Mismanaged and underpaid - Anonymous employee Kinaxis Employee Review

1.0
23 Jan 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I had a much longer version of this but I decided to cut it down to bullet points. - Good work-life balance - People were agreeable (at least on my team)

Cons

- Low pay (~15% lower than industry average by my estimation) - Non-technical managers who don't understand employee value (not all managers, there are some good ones) - No opportunity to advance - Company obsessed with hiring "superstars" to its own detriment - Little to no onboarding process - No motivation to succeed, doing work well/quick simply results in more work and nothing else - Little allowance for employees trying to contribute in a way not expressly approved by management - Constant direction-switching, marketing seems to dictate what development does, and they are the last to hear about any priority changes - Obsession with profits over all else as of late, being a "billion dollar company" is more important than anything to the C-level execs - Culture rapidly deteriorating in favor of faux-IBM corporatism. This is a sticking point for many.

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Kinaxis Response
7y
We’re sorry you didn’t have a positive experience with Kinaxis and we always welcome feedback so thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. We are a growing and ambitious company and with that comes some degree of change, which isn’t always comfortable. We regularly benchmark salaries, evaluate our onboarding process and we have extensive training programs for managers. As we grow as a company, maintaining our culture remains a top priority for our CEO and executive team and we welcome everyone’s input into how we can do this better. Thanks again for your feedback.

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