Ascend Analytics Reviews

3.8

64% would recommend to a friend

(77 total reviews)
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Matt Tormollen

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68% positive business outlook

Ascend Analytics has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 77 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ascend Analytics 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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77 reviews
2.0
23 May 2019

BEWARE

Recommend
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Pros

Intelligent people work there ( for small amounts of time). Good place to learn and get industry experience. Exposure to other companies so that you can find your next job.

Cons

The company feels like a start up but not in the fun ways. They have been around for 19 years and the lack of process and training is daunting. You work 50+ hours and are expected to work weekends. Not because you are passionate about your job but because the CEO has whims that need to be fulfilled. Calls at any time of night and on the weekends. Everything feels like its always on fire and you are just fighting to stay above water. This chaotic environment is created by very poor work culture that comes from the top. The CTO and CEO will fight constantly and will use employees to get their jabs at each other. What you think is a simple request from the CEO is actually putting you in the middle of a fight with the CTO. The worst part is that the CEO can actually be verbally abusive. "What are you stupid?" amongst other condescending and disrespectful comments are normal. Adults should not talk to other adults in that manner. In many occasions I was put in uncomfortable positions where I had to defend the "half truths" that came down from the C-suite to clients. Avoid this place if you can. As many of the other comments state many of the good reviews are fake.

1.0
25 Feb 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Smart, talented coworkers and direct exposure to clients within the electric utility industry.

Cons

I worked at Ascend for about two years. The CEO personally asked me (and others) to post fake, positive Glassdoor reviews. I left for this and many other ethical reasons outlined in previous reviews. Narcissism, sexism, racism, verbal abuse, and abhorrent moral standards are ingrained in the company culture because they come from the top. In writing the fake reviews, the CEO told us to use language that wasn't too professional and to include spelling errors so that people would think the reviews were "created by an analyst and not a member of leadership" as if analysts didn't have a fourth grade spelling competency. I would say 95% of the positive reviews for this company were created by the CEO or by others following his direction. If you look closely many of the positive reviews use the same language which is basically a reiteration of words from the mission statement - "dynamic," "better models, better decisions." It's glaringly transparent.

1.0
18 Dec 2015
Recommend
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Pros

You get real insight on how to not manage a company, its staff and clients. You will be highly motivated to move on.

Cons

Penny-pinching, unethical, bullying, lying, self-serving, out of date management team. Lack of vision, direction and purpose. CEO is arrogant and a buffoon!

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