Caliber Public Safety Reviews
Updated Feb 16, 2018
Recommend to a Friend
Approve of CEO
John McNulty
6 Ratings
"Support Analyst"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Compensation and Benefits
- Senior Management
RecommendsNeutral OutlookI worked at Caliber Public Safety full-time for less than a year
Pros
Great benefits, co-workers, and managers.
Cons
I really didn't have any cons
Caliber Public Safety2018-02-16- Helpful (2)
"If you're looking for a long term career with lots of opportunity, this is the place for you!"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Compensation and Benefits
- Senior Management
RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at Caliber Public Safety full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Financially stable, responsible and results driven company. Stand by corporate values and consistently invest in developing employees and leadership. Huge promoters of work/life balance and recognizing achievements. Big company, lots of potential for growth and career advancement.
Cons
Lots of remote employees, you can work for a year and not meet your peers. Can make communications and process difficult at times.
Advice to Management
Continue to make efforts to connect your employees and communicate team / company initiatives. Bridge the gap between management and entry level employees.
Caliber Public Safety2016-04-22 - Helpful (6)
"Not ready for prime time."
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Compensation and Benefits
- Senior Management
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookI have been working at Caliber Public Safety part-time
Pros
Strong financial discipline. Responsible and prudent approach to sales and revenue.
Cons
Focused only on the bottom line. Little innovation and lack of investment from parent company.
Advice to Management
Value your employees. They have been through many hardships
Caliber Public Safety2016-01-24 "Field Engineer"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Compensation and Benefits
- Senior Management
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookI worked at Caliber Public Safety
Pros
Small Company with good development of Proprietary software for the Public Safety dispatch Market.
Cons
Unstable company finances, The company has been acquired several times on the brink of insolvency. Management has a problem with vision of their market and operations
Advice to Management
Fire the entire upper management and replace them with people that know how to run a company. Then get a small unit that has vision to look to the future. Develop your base and support the customer.
Caliber Public Safety2015-11-04"Company has changed since buyout"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookI worked at Caliber Public Safety full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Fellow employees were great to work with
Cons
Information doesn't make it to the customer in a timely manner anymore from Finance.
Caliber Public Safety2015-10-12"Mixed bag under new ownership"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Compensation and Benefits
- Senior Management
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Caliber Public Safety for more than 5 years
Pros
InterAct still has a bunch of employees who are firmly dedicated to Public Safety and its mission. Benefits package is competitive.
Cons
Since the acquisition by N. Harris Computer Corporation, the amount of internal and external communications have decreased. Customers and Employees seem to be leaving without any proactive response by management.
Advice to Management
Bring at least one public safety veteran into senior management to help steer the ship. Offer monthly all-hands updates to staff.
Caliber Public Safety2015-09-28"Rebuilding"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Compensation and Benefits
- Senior Management
RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at Caliber Public Safety full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Interact's strength is the large percentage of front-line employee's who have Public Safety experience. The employees that carry out the day to day operations at the customer level are by far the greatest group of people I have ever worked with.
Cons
The company was hijacked by private equity as a play on cloud-based and SaaS computing. 4 years worth of investing, positions on the board, C-level leadership from silicone valley who were too arrogant to listen to the fact that public safety is different than the latest start-up app. They wanted to flip the company for hundreds of millions. Instead, the "revenue is king" strategy brought the company to the edge of the cliff. The new company that bought up Interact will eventually right the ship, I believe, but it will be a long process.
Show MoreAdvice to Management
Public Safety is unlike any other industry, with small customer sites wielding enormous influence sometimes on literally dozens of other customers. Don't be afraid to spend the money to fix so many of the broken relationships we incurred over the last 4 years. Many of those relationships are very key to locking in entire area's of the country. Also, employees have endured years of financial stress and many has stayed, loyal to the end. When you see specific departments shedding long-term employees you might have a leadership problem on that team. And regardless of current financial standing you really need to adjust pay up to meet the industry. So many of these people have completely done without any type of raise for many years.
Show MoreCaliber Public Safety2015-08-23"new owners are terrible"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Compensation and Benefits
- Senior Management
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Caliber Public Safety for more than 8 years
Pros
My co-workers are awesome. Most of us have been here for a long time and I have made many lifelong friends.
Cons
The company was acquired by Harris and they have never taken on a company of this size so they're floundering. They promised there wouldn't be any more employee layoffs but, they have continually let people go since they took over. The management team is driven by their own egos and not by whats best for the company or customers. HR is nearly non-existent.
Advice to Management
Hire more HR to support the employees and work harder to support and serve the public safety industry they way they deserve.
Caliber Public Safety2015-08-17"Ego maniac management"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Compensation and Benefits
- Senior Management
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Caliber Public Safety full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
The product serves the safety and well being of people and property.
Cons
The new management team have huge ego's. I was fired for disagreeing w a manager. His ego was bruised so he decided to show me who's boss. Ridiculous.
Advice to Management
Take a long walk on a short pier.
Caliber Public Safety2015-08-19"Dedicated Employees"
StarStarStarStarStar- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
- Compensation and Benefits
- Senior Management
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookI worked at Caliber Public Safety full-time
Pros
Very passionate employees who serve their community
Cons
No clear strategy for success
Advice to Management
Done
Caliber Public Safety2015-06-15
Join the Caliber Public Safety team
Found 21 reviews