A Disaster in 2014 - Anonymous employee Nexenta Systems Employee Review

Most people were nice to work with.

Office was a little sparse.

-- Was a great company at one point. -- Developed technical skills here that will help me in my career in the future. -- There are still good people working there, just not in upper management.

-- The new upper management is disconnected from their workers and have created a culture of separatism, favoritism, and exclusivity in a company that was once very egalitarian and transparent. -- Lack of vision and leadership. Upper management's strategies are more about what not to do rather than proactively finding new ways to conquer the market. -- Selective accountability. For many of the managers, politics take precedent over innovation or quality/efficiency of work. People are rewarded for being politically convenient and supportive even if they don't deliver what they are responsible for delivering. Those who ask tough (and fair) questions of management are seen as political threats and are pushed out regardless of performing well. -- Management does not work well together. They have no shared vision and don't do a good job of coordinating efforts. In other words, the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, and neither hand cares to find out. -- Nepotism has become rampant. -- The culture has become toxic.