ORBCOMM Reviews

2.8

48% would recommend to a friend

(202 total reviews)
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Sameer Agrawal

52% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

ORBCOMM has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 202 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The ORBCOMM employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Telecommunications industry (3.6 stars).

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202 reviews
2.0
16 Jan 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The technology is decent and interesting Global presence

Cons

- Everyone is scared to say or do the wrong thing - the culture is one of extreme fear and secrecy; everyone is tearing each other down in fear of being part of the next layoff or worse getting fired - CEO is cheap, deceitful, likes to micro-manage, speaks poorly about his C-Suite behind their back, has 0 regard for employee wellness and uses the HR team to spy on people and have them turn on each other. His goal seems to fire or layoff most of Orbcomm legacy employees and replace them with cheaper, less skilled labor. He also is forcing people back to the office, closing entire satellite locations and upending employee's entire lives while he gets to work remote. He has zero self-awareness... he will micro-manage and speak ill of his team members questioning their every move while he is in a T-shirt in his kitchen on Teams with his wife cooking in the background - absolutely unprofessional (his audacity is wild). - As I said before, if you try to give feedback to HR or peers, the feedback (even if its good for the business, based on common sense and frankly just the right thing to do) will come back to haunt you; they arent interested in being better - the message is clear albeit sent in silence: shut-up, comply and if you are in management... help the CEO fire people and cut costs.

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ORBCOMM Response
10mo
Hi, thank you for taking the time to share your feedback.​ As our company continues to grow and evolve, we remain focused on making thoughtful, long-term decisions that support a sustainable and resilient organization. We're committed to continuous improvement and to fostering a workplace where every employee is treated with respect and fairness. ​ Insights like yours help us continue to refine the employee experience and ensure every voice is heard.​ Thank you again for your feedback— it helps us continue to improve.
1.0
7 Dec 2023

Run from this company & don't look back

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Friendly colleagues, but due to the atmosphere many will throw you under the bus, ignore any help you've given them & backstab you for their own advancement. This is encouraged by management

Cons

Everything is bad here. Management is incompetent, they keep hiring expensive managers & then fire them. The products are not fully functional. Everyone is out for themselves. The private equity firm that bought the company has no idea how to run it. ORBCOMM is circling the drain.

1.0
23 Aug 2023

Circling the drain

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Decent benefits and a few long term employees work hard who know the origin of the product lines they were acquired through.

Cons

Terrible innovation roadmaps. Understaffed on the development and execution of actual growth. Cannot even hold industry parity and bleeding customers due to this on the in cab business line. They seem to be so financially unsound that they have paused all hiring, limited travel to director level & higher and now are laying off developers and product managers who are attached to products lines that were planned to generate revenue. I would not recommend working for nor becoming a customer to Orbcomm.

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