Great Place and People - Engineer Synoptek Employee Review

5.0
20 Sept 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Synoptek is a great place to work. The company has been in rapid growth mode and promoting like crazy within. They're invested in the employees and their success through Travel and Trains and their training and development program. With any company that goes through the growth that Synoptek has been through in the last three years' there are bound to people unhappy with changes in the organization and underperformers are let go. Synoptek recognizes the employees that are invested in the companies success and have put together programs and training to get everyone to the next level.

Cons

Lack of management in areas. There are may managers that work in remote locations and/or managers that work from home too much.

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5.0
31 Dec 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Challenging work, opportunity to learn, etc.

Cons

Teams don't have confidence in growth opportunities in the US

1.0
20 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The people are some of the best and like family. We care a lot about our teams and our customers. There are good leaders here but it has just become too hard for us to lead the way they want to.

Cons

Executive Leadership, especially the CEO. The culture has changed a lot since he replaced the former CEO. He does not operate with the same values that have been a part of the company ever since I got here. He rules by fear, control, micromanagement, and is unapproachable. You can see it in meetings with the business and even in our Company meetings. It is uncomfortable. He has started only bringing people in from his former network and they are bringing in their friends. Everything is India focused and North America people are losing their jobs and those that are left are burned out from the excessive workload. We are watching good employees leave either on their own or because they are forced out. The optics of who is leaving and why are not good. I want this to work but it feels like a sinking ship at this point. Our customers aren't even happy with us anymore and that makes our jobs even harder.

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