2nd Watch Reviews

3.0

43% would recommend to a friend

(102 total reviews)

Peter Wright

15% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

2nd Watch has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 102 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The 2nd Watch employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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102 reviews
1.0
3 Dec 2015

No vision

Recommend
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Pros

I truly enjoyed working with the small group of folks that I worked with every day. Outside of those people, I have never met a more incapable group of "leaders". Also, the perks are decent, but I'm making more now and getting equal benefits for a company with goals and one that I can work a normal week and not travel nearly as much.

Cons

This company missed their window big time and made us all believe they were doing something special. All you have to do is take your head out of the sand and realize that there are THOUSANDS of companies doing the same thing and some doing it much better. The stories that are told to customers to get them onboard are unbelievable. It's hard to see that they are virtually lying about their "competencies" because one person on the team may have done something similar years before. They cannot deliver on those "promises" if they don't let what little technical talent they have, actually build something, rather than selling them out to the next customer! The business model will never change here because they are so far in debt. If you really think you're going to hit it big as a shareholder, why have so many executives come and gone? I left because the cluster of this company letting their best people walk out the door (like me now! :) was too much to handle and there was NO where to develop into anything more than a cash machine for the business.

2.0
15 Oct 2015

Cloud Custodial Services Engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Training, 100% Free Healthcare, AWS ReInvent, West Coast Architects and Engineers, supportive colleagues.

Cons

Startup with no formalized employee career path, ridiculous ambiguity, extensive travel, absentee management on lengthy vacations or weekly trips, scrutiny and bean counter-like approaches in time keeping while practice management gets away with vague record keeping.

1.0
10 Feb 2016

I felt duped

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

there are some nice benefits like a nice office in Seattle that is 99% empty, and super smart engineers/architects.

Cons

it is insane how different things are inside the company than what the perception of the company is outside. being a 3rd party now is amazing to see what was going on behind closed doors compared to the complete fiction that is messaged out to the public and prospective customers. they have done some cool projects, don't get me wrong, but they are living on a couple of big customer names that were done months, even years ago now. the Managed Services are so bad that customers are recognizing this and taking action. i truly wish i had better things to say as i was so excited to work for this company after knowing the name in the industry. i wish the best for a couple of people inside that are great, but hopefully no one else gets hurt, dumped, or left behind as the business goes to more capable providers.

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2nd Watch Response
9y
I am genuinely bummed to hear that you “felt duped.” That is not the way we want any recent hire or for that matter any associate feeling at 2nd Watch. It is not consistent with our core value of “Our Word is Built on Honesty, Trust and Transparency.” If you are willing, I would genuinely appreciate the opportunity to dig into what your specific experiences where that got you to this feeling. My intent is simple: to understand how to make our company better and to perhaps rekindle a sense that your decision to be here can bear fruit and be worthwhile for your own career. Please feel free to reach out to me directly or to our HR department via the email address we are providing at our next town hall meeting (they know to keep your input strictly anonymous if that is what you prefer).
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