Skytap Employee Reviews about "people"

Pros

Skytap has some good perks, including catered lunches on Fridays and a flexible work remote option. They also offer your choice in technology (PC or Mac), and are good about appointing your work station with whatever you need. The office itself is in a convenient central location, and there are some good lunch options in the area near Pioneer Square.

Cons

Where do I begin? Skytap itself is an interesting product, but the culture here is toxic. For that, I think Skytap has a dim future unless there is a drastic change in upper management. Skytap fosters a blame culture. It’s every man for himself, so if you enjoy working as part of a team and sharing knowledge and successes, this is not the company for you. Management does nothing to inspire team members to actually work together, and indeed actively encourages team members to pass the buck, assign blame, or hand-off work until the least popular people on the team are saddled with an unreasonable amount of responsibility. If you are detail oriented and are passionate about producing high quality work, this is definitely not the place for you. Under the current management, you will be forced to adjust numbers to look more favorable to the board. Style is valued far more than substance at Skytap, and employees who skew numbers to give the appearance of success are celebrated. Those who identify areas of improvement and offer solutions are treated as problems by upper management. Skytap has a fiercely hierarchical org structure, to its own detriment, as much of the more practical and effective strategies actually come from its lower level employees. These technical and talented people are leaving in droves, which is gradually revealing the ineptitude of the directors and the chief staff. There is a well-founded distrust of the senior HR management at Skytap. Lewd and unprofessional behavior is hand waved at Skytap. Nothing confidential is kept secret, even by well-intentioned employees, and personnel issues are gossiped about and passed around by those in the proverbial “inner circle.” Employees are fired publicly and with little to no warning, only to be laughed at and gossiped about after they have left. Skytap does not support its employees professionally, and there are scant opportunities to develop your career here, whether by promotion or expanding one’s skill set. Employees are expected to produce miracles with little or no resources, and are cast aside when unrealistic expectations are not met. Overall, this is an unhappy place to work. The senior leadership is uninspired and lazy, particularly those individuals close to retirement. Hard working employees will not get support or recognition here. The environment is cliquish and juvenile, and the morale is low.

Pros

amazing technology extremely smart people great engineering management comfortable workplace

Cons

features are introduced slowly lack of general vision

Pros

I've worked in a professional environment for almost 15 years and this is the best experience I've had, hands down. The people are truly amazing and sincere. Upper management tries and succeeds in creating a positive culture. The services offered are top-notch and our clients are treated as if they are apart of the Skytap family. Every team is involved to create a good experience from our smaller clients to our enterprise clients. This is a very ethical company which is very important to me. Compensation and benefits are good. Plenty of time off and most importantly the work-life balance is more than fair. The managers are wonderful and very approachable. Everyone is committed to helping each other succeed. Social issues are important and they not only talk the talk but walk the walk. I'm proud to work here. I've always been an idealist so working for a company that tries to better the community is wonderful. This is a wonderful place to work overall.

Cons

The only thing that comes to mind is the commission structure is a little confusing. Other than that, I can't think of anything.

Pros

The offering has potential and upper management seems to be well equipped to tap into it. They are going 'all in' to prepare for continued growth.

Cons

Some middle managers seem to not particularly care for people in general - they are mean and rude at times. I believe this is a part of growing pains and those managers will eventually be displaced.