Accelrys Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Accelrys full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – A lot of smart and dedicated people; bold vision and decisive strategies.

Cons – It has grown too big too fast without proper integration. A lot of waste and sloppy work; not much attention to details. Management doesn't (have time to) pay much attention to employee morale.

Advice to Senior Management – People and quality work are the key to success in the long run.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Accelrys full-time

Pros – Our company got acquired by Accelrys

Cons – Lacks in motivating people to be more than 9-5 employees

Advice to Senior Management – Motivate people better

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Accelrys full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Accelrys is a scientific software company with a powerful platform, a fairly diverse application stack, and a lot of talented employees. It's still a pretty good place to work but things have changed (some would say for the worse) in recent years as the company struggles to grow to the next level, become a player in the enterprise arena, and invent the field of scientific business intelligence - a term created by Accelrys execs to describe the business area that they believe they dominate.

Cons – The recent emphasis on electronic lab notebooks, enterprise software, and processes have diverted resources, reduced efficiencies, and lowered morale in several areas of the company. The quality of the software is reduced when seasoned and skilled developers are treated as interchangeable, plug-and-play bit coders and development schedules are increasingly driven by the calendar rather than by quality. Recent mergers and exec turnover have diluted / muddled corporate culture and values

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Accelrys full-time

Pros – Excellent work environment. Close knit community of scientists within the company and very helpful.

Cons – Better compensation is required. The pay-raise is in not commensurate with the increasing job responsibilities and experience.

Current Employee – been working at Accelrys

Pros – Lots of great customers with a global footprint
Stable and a money maker
Not a cut throat environment
Growing both organically and through M/A.

Cons – Too much of a focus on Science and not enough in other areas.
Slow to take up new technologies internally and within products.

Advice to Senior Management – Be better listeners and follow up on feedback. Provide more career guidance and opportunities to those looking to move up in their career versus waiting for them to leave.

Former Employee – worked at Accelrys

Pros – Company has great product and will be a leader in its industry soon. Employees are team-spirited and fun to work with. Management was flexible if employees needed personal time off. HR provided good moral events.

Cons – High turnover, especially in management. Company keeps changing its direction which makes it difficult for employees to adjust to all the changes and diffficult for new officers to transition into the company's culture and objectives.

Advice to Senior Management – Be more open with employees. Don't just pitch how well the company is doing on the financial side and then layoff employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Accelrys

Pros – Challenging problems that invigorate the worker, Flexible work hours, understanding of work life balance, global experience

Cons – lean and mean sometimes means little respect to value added by resources

Advice to Senior Management – understand the needs of your customer base and they will come to you

Former Employee – worked at Accelrys

Pros – It is nice to work in such academic environment, lots scients are working there.

Cons – The company has been downsizing for the last few years, it is very stressfull to work there.

Advice to Senior Management – Focusing on constructive solution, rather than micro management to drive people crazy all the time.

Current Employee – been working at Accelrys

Pros – Great colleagues, and collegial environment. Interesting product portfolio. Location is good.

Cons – There is a large disconnect between executive management & real issues in workforce.
The Workplace is under-resourced for the set objectives in all departments. The company has experienced annual redundancies (7 years running) & struggles for profitability. The lack of financial stability leads to limited growth & development opportunities. Annual Salary adjustments do not keep up with inflation. Human resources management is quite poor.

Advice to Senior Management – Develop more open & receptive communication with workforce. Work on focused strategy & reasonable objectives for work force.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend