Pros
- Breakroom stocked with free food and catered working lunches - Occasional travel opportunities to client sites - Good entry level position to gain a wide range of experience
Cons
**The title is in reference to another reviewer attributing the high turnover rate at this company as if it were a growing tree shedding some leaves, well shedding 90% of your talent killed this tree.”** First and foremost, I agree with the other reviewers that at least 80% of the positive reviews are from management trying to improve the reputation of this company. Word of advice, any review where it states the employee has worked more than 1 year = management. I know this as the turnover rate was so high that employees were training new hires within six months and then typically fired or promoted to a more senior (non-management) role within a year. In fact, many promotions occurred when overworked employees threatened to quit, so you can always bring that to the bargaining table. Overall, in my year at Gensuite I saw approximately 20 employees leave (globally) in a company that only employs approximately 100. When I was hired, the first red flag was the fact that this is a company where everybody in management is a “Vice President” (at least 10-12 managers, I lost count) and only one of them has any true clout which was easily recognizable within the first week. The next issue was that any person that could perform basic math (project income + new clients) – (projects overbudget + global employee overhead) = Deficit. Yet all that was talked about was growth up until many employees/management were laid off. I do however, do not believe that this company will fold in the near future as its product is an integral part of its parent company. Most of the other “constructive” reviews are spot on which is a shame because I, and many others, were excited and eager to start work at a relatively young company that appeared to have solid career potential. Here is a summary of other important notices: - No work/life balance (hardworking employees but cannot keep up when even working nights and weekends) - Average salary that becomes below average with additional work time - Loosely assigned Business Analyst title (you will do and be responsible for almost every part of the process from marketing to tech support, even billing and tracking down payments when we have an entire useless billing dept.) - High employee turnover, highest for BAs - Unprofessional public defamation whether mistakes were small or large (during company meetings or via e-mail) - Inconsistent management (Assigned to projects without your knowledge, pulled in multiple directions from multiple managers/teams) - Hard to gain knowledge/tips from your mentor/managers when everybody is triple booked for meetings. (Also, any lull in performance will then require more meetings and then follow up meetings to track your progress. I suggest you watch the movie Office Space for a good example.) - CEO changes company directives and projects on a weekly basis which can be challenging - Bulky internal processes/applications that eat your time when you should be helping clients - Spending 10+ man hours and 50 internal e-mails to decide whether a text color or font is appropriate for a client (A little exaggerated but not by much, this type of procedure creates unnecessary work and causes delays to customers) - A lot of childish office politics, many successful long-term employees (over 1 year) survive by delegating work to those with equal titles (and workload) within the company. I sincerely hope that this and other reviews help you gain some insight regarding Gensuite. Glassdoor is an excellent resource and I had checked it before working here so at least I had an idea of what I was getting into.
