Lack of leadership in recent years - Sales Bentley Systems Employee Review

1.0
Jun 9, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Great technology! Awesome users (clients)! Use to be a great company to work for... maybe someday it will return to being a great company.

Cons

New organizational structure formed in 2016 has created duplication, confusion, lack of communication, silos, departments competing with other departments, etc... a train wreck waiting to happen with energy being consumed on internal processes vs. productive, client facing, revenue generating activities. Company morale is at an all-time low. Newly appointed executive "leadership" (Sales, HR, etc) that came about with the reorg have little to no leadership skills and treat employees like sheep. Upper & middle management can no longer make decisions on behalf of what's best for their team, the company or clients. Promotions are given not on qualification but those who make better "yes" men. Colleagues below the executive c-level are not empowered... including sales SVP’s and VP's from the "old regime". Executives who know our business, the clients and industries we serve (who once ran a successful business for Bentley) are no longer valued or empowered to make decisions related to sales, services, compensation, etc. Approval for anything is controlled at the highest level or by financial operations. Good ol' boys club continues to be in play and HR plays the game with the boys. We are losing our best colleagues to other companies... or they are "checked-out". True sales talent, who know the industry and have long standing relationships with accounts, are not wanted or valued by the new executive management team. Many have lost faith in the company.

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Bentley Systems Response
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Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. Our colleagues are important to us and we are sorry to hear that things haven't been going well for you with the reorganization lately. Please connect with your local HR representative if you would like to discuss further - we are here and happy to support you in any way needed. We reorganized in 2016 with the goal of optimizing accountability, alignment, and empowerment within Bentley. We recognize there are still some kinks to work out, and our executive team is meeting to strategize on how to make further advancements on these priorities. We are also investing heavily in leadership training at all levels of our organization to ensure our managers and leaders are ready and able to recognize and cultivate our colleagues' talents. We appreciate the hard work and dedication you've shown to Bentley over the 10+ past years.

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