ACGI Software Reviews

Where do I start? When you join the team at ACGI everything looks great. The staff looks happy, the owners seem nice and supportive and the technology looks advanced. Then you work there for a few weeks and realize ITS ALL A FACADE. Even as a positive person it’s hard to stay happy here. All they care about is billable billable billable. It doesn’t matter how much value you bring in other ways , if you are not billable enough, you are done. Some teams are only allowed 5 hours a week of non billable time (mind you it can take almost all of that time just to INPUT the time with the backdated system we have) The two owners are two stuck in the 80s to realize that their business model cannot last like this. And while they think we should be GRATEFUL for having a job with them, they don’t make it worth anyone’s while. They encourage backstabbing and manipulative behavior and some of the management team does as well. What makes it okay for a senior level manager to encourage his team members to snitch on each other?? The technology is still stuck in the 90s at best. Up until a few months ago when a millennial (Who since left) joined the company and got them to switch to slack they have been using AIM to communicate in house. BSOD are common and their product still has miles to go before it reaches this century.

ACGI bills customers by the hour for custom work, so all they want is billable hours to charge to clients. The product comes second, employees third. Most work 10 hours a day make the 8 billable hours. The founders act like the company is still 10 people and spend time doing engineer work when they should be running the company. The company has grown in size and the old business model hasn't scaled well. Management's solution is to make employees more "productive" by working more billable hours. As far as management are concerned all problems are caused by employees who aren't working hard enough. The only reward, if you work hard or not, is a salary. Benefits are terrible, salaries should be increased by 10 thousand to make up for extra health insurance costs. No bonuses or pay raises. The PTO allowance is pitiful for a technology company. Morale is low after 10% of the work force were fired or quit in December 2017. Most engineering practices are from the 1990s and so is the technology. No new technology, no new ideas. Decision makers are set in the 90s and can't see past them. Knowledge is hoarded by long term employees to protect their jobs, don't expect collaboration. Coworkers are nice but so overworked it doesn't matter.