Spathe Systems Reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(54 total reviews)

66% positive business outlook

Spathe Systems has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 54 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Spathe Systems employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace and defence industry (3.6 stars).

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54 reviews
1.0
16 Nov 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Decent pay but not much else.

Cons

Spathe Systems wanted a consultant for a short time opportunity but only wanted to pay employee wages. They could not afford a consultant so they over promised to get me to join with no intention of actually following through with the promises. I moved my family from out of state for this opportunity. Spathe promised me training, clearance upgrade and career opportunity. After working there a couple of months they informed me that I would not get a clearance upgrade, career growth opportunities or any training and they had no intention of paying for the training in the future. A meeting invite was sent out to the company for benefits but nothing was ever sent out about the benefits lapsing. They let their health insurance lapse and only gave their employees a day to decide on their benefits. If you were not able or did not attend the meeting then I would never have known and either would not have had benefits for me and my family or would not have been giving a choice. This company does not care about their employees at all. This is a slash and burn company that will try to get ahead at all cost. They think short term and not long term. This is strictly a body shop.

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Spathe Systems Response
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As this is now the third time you have left nearly the same negative review, we will re-iterate our prior responses for the record. The contract situation in this instance did not change from recruitment to departure, so our failure must have been in not succinctly explaining the nature of development contracts in the Information Technology space. In the future we will be sure to carefully explain government contracting cycles to all individuals, regardless of what their claimed experience would indicate they understand. Company policy on training is centered around the benefit of that training to the customer. In this instance, we had the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) providing direct support to the customer as a subcontractor – so training our employees would have provided no benefit to the customer at additional cost. Additionally, you were not offered a “clearance upgrade” as that is not something a company can offer. Positions require clearances at a level determined by the customer, not the company. We worked hard in 2018 to provide a tremendous benefit expansion for all employees, including: - Company Paid Life Insurance (was offered in 2017 but amount was tripled in 2018) - Company Paid Long and Short Term Disability Insurance - Additional time off (employees now start with 10 Vacation Days, 5 Sick Days, and 10 Holidays) - Improved Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance offerings Employees were actually given about 2 weeks’ notice regarding the insurance plan changes. During that two weeks, we held an open enrollment meeting, outside of business hours, which explained the 3 levels of insurance plans. This was still a shorter time than we would have liked to have been able to offer, however we believed that the expanded offering was worth the hassle – we did not want to have to wait a year to expand employee benefits. It is not true, nor will it ever be true, that we would let insurance ‘lapse’. That will never happen. Employees that failed to fill out their elections would have been enrolled at the same coverage level they had prior to open enrollment. This was communicated to all employees, on company letterhead, two weeks prior to the elections period. It is true that we had a short turnaround time of 2 days to fill out the election documents, which was also shorter than we would have liked and something we will be sure not to repeat.
3.0
4 Jan 2018

Spathe

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

+Growth +Experienced base owners with proven history of success +Great network +Family Feel +Contracts all over the world +Ability to get certs covered

Cons

-Culture focused so much on growth that the people are not primary focus -14 days of PTO -Health insurance average -Communication low -No discussion team member growth -Hierarchy -Contract focused -Still sub-contractor thus handicapped by the prime constraints

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