes for a genuinely fun work environment - Very rarely did I have to put in more than a 40 hour week (although this is not the case on every team)

                    Cons

                    - AspenTech leadership does not understand OSI's work, customers, or culture and tries to force their own on OSI employees - Since being taken over by AspenTech, the already high rates of attrition have increased considerably - AspenTech leadership doesn't seem at all concerned with retaining legacy OSI employees - Constant reorganization of teams without tying up loose ends. You will be placed on a new team with new responsibilities but still expected to attend to your previous responsibilities - saw this happen to myself and several others many times in a 3 year span. - Compensation is not competitive, benefits are average. This gets brought up and dismissed in every company-wide meeting. - Medina HQ is a long commute out of the city for many and they are requiring in-office work

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                    1. 4.0
                      Aug 22, 2023
                      Associate Software Engineer II
                      Current Employee
                      Minnesota Lake, MN
                      Recommend
                      CEO Approval
                      Business Outlook

                      Pros

                      Coworkers are good and knowledgeable

                      Cons

                      The pay could be better

                      1. 3.0
                        Sep 29, 2023
                        Associate Manager, Project Engineering
                        Current Employee, more than 5 years
                        Minneapolis, MN
                        Recommend
                        CEO Approval
                        Business Outlook

                        Pros

                        Opportunity to grow into your role

                        Cons

                        Sink or swim with limited resources that have drive to mentor you.

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                      Open Systems International has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 287 reviews left anonymously by employees. 60% of employees would recommend working at Open Systems International to a friend and 56% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -8% over the last 12 months.

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                      60% of Open Systems International employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Open Systems International 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

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