A company with no soul - Recensione dipendente - Engineer presso Unigen

The CEO said he wanted to position Unigen as an ODM by opening a design center in Austin for the purpose of delivering data center server and storage solutions. We were told that we had x-amount of money and y-amount of years to deliver, but instead most of the staff was continually pulled off this effort to work on side projects. The lack of focus was frustrating and stressful for the entire design team and management. Even though some of these side projects actually ended up with working hardware in the lab, the business agreements were so mismanaged, nothing materialized in terms of revenue stream. The COO left for the Philippines for several months due to personal reasons, but did not stay in contact nor leave anyone else to fill in for her while she was gone. As a result, a backlog of critical decisions built up until she returned to the states. We operated without a budget. Seriously. So when money was flowing into the company, purchases were approved without question, but as revenue slowed so did the approvals. It got so bad that nearly every purchase request was scrutinized and delayed by the CFO (who did not comprehend the development costs required to develop, build and test data center equipment), costing untold thousands of dollars in priority shipping to try and maintain any semblance of a schedule. When money got really tight (eggs in one basket syndrome), the entire team minus one director was laid off. While this is understandable given the financial situation, how they treated the team when we were no longer needed was not. These were people who worked incredible hours with no overtime because they took pride in what they do. The severance package? What a joke. Processes were broken or non-existent, so a lot of effort and energy was being expended on creating or correcting basic company function. I agree with the other post. Worst company I've ever worked for.