Objectives Updated: Survive - Anonymous employee Synoptek Employee Review

1.0
Jul 29, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you read the most recent reviews carefully, staff in the India office who recently found new opportunities are quite happy as the entire company is transitioning job roles overseas wherever possible and there are indeed many new opportunities in that office.

Cons

Over the last 2 years the company has changed from a "fun big startup" "work-hard play hard" environment into a purely profit-driven organization trying to cut costs to appease financial stakeholders. This ultimately comes at the expense of quality services to our customers and the well-being of our employees. This is not the same company it was a few years ago. All of the most talented people onshore have left, been terminated/laid-off, or are one foot out the door. If they haven't found a way to cook up a PIP and terminate you with cause by now, you were probably laid off with a couple months pay in the most recent round of layoffs. Each termination and round of layoffs without backfill increases the responsibilities per employee, and makes it that much easier for management to mark even the best employees as underperforming because they can't fill the job roles of 4-5 people and clients are escalating issues. Working at this place that operates in this manner takes a significant toll on your well-being in a "nothing is ever good enough", "am I getting fired today?" kind of way. The stress response from working in this type of environment will inevitably spill over into your personal life and your friends, family, kids, and significant other will push you to find a new job because they see what is happening to you.

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5.0
Dec 31, 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Challenging work, opportunity to learn, etc.

Cons

Teams don't have confidence in growth opportunities in the US

1.0
Feb 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The people are some of the best and like family. We care a lot about our teams and our customers. There are good leaders here but it has just become too hard for us to lead the way they want to.

Cons

Executive Leadership, especially the CEO. The culture has changed a lot since he replaced the former CEO. He does not operate with the same values that have been a part of the company ever since I got here. He rules by fear, control, micromanagement, and is unapproachable. You can see it in meetings with the business and even in our Company meetings. It is uncomfortable. He has started only bringing people in from his former network and they are bringing in their friends. Everything is India focused and North America people are losing their jobs and those that are left are burned out from the excessive workload. We are watching good employees leave either on their own or because they are forced out. The optics of who is leaving and why are not good. I want this to work but it feels like a sinking ship at this point. Our customers aren't even happy with us anymore and that makes our jobs even harder.

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