Symplicity Corporation Reviews

Pros

At Symplicity, it really feels like a family. From my first day, people have been really welcoming and eager to help. It's a relatively small company (200 or so employees) with many young employees and it still has a bit of a start-up feel so it's very more laid-back. If you are in the Arlington office, we tend to play music all day on the speakers, get free snacks, play ping pong, and do social activities on Fridays....

Cons

Communication across team could be improved. There is often a discrepancy between the tech and sales side of the business, which can make sticking to deadlines and getting buy-in a bit challenging. Salary could also be more competitive for the DC area.

Advice to Management

Create more opportunities for teams to communicate better with each other. I realize their is a love/hate relationship with email and meetings, but often it's better to ensure that employees are included in communications in order to do their jobs better.

Pros

-Generous leave policies and flexibility -Monthly All Hands with Execs and entire team to ask questions and learn about strategic direction of the company -Amazing product that is the leader in its' space- the company is very well positioned -Impressive international expansion -Solid work/life balance -Lots of access to Executives- the CEO, COO and entire Exec team is very approachable -Company of problems solvers:...

Cons

-Typical of a smallish company: not as much support or resources as you would find at a large company -Would like more connection between international teams and offices

Advice to Management

-Continue to invest in and build the sense of community. Events like Office Olympics, HHs and the annual 5K are great traditions. -Continue to think about scaling globally- it's inevitable with all the success we are seeing. This means most investment, but it will be worth it to make sure we get things right the first time around.

Pros

Work from home but even that is monitored unjustly. I work for a company now that doesn't pay someone $70,000 a year to look to see

Cons

Dying organization. Handshake is definitely the route here. This product is soon to be irrelevant Low pay Tries to instill fear

Pros

Causal dress work environment! Enjoy my the team i work with. Like the flexible with work-life balance.

Cons

Communication across the team could be improved as well. Due to getting mixed coms on short-term goals.

Advice to Management

Would give advice on more career opportunities for growth in career.

Pros

Great people make Symplicity an incredible place to work. This has always been the case at Symplicity, but I think it is true now more than ever. People who join Symplicity quickly become close friends with their teammates and get strong support from experienced mentors. Many developers and designers join Symplicity because you learn so much more about good engineering practices at a product company than you do at...

Cons

Communication between teams could be improved.

Pros

-The people are amazing. I've made most of my close friends while working here, and even after someone leaves, there's still a sense of family with them. It's not unusual to see ex-Sympers hanging out on a Friday night. -I get to work on a variety of projects, which always keeps things interesting. It also allows for a continuous learning experience. I'm never bored and I truly love coming into work everyday. -Although...

Cons

-Pay needs to be more competitive. -Projects are often started without full understanding or proper scoping applied. This results in backtracking work and knee jerk decisions. -As with most companies going through growth spurts, communication between departments could be better. -The last couple years have seen a lot of attrition of some very strong employees.

Advice to Management

Keep working on employee morale and happiness.

Pros

- The people. I've never worked at a company with employees who are so exceptionally talented, collaborative and passionate about the work we do than my colleagues here at Symplicity. Many employees on the product and client services side are actual industry-experts who came from higher ed, as well as most of the new VP team coming from many years of experience in higher ed tech--this has made it quite easy to build credibility...

Cons

- Many of the employees prior to acquisition were remote staff in client services--and while this can definitely be an advantage for providing in-region support for our thousands of clients all over the world, this makes it tough to engage the many employees who are remote as you would those at HQ. However, new leadership has been intentional about increasing opportunities to keep remote employees engaged--like our regular...

Advice to Management

- Keep listening! The regular communication and positive changes are making a difference!

Pros

-International expansion and exposure -Opportunity to impact the business and make a difference -Access to top-line management and learning opportunities

Cons

-It's not a leave-at-5pm kind of company -Growing pains typical of rapid expansion

Advice to Management

Delegate more, the team is ready and willing to help!