Applico Reviews

3.1

51% would recommend to a friend

(95 total reviews)
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Alex Moazed

50% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Applico has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 95 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Applico employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
15 Feb 2016

Unstable environment, No merit to any of their grandiose claims.

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Pros

A real "trial by fire" work place, where young, inexperienced professionals can get thicker skin through the many difficulties and failures they will experience here. Once upon a time, there was a small chance that some interesting projects would come in the door, and wrap up with something both the client and the team could be proud of.

Cons

It only takes a quick glance at the see-saw of 1-Star / 5-Star reviews to realize something odd is going on here. Most recent positive reviews are fabrications. I wouldn't be surprised to see another glowing review following this one. This company is incredibly superficial. The value of Marketing and Biz Dev is greatly disproportionate to everything else. Promises to help clients build "Multi-Million dollar, industry disrupting" companies are thrown around casually (though not once achieved). Once that client is in the door, it's on to the next one. It doesn't matter if the in-house team cannot realistically fulfill the expectations set by the sales pitch. If a deadline is approaching, and the project is a complete disaster; it's nothing that a few extra hours won't fix. Worst case, maybe a squarespace solution can put things back on track, because "who cares, right?". The CEO is the kind of guy that would probably become fast friends with Martin Shkreli. He knows what he wants, and doesn't care how many employee's backs he needs to step on to get it. He'll cheerfully asks you to spend your personal time researching business tactics of successful companies to add to the sales pitch (it's not optional). He'll step in midway through a project after being totally absent, and scrap everything. Re-doing everything within the same timeframe is someone else's problem. He surrounds himself with those who share his passion for the facade, and tolerates everyone else, as long as they stay quiet on the periphery.

1.0
17 Jan 2016

Career Death Trap

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Pros

Despite the poor management, everyone besides the CEO has been pleasant to work with. Located near good food options. Pool table. Clean office. Free snacks.

Cons

I don't know where to start. 1. In my time working there, the company was gutted. We went from thirty people to six people within a six month time span. Whole departments evaporated, leaving serious gaps in the product development process. We used to be seated in pods by department; then, after the turnover, we were relocated to a small area near the CEO's desk with its Atlas Shrugged statue. It was like working in a panopticon. 2. There is no more leadership within the company; everyone reports directly to the CEO. However, the CEO does not understand what it takes to build a product outside from his small business-driven mindset and complete lack of technical leadership. Therefore, there is a lack of a proper separation of responsibilities among departments: product managers juggle excessive work at the same time, engineers are asked to carry out responsibilities that do not fall under their jurisdiction. Furthermore, the CEO demands certain things from his workers but is not cognizant of the time and effort required to carry out these tasks. 3. I have been warned repeatedly by coworkers not to trust the CEO. In retrospect, I wish I took their advice to heart. The CEO builds an intimidating work environment that pressures its workers to sacrifice their personal time to supplement the 8-hour workday. Those who do not comply with his vision are judged. He presents himself as genuinely interested in your opinion but is more interested in validating his own vision through yesmen. 4. Terrible place for engineers: lack of general and technical leadership, direction of company is not conducive for engineers who desire to learn, no push to use latest industry-standard tools, technologies, and libraries, large emphasis on creating a minimal viable product as opposed to building a well-tailored product, and stress on very specific technologies that are relevant to companies that primarily specialize in niche fields such as Applico.

1.0
18 Nov 2017
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Pros

I cannot ethically say there are any

Cons

There is a reason the entire team has left multiple times. Alex is arrogant, out of touch, and downright fraudulent. He doesn't pay bonus, he screws over contractors. There are tons of active lawsuits against him. This is just a scam propped up by his friends parents money.

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