Versata Reviews

Pros

* Very metrics focused: You always know where you stand. The metrics are very transparent and you can see how you stack up at any given point. * Well-defined processes tempered with reason: There is a process for just about everything. The nice thing is that managers are reasonable and can allow for deviation if there's a good reason for it. * Working from home is awesome! * I tend to make a lot of suggestions. It's really great to have managers that thoughtfully consider all suggestions and don't just leave me hanging. * Nice balance of being able to work independently, but still be part of a team. (I'm not sure if this is true for all departments, but it is VERY true in mine.) * There's not a lot of documentation in some cases. This is great if you're a "go-getter" who is happy to do the research and come up with a creative solution. (It's probably not so great for people who expect to always be able to get a cut-and-dry answer from their direct supervisor.) * The people rock! It's great to have an opportunity to work with people from all over the world.

Cons

* You have to have the self-discipline to stay focused working at home (which can be difficult, especially in the summer when the kids are out of school.) * There is a fair amount of oversight in the name of fraud prevention. I think it's all legit, but you need to have a personality that isn't prone to imagining black helicopters in the sky. * The rate at your time of hire is your rate. There isn't really an opportunity for your rate to go up over time (unless you move to a different, higher-paying position.) * There's no paid time off. This system works ok, but it's up to you to plan and make sure you have a financial cushion for sick/vacation days. With that said, management has always been beyond great at approving time off when needed.

Pros

The only good thing was that it was remote

Cons

High stress, high workload, poor management

Pros

- 100% remote working, which is a pro for some and a con for others. For me it is perfect so I love this about them. - Pay is good, assuming you are kept on after they've acquired your company. - Very much left alone as long as you are doing your job and working as expected. - No accrued PTO, you take time off as needed. You have to work this correctly though in order for it to be a pro...some people are afraid to take time off. - Very hands off management (again pro for me, others may hate this).

Cons

- Very little (if any) communication from upper management. - No real feeling of belonging to anything, very much left on an island (this is ok for me but I know others do not like this at all). - After they acquired our company they blindly cut loose a lot of top talent and soon regretted doing so. Had to bring some people back and pay them ridiculous amounts of money. - Benefits are fairly lacking...no bonuses, minimal health coverage, and no 401K matching. - If you are not self sufficient and need constant direction from a manager this place is not for you.

Pros

Working here is a chance to learn a lot of skills that you did not really want to learn, such as being your own sysadmin and doing engineering jobs that someone else knew how to do, but they were laid off. There is no office, so if you like working from home this is ideal.

Cons

Extremely under-resourced, almost no HR or IT support, incompetent managers. Communication is difficult when staff is spread over many time-zones and speaks many different languages. Strategy and supporting tactics seem to be completely undefined.

Pros

Young company, fun group of people. Interesting roadmap.

Cons

Not a pay for performance place. Old boys club. Product has evolved but still very esoteric. What does Versata do? Compensation wasn't very good. Lots of worthless stock options were granted during the .bomb. Employee morale in the toilet. Recognition only provided to top brass. Employee feedback non-existent. Work/life balance was out of whack. Respect for the little people/worker bees was little to none. Fairness wasn't always observed. Benefits got worse over time due to poor health care planning.

Pros

Flexibility is key, they care about one thing only, do your job well and hit your metrics. If you meet the requirements you won't find a better place to work. Great people, no politics just a ton of nice folks working hard to do a great job.

Cons

Virtual life can be lonely. Not everything is perfect but on the whole it is probably the best place I have ever worked.

Pros

Smart, talented workforce, dynamic environment.

Cons

A great deal of bureaucracy, too many meetings.

Pros

Ability to work from home

Cons

Disorganized management, Lack of clear leadership, equivalent skills and experience will easily get you twice as high salary at a dozen other companies

Pros

You will get a chance to work with best people. It used to be fun place to work for but now no longer. Most of the times you get larger than life roles even when you join just out of college. In India Versata has no brand name and they hire people on Trilogy payroll.

Cons

This company sucks big time - they hire best minds in India from IIT,BITS,NITs then ask them to do junk work like writing RFP's , dealing outsourcing , training vendors etc. Senior management doesn't care about employees at all - they suck big time - they talk a lot of about innovation , customer success but everything at implementation level sucks very badly.

Pros

Used to be a dream company for many in campus interviews. Pays really well and rich in facilities and other benefits.

Cons

No development work anymore. Just outsource it and integrate best one of the deliverables ("if any") not missing any client deadlines committed to the customers. If you are interested in kind of work where you outsource the job you are expecting to do, this is the place.