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      SevOne

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      3.4

      57% would recommend to a friend

      (181 total reviews)
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      Jack Sweeney

      61% approve of CEO

      51% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.6

      Culture and values

      3.6

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.6

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.0

      Senior management

      SevOne has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 181 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SevOne 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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      181 reviews
      2.0
      10 May 2017

      All of Bain’s cronies and all of their friends couldn’t get SevOne to profit again

      Senior devops developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      • The Newark facility is shiny and new. • You can get paid a lot for doing very little (obviously don’t say that, just be sure to use healthy dose of buzzwords with a side of name-dropping). • You don’t have to worry about accountability because you can always blame another team (just be sure never criticize the Boston overlords; they’re off-limits).

      Cons

      • The company is generally run by inertia; it does things because it has always done those things and everyone who knew why has quit by now. • You will be subject to the whims of the Bain cronies, who generally know nothing about the company’s products or the customer needs, but who are nevertheless in charge of all of it. • Management hires come from management friends, so don’t expect to be promoted if you don’t live in Boston or haven’t worked with members of the management team at a previous job. • R&D management rotates every year or so, so you’ll have to re-politic all over again if you want to keep your spot. • The CEO is emotional and leads by fear, so you’ll have to keep your head down if you’re not among the chosen ones. • You’ll have to hear the same “change is coming” speech every six months or so as morale gets low and management goes through the motions. • There is no company vision other than “get bought to generate a profit for Bain”, although they’ll dress it up a bit using buzzwords like “market leader” and “IoT” and such. • If, for some foolish reason, you actually try to make the company succeed, then you will have to deal with a management team who will view you as a threat. If you haven’t maxed your politics skills, then prepare to be burned. • Every management interaction will need to be a compliment sandwich served with a compliment salad, ordered off the compliment menu, with a cool glass of compliment soda, otherwise you’ll be viewed as negative and part of the problem.

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      SevOne Response
      9y
      Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. The SevOne leadership team reads every review that is posted on Glassdoor. It's disappointing to hear that an employee has had a bad experience. It’s unfortunate that you left feeling this way. The company has been through a big transition over the past year. And we understand many of the changes necessary to make this transition have been difficult. We’re beginning to see the hard work pay off with a very strong start to the new fiscal year. That said, communication is critical to our success. That’s why we have company meetings every month, encourage 1:1 meetings and conduct the employee survey. It's important to us to be able to answer questions, clarify any miscommunication, and try to understand what's working and what's not. We appreciate your time at SevOne. We wish you luck and hope that having SevOne on your resume will be a good stepping-stone to future success.
      1.0
      21 Aug 2017

      Get Real: The Unicorn Is Dead

      Developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Used to be an awesome place to work. Not anymore. The culture committee encourages participants to write fake positive reviews to balance honest ones in a lame attempt to improve company's image on Glassdoor. I highly doubt anything will change. This company is doomed if current leadership stays in place. And they aren't going anywhere until they are done with SevOne. Smart people are looking elsewhere.

      Cons

      The Bain team sucked the blood out of the unicorn. Good people left soon after or were let go during the two rounds of layoffs. Upper management is a total disgrace: self-centered, egomaniacal jerks. I have never seen a less inspiring CEO: hardly ever present, never prepared, zero ability to motivate. No idea how he hasn't been ousted yet.

      1.0
      30 Jul 2017

      Do yourself a favor... look elsewhere

      Sales engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      If your stuck in the tech-barren land of Delaware without the possibility to move elsewhere, then maybe SevOne is better than being unemployed... or maybe not.

      Cons

      It has pretty much be stated in the other reviews, but to restate a few points... - There is ZERO vision or leadership from the executive team. PERIOD. Of course they will say that they have a vision and a plan, and even talk about their RED initiatives and other laughable outdated thinking. However that just shows how naive they are to shifts in the market and what it takes to lead a successful tech company in 2017 (HINT: its not 1997 any more, time to get a clue) - As things get worse the Bain people just keep adding more and more of their sub-par buddies. They probably don't have much choice as things are so bad they can't attract any real skills to the company, let alone anyone truly talented. - Most of the people who had a real vision for the future and the determination to dare to make a difference have either been considered "boat rockers" and let go, or finally grew tired of the roadblocking executive team and left. Many of us left are actively looking for new opportunities. - Sales and Sales Engineering can expect to have their commissions and bonuses stripped using any loophole possible. This alone has contributed to the loss of many of the top performers. - The product is technically very outdated and most of its benefits can be more easily achieved with open source. Even the newer developments (e.g. RetinaVu) is destined to hit the market hopelessly behind open source alternatives. - The "boat rockers" knew most of this stuff 18 months ago (or even longer), but the executive team refused to listen. Despite the punishment the market has dealt the company, they still refuse to accept their mistakes and make the changes necessary to save the jobs and livelihood of the employees. To sum it up, SevOne was a great success story... until the Bain cronies took over. One day SevOne will be one of the examples used to demonstrate how horrible leadership can destroy once great organisations. There are still a few quality people left in the trenches, but without a massive overhaul of the executive team SevOne is going nowhere.

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      SevOne Response
      8y
      I am sorry to hear of your frustration, but I am surprised you are not impressed by the tremendous progress your teammates have made over the past year. First of all, we have gone through tremendous change: as an industry, as a technology, and certainly as a company. Perhaps you have missed it, but we have made incredible progress. We are meeting our financial plan, seeing big wins with our largest customers, and have transformed our product. With respect to our strategy, this has been far from a top down strategy. We have worked with leaders throughout the company and spent hours listening to our customers to develop and transform our technology roadmap. We are now executing against that roadmap and making real progress. We have a strategy for success. It is a strategy developed and informed by the men and woman of SevOne, and I am proud of their contribution and the support they have shown for one another. While not every company is right for every individual (and it would seem that SevOne is not right for you), I will never understand why an individual would purposely make public statements that hurt his teammates' opportunity for success. It takes vision to build a great company, but moreover it takes grit and a determination to deliver exciting technology that can change an industry. That is what so many of our employees demonstrate every day. That is what we are looking for in future employees (after all, we are once again aggressively hiring). -Rafe Brown, CFO
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