Recommind Reviews

Pros

These are the smartest people I've ever worked with. I work remotely, but from the day I first started, people were kind, mostly helpful, and wanted me to succeed. Today, there is a much better training program than when I started several years ago. The company continues to perfect its eDiscovery offerings, and the marketing programs support our efforts. It's a complex sale, but the company surrounds us with resources to help us succeed.

Cons

Senior management changes focus too rapidly. For the size of the company, we are way too compartmentalized. Too many approvals needed to sell basic deals. Not enough eDiscovery services expertise in senior management--mostly enterprise software backgrounds.

Pros

Friendly coworkers Engaging work Technically interesting product

Cons

I haven't worked here in years, they got purchased since then

Pros

A wonderful group of people to work with

Cons

Fire sale to OpenText, options were not even in the money.

Pros

Really nice people and good base salary

Cons

Not much training and not much support with issues, nonexistent HR

Pros

The company is full of great people who are very committed to each other and our customers. The products are relevant, deliver real value to our customers, and are respected in our market. Especially in the last year or so I see a lot more people getting promoted and recognized for their work. The new CEO (9/2015) is a seasoned veteran and is bringing some much needed operational focus and discipline and more communication and transparency on what's working well and what needs more work. I'm optimistic about the changes I'm seeing on a number of levels over the past year. The pay is fine and the benefits are really good - much better than most of my other jobs.

Cons

Most of the people are really nice but there are a few people who can be unnecessarily negative. Every company has growing pains. There is some title inflation so while the company is a little top heavy, it looks more top heavy than it really is.

Pros

Great view located in the heart of the San Francisco Financial District. Free coffee. A few really smart people still left at the company.

Cons

No clear direction or end-game in sight for all the pivoting of vision that is going on. This is troubling to see in a 15 year old company - not a startup folks! Huge ambition, but nothing else backing that up - including funding. Attrition is high due to rounds of "reorganization" and due to skilled personnel moving on to greener pastures. Why is it that everyone else in Silicon Valley is in a hiring frenzy, while Recommind is actually shedding employees? Everyone is overloaded and wearing multiple hats. There is very much a blame culture within the organization globally, with everyone working to protect their own backsides instead of trying to work together to accomplish the goal. There is a lot of corporate bullying to get one's way, and the lower you are on the totem pole, the more crap that will come down on you.

Pros

Does good coffee count as a pro? I'm really having a difficult time coming up with a Pro. Maybe the comfortable chairs could be a pro?

Cons

There is NO communication within this company between management and non-managements employees. We do not have an official Trainer, you learn as you go. There is no Human Resource department on site. I just had my first review after working here 3 years.

Pros

Pretty relaxed culture. Coworkers that you can work cooperatively and bond with. Adequate place to build e-discovery and litigation support experience. Unintentional hilarity (e.g. my technical manager asking a question about the product's rudimentary functionality and being faced with "Are you seriously asking that question?" from an Engineer in the Rheinbach office).

Cons

Department was 3 managers for 8 (6 at one point) non-managers. Separation in cliques for those who value image versus those who value substance. Broken promises concerning reviews, compensation, bonuses, promotions. Unhealthy work-life balance unless you willingly let the volume of work overwhelm you. Inappropriate prioritization by management (e.g. dress code was more important than 50-55 outstanding client requests) Management that ignore bad behavior and work ethic, due to favoritism. Management that does little work themselves (playing a putting game, or playing with nerf guns, and saying "it's good to be king") Non-technical employees in technical roles (e.g. my technical manager asking a question about the product's rudimentary functionality and being faced with "Are you seriously asking that question?" from an Engineer in the Rheinbach office) No official training module (though one was in progress for over a year). No metric to account for employee onboarding and continual learning progress. Interview process for technical positions was not technical, leading to bad hires. Unscrupulous management (hiring someone because the manager needed a physical Amtrak receipt from an applicant to receive reimbursement from the company)

Pros

There are some people who really care about taking care of clients and the business. Frequent l"leftover lunches" Flexibility on work hours and working from home when needed Met some nice people

Cons

The all male meetings look like a Mad Men show without the ties. The CEO had quarterly meetings where people were supposed to share their opinions. No one did. There was no training. Former CFO ran her accounting team into the ground and they were just mean people to have to work with Total disconnect between Sr. Management and worker bees who produced the billable work. CEO and other Founder were regularly drunk and disrepectful to women, maybe because they didn't have a lot of women managers. They got drunk and disorderly at public events.

Pros

When I say 'Shine on You Crazy Diamond', that's a Pink Floyd reference. It's easy to get discouraged here but if you're proactive, there's the opportunity to learn. If you learn things on your own then engage others they get excited and contribute to your learning. If you can stay passionate, stay committed to an achievable goal, then you will probably achieve it. Stay hungry. Shine on you crazy diamond.

Cons

Bimodal distribution of benefits, normal distribution of responsibilities for employees. This may contribute to a poor long term outlook for this company because it incentivizes good employees to leave. In other words, if you land here you better learn to fly.