UBIMET Reviews

UBIMET puts it's bottom line before employees, and is completely out of touch with the effect that has on workplace morale and motivation. The salary looks alright on paper, but as an effective amount for living in NYC, it's less than even the likes of AccuWeather. When asked about making changes to improve the situation, management will interchangeably quote the global situation and the local "small business" situation depending on what works best for them. It's hypocritical and everyone sees right through it. Benefits beyond vacation time are extremely average. Health, vision and dental are nothing special, and cost in the middle of the road. No 401k. No raise structure. Bonuses are included in the employment package but given the quoted "global situation", it appears that those will not be given out for the indefinite future. There is a worryingly high turnover of management. If a manager doesn't "align" with a very very rigid vision moving forward, there appears to be no hesitation to let them go. When the team was initially hired, we were all told that upward movement is easy to come by, given the effort by employee. This was wrong. There is absolutely no room for upward movement in the current status quo, regardless of how hard you work. While one of the CEO's is great, the other is primarily responsible for the rigidity and high management turnover. He comes across as the polar opposite of his partner, being pretty cold and very matter of fact. It has worked for the company up until recently, so credit where due, but it doesn't help the out of touch feeling between management and everyone else. This is not a company I would aim to pursue my long term career with.

They once had a sizable team of capable and ambitious people in the US, but they systematically fired them all, never replaced them, and never let any of the remaining folks become a part of any important higher-level business or strategy discussions. What do Americans know about running a business in America anyway? Some were actually scolded and lectured for (gasp!) talking to potential clients and trying to develop business and connections. How many adjectives can I use to describe the upper management of this company? Arrogant. Ignorant. Stubborn. Dishonest. Mistrustful. Delusional. Snide. Childish. Rude. Prejudiced. The list goes on. There is a total (and almost comedic) over-confidence in the quality of their products and services, many of which are not up to US standards and cannot compete here in their current form. The local management is handcuffed and micro managed from across the world (poorly) and any feedback or advice is either ignored or taken very lightly by the headquarters... They actually get offended when they are told that that their glorious and infallible products and data are actually really not that good.. It's a sad pathetic denial they seem to have, actually. The head office works painfully slow (remember, they are good at taking vacations) and they shoot themselves in the foot by responding slowly to potential clients and demanding ridiculously high prices for their services.