Want to become dead inside? Work here! - Recensione dipendente - Server Engineer presso Synoptek

1,0
4 apr 2017
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

-The staff in general is pretty great, some good people work here. -Beer via Kegerator in the kitchen. -Nerf guns? Honestly it's hard to come up with any work related pros.............

Svantaggi

I have given years to this place, and every time I push for change I'm told, "Just be happy you have a job." At this point I'm so burned out and defeated, I have no idea what the future holds for me. I can honestly say Synoptek has killed any drive for me working in the world of computers, I seek no progression. For now this place is just a paycheck. Pretty much in every aspect, Synoptek is not doing well. Employee moral is at an all time low, primarily due to lack of proper compensation and poor management. Financial issues are everywhere, which is odd since we recently acquired what was left of EarthLink for 29 million dollars. Yea that actually happened, Google it. Current contact-locked clients are very disappointed with the support structure, which in turn hurts the company image. It appears all Synoptek has to offer to clients is smoke and mirrors, lies and deception. One of many examples, we on-boarded a client that needed their own SAN. The client refused since it would come at great expense. What was the Sales Team answer to secure that contact and get the commission? Well migrate all the client data to our own nearly full SAN of course. For months, yes months, our ENTIRE SAN environment crashed at random. The Server team was constantly thrown through the meat grinder even though many on the team said this would happen. We hemorrhaged clients left and right until management finally got a clue to expand the SAN. The fact this situation even happened is mind-blowing to me. Here at Synoptek, severe issues like this happen all the time. We lost good people because of that terrible judgment. I can go on for ages about all the bad this place has to offer. Read some of the other reviews, see what people have to say. Its obvious anything 5 star was written by management or a corporate pet. Do yourself a solid and stay away from this place.

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5,0
31 dic 2025
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Challenging work, opportunity to learn, etc.

Svantaggi

Teams don't have confidence in growth opportunities in the US

1,0
20 feb 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

The people are some of the best and like family. We care a lot about our teams and our customers. There are good leaders here but it has just become too hard for us to lead the way they want to.

Svantaggi

Executive Leadership, especially the CEO. The culture has changed a lot since he replaced the former CEO. He does not operate with the same values that have been a part of the company ever since I got here. He rules by fear, control, micromanagement, and is unapproachable. You can see it in meetings with the business and even in our Company meetings. It is uncomfortable. He has started only bringing people in from his former network and they are bringing in their friends. Everything is India focused and North America people are losing their jobs and those that are left are burned out from the excessive workload. We are watching good employees leave either on their own or because they are forced out. The optics of who is leaving and why are not good. I want this to work but it feels like a sinking ship at this point. Our customers aren't even happy with us anymore and that makes our jobs even harder.

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