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Baseline Telematics

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The most toxic environment I've ever seen - run in the other direction. - Anonymous employee Baseline Telematics Employee Review

1.0
2 May 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Thankfully I met a lot of great people who I remained friends with today. We supported each other through our awful experience at Baseline.

Cons

I hesitated for a long time about writing a review and didn’t want to use a public forum such as Glassdoor to openly express my opinions of the company because I didn’t want my post to be regarded as the view of a disgruntled employee. However, after reading all the reviews today I realized that my opinion may have mattered to those employees who came to Baseline / Operasoft and were subjected the horrible experiences they encountered and talk about in their reviews. If I had written a review before, maybe I could have prevented some hardships. So hopefully to those future applicants considering this company, I hope my review will help guide you in your decision making process. All the negative comments posted by my former colleagues you read associated with this company are 100% true. Although the CEO is making a valiant attempt at salvaging his reputation and trying to convince the reader of the contrary through his responses, make no doubt, you will be subjected to psychological harassment on an almost daily basis. I have personally been witness to him screaming and berating employees openly in front of others, at times swearing at them and making them cry. André – in your replies you speak of values but you, in your position of power and authority, lack the most respect of any human I’ve ever worked for and your behavior is shameful. How do you expect others to live your values when you can’t live them yourself and lead by example? In addition to lack of respect is sheer lack of basic professionalism. Being a married CEO/CFO couple they frequently bring their marriage issues to work with screaming sessions, door slamming and abruptly walking out of meeting mid session. The toxic environment created by both the CEO and CFO is flabbergasting. You say you have positive officevibe scores but people don’t tell you the truth for fear of retribution because they know you will fire them at the drop of a hat with complete disregard for their personal situations. You also own up to hiring mistakes and going through a transition period, what this REALLY means is poor strategic planning and foresight on your part to adequately manage a business…. All expectations of a CEO, a crucial skill you don’t possess. Just because you are a visionary doesn't mean you should run a business. All the positive reviews are smoke screens, "FAKE" posts used to counter balance all the negative. You may deny it, but you know the truth. What will you find at Baseline? Poor people management, broken promises, mismanagement of company funds, zero mentorship or employee development and zero autonomy. If you the future candidate are still not convinced after reading all these comments, then I invite you to do your own research by going to LinkedIn and looking at all the former Baseline employees tied to the company and look at how long they stayed in their role. You will certainly see a pattern and will be able to calculate the high turnover for yourself. If you are still not convinced reach out to any former employee via LinkedIn and ask us to detail our experience with you. We will be happy to oblige. --

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Baseline Telematics Response
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Hello, My name is Paul-André, not Andre. I am sorry to read about your horrible experience. You accuse me of many things, including my “valiant attempt at salvaging my reputation”, so I don’t believe there is much point in reiterating what I have already said and admitted to in the very similar negative posts from your ex colleagues this past week. I won't attempt any response to each of your very personal attacks. It was obviously a very toxic environment that some people fed off of, negativity breeds negativity, and now all of a sudden people feel they need to warn others way. Baseline is presently in an envious position. Much of the hardships you've been through have paved the way for others. I'd say that among my biggest mistakes was to hire an HR director who simply wasn't one, which, despite their best attempts, worsened things last year. This has been resolved. Our solutions are amazing, our clients are very happy, and we recently hired a new team of experts who have brought a very passionate and positive energy back into Baseline - and it makes a huge difference. It is unfortunate you did not have that atmosphere during an admittedly turbulent time, and for that I am sorry. But obviously it is better that we have parted ways. I would like to say that of course this platform encourages employee feedback - good and bad - but this has gone beyond any sense of professionalism and has become a personal attack on me and now on my wife. I am not the monster you are making me out to be - if I was I certainly would not still be in business. Some of your former colleagues are still here. Not out of fear, they are here because they want to be. As well, you should know that although I care about what former employees think about their experience, I'm focusing my time in the positive energy with those who choose to be here, or weren't let go in the restructuring you seem to have been a part of. Our internal indicators (anonymous feedback on OfficeVibe) are amazing and keep improving, signs of continued improvement which matter far more to me than any angry, hateful, gratuitous, anonymous post on this platform ever could. In conclusion, please feel free to contact me if you have more to say. I am, and always have been, open to constructive criticism and have an open door policy with my team.

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