Geotab reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(567 total reviews)

Neil Cawse

79% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Geotab has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 567 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Geotab employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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567 reviews
1.0
Dec 2, 2017

Started with a bang and went downhill quickly.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

At first there were what seemed to be too many to count. Nice building and cafe. Relaxed work environment.

Cons

Entirely too much favoritism, management makes promises that are never intended to be kept. If you dont fit in or speak up for yourself they make your life miserable. You are told how valuable you are to the company and viewed like family yet when you really need your job they honestly dont care at all about you.

2.0
May 4, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

This is going to be a long review, I've taken about a week to think about everything to be fair and just with this. The Pro's are there. The place is lovely, well done and very bright. They do feed you once a week, i'm not sure how that will last as they are going to be hiring a lot of people but if they do keep it past the 3-400 mark. The cafe is small but they routinely have snacks kept full and everything for the most part clean. there are some fairly lazy workers who forget to put their dishes in the dishwasher but, nothing terrible. The product had a very in-depth and exciting 'i want to learn more' about it.

Cons

On to the bad. This is where I'm honestly confused and baffled. I was part of the first 'wave' of new hires. 16 new agents, pretty sizeable. I was let go to the apparent not fitting in with the Culture. Now there definitely is culture but it felt like a clique. I suck with cliques and brown-nosing so I was myself. The problem was that I was not told this until my last day where they let me go an hour later. No feedback, at all regarding anything other than you pass or failed a test. That means for 30 whole days of working, studying, training and grasping the knowledge I had no idea that I had done anything wrong at all. They are honestly so blind because they are gripping so hard onto culture they are unwilling to give new people a chance to see if they can change or improve. I've always had the key quote "If I don't know it, I can't improve it. If you tell me, I will improve it." This is not something they apparently allow. Be perfect or get out. Oh, if you speak out at all for something, be prepared to be told it was inappropriate even when innocent in nature and caring for those who may be effected. So, honestly if you want to work here, fake the the heck out of it. If you can't, you might as well look for another job while getting paid 16.5/hr.

1.0
Feb 8, 2023

My perspective working here for the last 5 years

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great company to start your early tech career and gain experience & skills that are transferable in other companies. Work/life balance, and hybrid option to work from home or in the office was very generous. Had some great co-workers that became lifelong friends. Collaboration here was great, able to work cross-functionally with other teams. Snacks, drinks, and hot lunches were served in-office. Table tennis is the company's international sport; a lot of skilled and competitive employees made it a fun office environment. Health benefits were just okay. 401k, 4% match was great. Took advantage of tuition reimbursement, gym reimbursement, home office reimbursement perks. Depending on your team, diversity & inclusion is promoted here. Weekly 1 on 1s with your manager. No micromanagement.

Cons

If I were to rate this company back in 2019, it would've been a 5-star from me. As the years went by, I started to notice things happening within the company that brought it down to 1-star. This company has a feud that's between Canada and the United States operations. Since they are a Canadian company, they want to have all decisions and control coming from Canada operations, and shorten U.S operations. A lot of long-term U.S employees were let go in 2022 as it seems to be part of their plan to restructure. Funny how that works out when the majority of Geotab's big customer names and revenue are from U.S businesses. If you're a Canadian resident or your reporting boss resides in Canada, this is a great company to work for and you may have a chance to move up if you really tried. If you're a U.S resident, you can apply and work here by all means, but don't expect longevity, unless you're working at the fulfillment warehouse or you're bilingual in Spanish or French. Most U.S employees try to do their 1-3 years here to gain corporate experience and find a better opportunity that geographically pays better. More red flags are nepotism and favoritism; things start to connect when you see certain people get promoted faster than you despite your seniority and qualifications. Some male managers are perverted towards female workers. No competitive pay, even if you get promoted to a role with a new title or if you transfer departments. When we went to work-from-home/remote work, some employees didn't get a pay adjustment if they moved to a different state. Most employees don't get end-of-year bonuses. Salary raises aren't enough, even with a strong end-of-year performance review. To HR - please don't respond to this asking me follow up, because these are issues that already have been reported and discussed in town halls again and again over the years.

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