JDA Worldwide Reviews

No opportunity for advancement just to be moved around once someone quits. Nasty emails and rudeness was a regular occurrence. The time off was flexible but it was never really time off, even if requested way in advanced we would still have to work constantly. Family vacations were always overshadowed by a more than needy leader. I am not bitter just glad I left when I did because many others followed and I'm sure will continue. The employee turnover is off the charts. The person in charge would say one thing then act a completely different way. Hid behind emails. The culture was awful because "being nice" and "helping others" was stressed by management but they never reflected it. You were always afraid to make a little mistake because of what the reaction would be. Profanity was used regularly and they consider themselves a faith based company. Management would act one way towards their employees then be a completely different person around the person who owned the business. There was a back stabbing environment because of how on edge senior management made everyone feel, people would constantly throw others under the bus. There were some employees that worked in other states that had the better end of the deal, if you were in the St. Simons office you were doomed for failure or to hate your job. Senior management thought running household errands for them or taking care of their kids was a part of the job. Bipolar would describe them best, you never knew how the mood would be or the reaction to things. Once someone quit or was let go there would be lots of negative talk about them no matter what the reason for leaving was, nothing was ever said in a good light. The employees are extremely overworked and making way below the industry standard. I would highly recommend anyone who is thinking of working here to reconsider.

• Cons for Benefits: No parental leave, no dependent care FSA, and no paid parking for downtown ($8-18 dollars a day or lowest of $140 a month with a pass). • *The flexible work schedule is a double edged sword, because flexibility is allowed, there is also an expectation for the employee to be flexible in their life in order to get work done. This is often necessary in order to hit tight/and arbitrary deadlines, sometimes even expected while on PTO. • Speaking of PTO - PTO will not be paid out at all (not even at a pro-rated amount for the amount of the year you worked). After putting in your two weeks notice, they may also chose to terminate you before the two weeks is up if you ask to use any of your remaining PTO during that time. • The management of project load and timelines promised to clients are never realistic to start with much less once the rolling effect of multiple projects getting pushed back due to many factors. When push comes to shove, it's the team who actively produces the work who had to stay up late, wake up early, and work over holidays and weekends to “make it happen” and there is never a way to catch up. Strategy, collaboration and experimentation time is never built into the timelines for the creative team in a best case scenario either. • Cliental could be a really good fit or a really bad fit depending on your personal/political views - do your research. • Pay is not competitive at JDA, even within its own subsidiaries of companies. However, advocating for a raise/promotion is looked down upon/shamed, even if the workload has significantly increased or changed to more senior work. • Ultimately this job pushed me to decide that I wanted to switch careers because as a creative I did not feel valued or respected, I often felt that the creative teams expertise was waved off because we were viewed as a “grown up art kids” versus the professionals we are.