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Futurenet Group Reviews

3.5

73% would recommend to a friend

(31 total reviews)

Perry Mehta

76% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Futurenet Group has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 31 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Futurenet Group 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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31 reviews
1.0
5 May 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The only pro I can think of is that they have contracts with the USACE. These contracts are excelent resume builders but they get these contracts becuase of their 8a status. They were literally given these contracts becuase the government had to. I have seen many of them fail miserably due terrible project management techniques.

Cons

Where do I start: 1. They hire very inexperienced people to fill roles that require a lot of experience. This allowed them to pay their employees well below BLS standard for the positions. Many of the people I worked with should not have been given the roles they were given. This company is run by a group of people from India. I was required on several occassions to explain what my employees and/or bosses were saying to my client becuase their english was so broken. 2. They provide no backup or support. You are an island. I was literally told on more than one occassion that I needed to work a miracle. 3. In my time there they Bid on anything that crossed their path and underbid most of the time making for a failed project right from the start. 4. Zero company structure. A project was awarded and immediately thrown at a project manager. There was no PM software, templates, SOPs, etc. 5. If you didnt succeed at every project, even the ones that were doomed to failure from the start, you were fired. I saw this happen to at least three very good employees while I was there. This was their way of solving the problem when the USACE asked why the project was failing. 6. Mistreatment of employees. Example: One emplyee was asked to sleep in the local office to save money on travel expenses. When he did, he was told he would not recieve the per diem they promised him for that day since he stayed in the office. Substandard sallaries. Durring my time there a PM would make 65-85k a year according to the Bureau of Labor and Statiscs. I made 60k but I knew of several PMs that mad between 40 and 50k. This company preys on the Detroit job market. Knowing that people need jobs and deliberately undercutting them. I was told on several occassions that I was lucky to have a job at all. Toward the end they stopped paying for travel expenses for some people.

1.0
10 Dec 2015

Project Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pros: Projects were excellent resume builders and interesting due to government involvement. I had some good high profile jobs.

Cons

Cons: Salaries were well below average, i could go on and on I dont normally do this but my experience with this company was so bad that I felt everyone should know. I was with this company for a while. Long enough to figure out what was going on. The bottom line is that this company only exists because of its 8a status. They nitched into a market based on the governments requirement to provide 15% of its contracts to 8a companies. There is no organization or structure to this company. Their structure is literally defined in their slogan. It doesn't go any deeper than that. They do not build a team for a project rather simply provide a minimal amount of staff for each job. They do not estimate or plan jobs appropriately. Most times the estimating and planning came after NTP. They will bid any type of work rather than specializing in one area. They provide unqualified staff that do not meet contractual obligations then lie about skill levels on resumes required for government projects. Most of the time I worked there the staff provided did not fulfill contractual obligations. The only time they did was when the government forced them to provide the appropriate number and experience level. This was not fair to the client and put the employee in a position where they must defend the company's actions knowing full well that the lack of staff will require them to work much harder and longer hours. While working there I had some success but the more success I had the more work they gave me. This would have been ok if I was given the ability to provide an appropriate team for the work, or, more appropriately, they had our HR department provide the team for me. I was set up to fail in this job. I worked 70 hours a week for the last part of my career there. Needless to say, I left my position even in this economy. I also found out about several other employees that were put in the same position I was. They worked very hard against all odds to get the work done and create a positive perception for the company and were let go when they were unable to succeed. Multimillion dollar government projects were one completely by one person. This includes all the government regulations and paperwork requirements. I was literally told to "perform miracles" on several occasions. Bottom line is this company did serious damage to my reputation and will most likely do the same to yours. There is one individual working for this company that seems to be the center of all the problems. Durring my time it was evident not only to most of the employees but also many of the clients and associated companies that this individual causes many problems with this company. If you happen to get a job there you will learn who this individual is right away. THIS PLACE IS A NIGHTMARE!!!!

5.0
9 Sept 2016

Great First Step

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

As a first full-time job, I don't have much to compare to, but the executive team has been really helpful in breaking down parts what needs to be done and explaining what the goals are and how to reach them. My job has been to simply execute and because of the foundation already laid out, the job has been an easier transition than I expected.

Cons

Turnover rate is high, but I am assuming since jobs are not being completed adequately. Building size may need to increase soon since the company is only getting larger.

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Thank you for the detailed review thorough analysis on your thoughts. We hope you continue to enjoy your time with FNG and please speak to management whenever you have concerns or suggestions.
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