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Computer Consultants International

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Run away. Don't even consider working for or with CCI. - Anonymous employee Computer Consultants International Employee Review

1.0
Nov 9, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The only item in the "pro" column was a somewhat flexible schedule and 100% remote work.

Cons

This company is run by one person. Don't let any other numbers fool you. The owner of the company operates the HR account under a false name. EVERYBODY quits this job once they've worked for this harridan. I have never been spoken to in such a demeaning and degrading manner in my entire career. Owner constantly accuses employees of making mistakes—multiple times a day. When she is provided proof the mistake did not occur there is never an apology. Constantly berates employees. Owner does not believe that meetings constitute work and refuses to pay for those hours. She expects you to be on-call 24/7/365 regardless of whether your agreement was for 3 hours a day, 5 hours a day, etc. There are no days off. There is no vacation time. They offer insurance but it's 3X the cost of any other employer I've ever worked for. Owner also truly, honestly believes that 60 to 80 hours is normal for full-time employees, and that's what she expects if you want to work full time. Extremely shady business practices. This is a company that purports to place contractors in government jobs. If you have ever worked a contract job, or even applied for one, you probably know that you must have an agreement with that company—called a Right to Represent—that ensures you won't be submitted twice to the same job. CCI very rarely gets these agreements, yet submits candidates anyway—KILLING their chance to get employed, especially if they had a Right to Represent with another company. CCI often searches for resumes of people who DID NOT EVEN APPLY FOR A JOB and submits the resumes without candidates' knowledge or permission. CCI regularly includes resumes of candidates who are not even aware they are being submitted in their RFPs. If you have submitted your resume to CCI, BEWARE! you will most likely be presented as a candidate whether or not you've had any other contact with them. In 6 months I never saw any government agency actually hire anyone that CCI had presented. I knew the horror stories from other employees who quit, and I can only hope they share their stories as well. When I resigned, I knew I would need to include documentation from the State's website that I was leaving legally, and that the law requires the employer to pay the employee. I was harassed and threatened for more than a week after I resigned. A month later, I was paid approximately 1/3 of what I was owed. I have filed a wage claim with the state to recoup the rest of the salary I earned during that time. In summary, this was the absolute worst job experience of my entire 30+ year career.

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5.0
Feb 19, 2018
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Pros

This is a company where you are engaged for specific projects with large organizations, in my case technology, but many can be government ones. You need to be organized, focused and driven. If you can, it is easy to work here. As said, projects are specific in nature with defined scopes. When scopes move it is usually on the customer side.

Cons

As noted, if you tend to diverge, you will not succeed. You need to keep yourself on task. You are hired for specific projects, not full time, so work comes as projects require your skills. For some this is a plus (flexibility), for some it is not.

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1.0
Apr 22, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Flexible schedule (you can work those 80 hours at any time during the 7 day work week) Fully remote Workers revolt and escape often; so long as you have a computer and the internet, you will likely be hired

Cons

Dehumanizing experience You WILL question your sanity No one gives notice, so when one of your fellow workers escapes over the wall you will not know it happened and will possibly be penalized/blamed Upper management is prone to paranoid, aggressive behavior and temper tantrums (multi-page threatening emails, screaming staff meetings and voicemails are common) You will receive calls and emails at all hours with expectations of immediate response. Six-page, unpunctuated rant in your inbox at 3:55 on a Saturday night? You will get an angry, screaming call. At 4am. HR is a faux account monitored by upper management Upper management has access to and WILL read your email, respond on your behalf and otherwise sabotage your account Docking staffer pay by a dollar an hour per imagined, unverifiable mistake was common; people quit when they were docked down to minimum wage

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