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Sensei Project Solutions Reviews

4.2

78% would recommend to a friend

(28 total reviews)

Kenneth Steiness

66% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Sensei Project Solutions has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 28 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Sensei Project Solutions employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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28 reviews
1.0
16 Jul 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Historic building and decent company provided logo attire. All logo clothing provided donated to Goodwill.

Cons

One would do well to avoid this company at all costs: poor management, no product training, and an extremely toxic atmosphere towards new professional sales/marketing people hired. Limited lead generation with no real marketing in place to drive and grow new business. Territory quotas based on a total pipedream and does not reflect past revenue generated or a realistic 20% YOY growth rate. Solely dependent on Microsoft Project Online (PO) focused employees for leads. Microsoft territory reps have a conflict of interest with other partners in the Project Online service provider space that SPS competes in. One unprofessional Microsoft PO employee has his daughter working at a competitor and sends most of his qualified/hot leads to her (management wonders why they struggle with this territory). Also, PO field reps want someone local, not based in Phoenix. A recipe for complete failure and this territory has had an extremely high turnover rate for the Sensei. I wonder why? No dedicated sales engineer support for new salespeople and requests for demos or answering pre-sales technical based project questions is like pulling teeth with no Novocain. Every time I asked for assistance: Is it qualified? One Sales Executive has California and Texas as part of assigned territory with the same quote for all reps. Really? Once again, clueless on territory management and realistic quotas. SPS will waste your time, dedication, and career efforts. CEO is slowly destroying his own company because he expects perfection and it's totally unrealistic. Director of Sales/Marketing resigned after working with him for less than a year. Director of Training recently left this dysfunctional company as well. Business Solutions Executives must document opportunities in CRM, SharePoint, and OneNote. Defeats the purpose of having data all in one place. No clue on using CRM correctly for LEADS, converting to an ACCOUNT or a qualified OPPORTUNITY for tracking and entering notes/activities in CRM properly. Also, a failed marketing initiative due to the CEO's lack of understanding about using the right platforms for sales and marketing. Self-inflated ego and not understanding ones own limitations. *FYI: CEO is better suited as a glorified project management expert, not a visionary leader or inspiring in any way.

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Sensei Project Solutions Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to submit your opinion of Sensei Project Solutions. Improving marketing and sales methods and processes is a challenge for any small company. We have worked quite hard on it the last couple years and have made incredible progress. We currently have a great team where everyone has a great positive attitude and a team-first approach.
1.0
22 May 2019

CEO: "My Way or the Highway"

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Cute, colorful company shirts and trinkets.

Cons

The CEO micro-manages and dictates every little thing that he wants employees to do. If you don't follow his every instruction to the letter, then you're fired. He also hires people... then turns around and fires them seemingly on a whim. He is very difficult to work for.

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Sensei Project Solutions Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to submit your opinion of Sensei Project Solutions. We have had virtually no turnover in the past three years. Our current team has a positive attitude and works very well together.
1.0
8 Apr 2019

A $30,000/ yearly subscription is a hard product to sell.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working from home is nice, but those days are rare if you are near Phoenix. Free beer

Cons

Sensei exists by sucking up to Microsoft and that is about it. The CEO wants to increase revenue but does nothing to generate leads or create value for customers. Since the company is VERY small turn over rates are high and morale is low. Kenneth expects everyone to be his personal assistant and he makes no attempt to hide the fact that he does not like particular employees while parading his favorites. For a project management company, this place is a nightmare of inefficiency and no one seems to care. Career growth is absolutely non-existent since the company itself is being strangled to death by micromanagement and leadership uses shady business tactics like outsourcing work overseas or hiring "contractors" to fill full-time employee positions to get away with paying people less. There is no VPN. IDS, A/V, or any other form of cybersecurity a "tech company" would have.

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Sensei Project Solutions Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to submit your opinion of Sensei Project Solutions. I’m sorry if you had a bad experience, but I don’t think it reflects the reality of Sensei today. We have had virtually no turnover in the past three years. We very rarely use contractors, and then only for special projects or if they are not qualified for full-time employment. We feel pretty good about the business model and the morale of the current team.
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