Decent pay, but chaotic at times - Anonymous employee Andromeda Employee Review

3.0
Apr 29, 2020
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I enjoyed their focus on company culture from my direct supervisor. In addition, I felt like I had a voice in determining direction of the company when it came to important decisions. They had decent systems in place for benefits and collaboration. I felt comradery with my coworkers, which helped during some of the more difficult times while I was there.

Cons

There is definitely a lack of understanding of how to maximize profit in ethical ways. It seemed to me that ownership was still stuck in a business model that worked back in the 90s when technology management was much more difficult for smaller companies to take care of in-house. This meant that managing racks and racks of servers for small companies was necessary and required expertise to manage. Now, everything can be done remotely in the cloud and service is where you make money. What I saw is a clear bias toward trying to push brick and mortar hardware and give discounts on the service. This makes sense if you're 4 guys in your garage managing a small amount of clients who don't have any idea what they are doing with technology back in the 90s. However, if you ask any growing technology management company, they will tell you that they make no money on hardware and make everything from providing specialized managed services that they can deliver on successfully and partnering with other specialized managed service providers to fill in the gaps. There was some of this for certain services, but Andromeda definitely erred on the side of saying "Yeah we can take care of everything you need." and figure it out later. In the short time I was at the company I saw multiple instances of this which caused utter chaos when we could not provide the level of service the customer expected after being sold something by a sales person.

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5.0
Apr 25, 2025
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Pros

Benefits are phenomenal, they have a very good PTO package, and a sane, humane WFH approach. Have never seen a better place for that in IT than this one. Additionally, their Service Desk culture strives to help maintain a constant, measured pace and method of work. They have set realistic expectations with their clients, unlike many MSP's that set an unattainable expectation of immediacy and perfection. Finally, and this is huge in my opinion, they ACTUALLY have a tiered technical team, with real, numbers-based escalation parameters for tickets. Such a relief in the MSP industry that often has service desks that place an undue load on the primary response tier.

Cons

They're in a bit of flux currently, some changes have been going on in several teams. Additionally, the salary is not quite on par for the rest of the industry, and they are still working towards performance based compensation, BUT they genuinely are worth a pay cut if they offer you one. I hadn't realized just how much my time and energy were worth until I wasn't spending hours of them in transit every day.

5.0
Feb 13, 2024
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Pros

Leadership who listens to ideas and how to improve the organization and our service delivery to our clients. Well defined core values. Well-rounded benefits package. Team approach to solving problems.

Cons

Working for an MSP is not for everyone. With a wide variety of clients, there are times when we are forced to constantly think outside the box and balance finding the solutions for the client, but balancing it with making sure it meets our standards and best practices. Flexibility, adaptability and being able to realize sometimes you need to seek advice from management or your peers is crucial.

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