iMagicLab reviews

2.9

41% would recommend to a friend

(49 total reviews)

Keith Latman

31% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

iMagicLab has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 49 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The iMagicLab employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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49 reviews
1.0
May 29, 2015

Forget trying to swim, you WILL sink here

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Office was in a nice area - free snacks in the break room - dog-friendly office

Cons

- Constant vulgar language - No direction - shallow self obsessed CEO who cares nothing for his employees WARNING!!! Stay away!!! I felt I had to write here after seeing the rating for this place go up so quickly in just a couple days. Clearly Keith told everyone to write a good review which is far from what this place deserves. Going in, I was excited to join. On the outside, this company presents itself as ground-breaking and state of the art. They told me it was fast-paced and I'd have to be ready to jump in at the deep end of the pool. What I wasn't told was that it would not be a voluntary jump, and it would not be a pool. A more apt analogy would be that I was forcibly tossed into the ocean in the middle of a typhoon without so much as a life vest and with no rescue in sight. In other words, I had no chance. Upon hiring me, they were well aware that my experience was minimal, being only a couple years out of college. It's clear now that the only reason they hired me was that they didn't want to have to pay for someone with the experience they needed. (Clearly they were looking for a clairvoyant mind-reader and my ESP is sorely lacking.) I was constantly thrown into projects with no direction. Upon presenting my first draft, all I would get was a yes or no. It was almost always a no, and there was absolutely no suggestion or indication of how I should change or improve it. It was like trying to find one red needle in a pile of blue ones, and I was blind. I was so upset and stressed working there, it was relief when they finally let me go because I didn't "fit the vision" they had in mind. If your considering working for this place, save yourself the migraines, possible therapy, and blood pressure medication, just don't!

1.0
Jun 3, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fellow employees were delightful people Good atmosphere when the CEO isn't around

Cons

The CEO, Richard Keith Latman, does not have the faintest idea of how to effectively manage employees. Most work is assigned directly by Keith himself. This can and does go wrong in a variety of ways: Sometimes, Keith will give a vague description of the project he wants done. If you ask for more details, he will tell you to "figure it out" or "just get it done." After you've worked on this project for a few days or weeks, and sent several progress updates to Keith, he will tell you that everything you've done is wrong. It's time to start over, and you'd better work twice as fast. Other times, Keith will be very specific about what he wants. It doesn't matter that his solution goes against all standard conventions. It doesn't matter that there is a better solution that would be quicker and easier to implement. Keith could do your job better than you in half the time, so he's not going to listen to your advice. Don't forget the mandatory design changes once you've completed 80% of the project. How do you feel about violating open-source software license agreements? Keith sure doesn't seem to care, and will specifically tell you to avoid wasting any time trying to adhere to them. What about benefits? How does guaranteed yearly salary increase, unlimited PTO, a 6% 401k match, and a fully stocked break room sound? If you said, "too good to be true," you were right. All of these benefits were removed shortly after I was hired. In addition to all of this, Keith has no problem laying off employees with absolutely zero notice and almost no severance pay. So, if you're planning on working for iMagicLab, be sure to keep your resume updated. You might need to find a new job very soon. Also, don't trust all the 4 and 5 star reviews. Keith makes his employees write them.

1.0
Apr 12, 2015

Former employee, now freed from the tyranny!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The co-workers are great. The friendly atmosphere among most of the employee's is great.

Cons

Four 5 star review in 4 days? Good job forcing your people, yet again, to give glowing reviews of your constant mismanaged business and management attempts Keith. This dog and pony show of "strongly suggesting" that your current employees give you possitive rankings, whether it be on Glassdoor or the various crappy iOS apps (LifeClip) to help mask the reality will only last so long! What a joke! Keith, you lay off people to make a "good business decision", ie. Save money. Then flaunt your trip to Hawaii. You always hide behind the statement that you had to let people go who were not preforming. Funny, it was the CEO, Keith Latman's poor performace that squandered money and resulted in massive layoffs to stay afloat. A good leader looks at himself for the failures and does not point fingers at his employees. The only GOOD FAIL is when Keith Latman is no longer the CEO! If you are considering employment here, run for the hills!

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