Talented Engineers, But a Toxic Leadership Undermines It All - Engineer Christo IT Employee Review

1.0
2 May 2025
Recommend
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Pros

• The engineering team is highly technical and responsive—clients benefit from quick access to knowledgeable support. • Some opportunities for advancement, though limited and infrequent. • Allowed one work from home day per week, but not for sickness or life situations.

Cons

• Toxic culture driven by immature and unprofessional leadership. • Constant pressure to be instantly available; missing calls leads to reprimands. • Raises are minimal—barely above inflation, and often don’t reach industry averages. • Bonuses are dangled as perks but don’t meaningfully improve compensation. • Benefits are meager and often framed as generous favors. • Leadership takes resignations personally—once you leave, you’re treated like a traitor. • Overall lack of appreciation for employee well-being or long-term retention. • Company culture declined significantly after the original partnership split. • The CEO appointed an unqualified manager as COO, whose leadership style is erratic, authoritarian, and often inappropriate. o COO frequently makes crude sexual jokes in the workplace and exhibits bullying behavior. o COO keeps one of two office bathrooms locked for their personal use, forcing 15+ employees to share one.

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5.0
23 Feb 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Azure, Office 365, knowledgeable staff and colleagues. Everyone is eager to help. Security focused.

Cons

Your work is never done. This spells job security, if you're good at what you do, but there is never a lack of things to be done. No reset for the weary.

1.0
10 Sept 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

Great team with very sharp minds. You will be able to work with a very knowledgeable team of engineers.

Cons

Upper management is the biggest con to this company. This has been mentioned many times in other reviews, but this still holds to be true. The work environment tends to be overly strict with very dated company policies. DO NOT fall for the "hybrid" bull that they push in interviews. Yes hybrid by technicality, but only on Fridays. There is very little flexibility with your work schedule and you will find yourself burning through PTO as a result. It is also against company policy to WFH if you are sick or unable to make it into the office for any reason, so again you are forced to take PTO. Management is completely out of touch with their staff.

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