Unpleasant Experience - Validation Engineer CAI Employee Review

1.0
19 Dec 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Partial monthly phone bill refund -Experience

Cons

I found this company a horrible place to work for. I get that the industry is demanding and fast paced, but there is no reason for anyone to tolerate being yelled at or cursed at constantly just to satisfy the client. The salary is not competitive at all, the health benefits are a joke, you are made to feel like **** and there is no life-work balance. My colleagues felt the same way ( I don't know where their reviews are). Commissioning Agents Incorporated is a small company and they are trying to grow, but are doing so at the cost of their employees. They will suck the life out of you in order to please the client and get more clients. It has a really high turnover rate, which I saw firsthand, and was mislead at my interview about how the company works and the type of job I would be doing. Seriously, I can't believe there are so many positive feedbacks for this company. I bet most of them are from people who got paid to write those.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
22 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Time and a half OT - There used to be an amazing 401k (15%+ESOP), that’s just been axed thanks to private equity buying us out - Good colleagues - Willing to train people - Good pay if you’re working OT and live in a cheap area

Cons

- Overtime far from guaranteed. Sometimes you’re scrapping to hit 40 hours. - Pay sucks in expensive areas - Project assignment is mostly luck of the draw? They need to be a copy-paste monkey? You’re a copy-paste monkey until the end of days. - Company did a lot of things to increase enterprise value in the short term in preparation for the buyout from private equity - Company repeatedly shorts people on raises and promotions and works to muddy the water on payscales and promotions.The middle has hollowed out because of lack of raise/promotions. People get 3 years and then bail. - Travel can be super heavy and last minute - Company far more bureaucratic than it needs to be

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