Bullies, Bros and Bagels - Anonymous employee Imprivata Employee Review

1.0
Dec 28, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free food, location next to bike trail, some treadmill desks.

Cons

Tons of carbs doesn't make up for a toxic culture. You're either part of the "in" crowd or you're invisible. Entrenched nepotism; most interns are kids of management. Top talent resigning every week. Such a bro culture that one person actually said to me "of course we're bro culture but that's OK because I'm a bro". Absolutely no product direction since the acquisition. Bullying isn't simply accepted, it is rewarded. Most of us have learned to keep our mouths shut because our ideas will not be listened to and neither will our complaints. Very loud office environment; most of us wear headphones 8 hours a day. I agree with others in saying the positive reviews here are written by HR. Tried bringing concerns to management multiple times; never a productive response...they don't want to hear anything that doesn't match their narrative that this place is amazing. The euphemism for training is “retooling existing resources”. Come here if you enjoy being a fungible number. On the technical side: I've never seen such an extreme case of Not Invented Here syndrome. Plus, we have a mandatory annual kickoff party. To register for the party you have to indicate which group you are in. The choices are “us sales, us marketing, uk sales, uk marketing, other”. Yes, all of engineering is “other”. Everyone is talking about this in the halls but management doesn’t care. Product quality is diving because too much knowledge has walked out the door…distributed systems are hard…especially if there is no one left who remembers why systems work the way they do. Absolutely nothing being done to stem the exodus.

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Imprivata Response
8y
We are sorry to hear about your negative experience at Imprivata. We encourage all of our employee to come forward with any concerns so we may discuss directly. We are very focused on our employees and their health and welfare. We invest in all kinds of development, programs, and communications to foster a positive environment, we are disappointed to hear you didn’t experience this. Kelliann McCabe Chief People Officer

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Imprivata Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear your experience did not reflect the environment we aim to create. We take concerns about management behavior and workplace culture seriously and are committed to ensuring employees feel respected, supported, and recognized. We continue to invest in manager development and accountability, and we use feedback like this to drive improvement. We appreciate you sharing your perspective and wish you the best moving forward.
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