Drink the Kool-Aid - Anonymous employee Solera Employee Review

1.0
22 Apr 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Can't think of one damn thing. Base salary was good. Stock grants were cool (if you stayed long enough to vest). People were nice enough, if not constantly afraid of losing their jobs following the next quarterly review meetings.

Cons

I was there when it was a publicly held company. Aside from the idiotic Pareto Principle posters that adorned the office, there was a fair bit of dysfunction and ethically dubious behavior. Dysfunction took the form of constantly changing leadership, political shenanigans to demonstrate your "toughness" and a militaristic culture which I found somewhat bemusing given I served and the CEO who fosters and reinforces this culture did not. My impression of him was that of a SPECOP groupie or an arm chair general The ethically questionable behavior manifested itself during each quarterly review. Aside from the brutal tongue lashings and abusive behavior from the CEO; While making promises to The Street to deliver double digit organic growth and profitability (which the company more or less achieved each quarter) it seemed to me to be nothing more than smoke and mirrors, given the number of layoffs that followed after each quarterly review and before every earnings call. In other words, while achieving their top line growth numbers (Revenue), they manipulated expenses (from the Human Capital line of the budget); cut staff left and right; and then would start on a new hiring binge at the beginning of every quarter.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
30 Apr 2026
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Pros

None that I can think of... I was hopeful this would be a great opportunity to step into the field and help customers but unfortunately that was far from the case.

Cons

- high turnover with both management and account managers - very little support and training - no meaningful strategy - disconnected teams and leadership - impossible to hit OTE due to dwindling customer base - NO sales team in areas to help grow pipeline

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