Don't work here unless you enjoy being abused! - Anonymous employee Descartes Systems Employee Review

1.0
14 Jul 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The people working there are great and work well together, even under the extreme amounts of stress and expected extra working hours. You can be open about looking for another job, because everyone working there is!

Cons

No work life balance. Management/Executives suggest how life should be, but do not follow through making employees work long hours, including weekends without any extra compensation. No raises for a number of employees for years, however the CEO het a 119% salary increase? Always working under cutbacks, refusal to purchase badly needed IT infrastructure due to lack of cash flow. Goal is to bandage everything and spend no money. They would rather expect an employee to work 24/7/365 to keep stuff working manually than pay to fix it properly, and don't expect a bonus, a raise, or even a thank you for doing this extra work. Staff is underpaid and over worked.

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Cons

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Cons

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