Private Equity Grind - Anonymous employee Syncro Employee Review

1.0
19 Oct 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There's a ton of really wonderful people that work on the front lines at Syncro. Not

Cons

The first couple years were great. There was a clear vision with empathetic, founder leadership, but the last two or so years have been pretty rough. Syncro took on private equity investment which turned it into a chaotic and frustrating place to work. Founding CEO left and was replaced by someone planted by the board to squeeze out dollars at the customer's expense. We have become a PE owned company that has been gutted for maximum investor return. The very thing that we used to say about other large competitors that did wrong by the customer. Customer first development and innovation have come to a screeching halt. What does get shipped is usually riddled with bugs and unreliable. What's left of executive leadership doesn't seem to be empowered to make meaningful decisions or push back on our board overlords which is incredibly disappointing.

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Pros

There is a good team in place.

Cons

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5.0
18 Mar 2025
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Pros

- never stuck on one project for very long, regularly working on (and learning from) something new - engineers have a lot of say into how features are developed & are empowered to propose new ones - managers are empowered to advocate for their direct reports - efforts to promote diversity and inclusion are strong - regular meetups with colleagues (not mandatory, but certainly fun)

Cons

- loss of transparency in recent months around people being let go or restructured out of the company (as of March 2025) - easy to burn out with increased pressure to release new products on a given timeline

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