Dishonest and will scam their way into lowering your pay - Anonymous employee Lumenalta Employee Review

1.0
Oct 20, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are nice individuals that work within the company.

Cons

Laughing stock of the agile community. Senior management does not engage client feedback properly and expectations always exceed original terms.

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Lumenalta Response
10y
We appreciate your feedback. You’re right about the nice individuals within our company. When we select new talent, we aim to hire only the candidates that demonstrate a fit with our fun, collaborative culture. We’ve grown to a team of 100 developers and my priority continues to be recognizing the contributions those candidates make. I value the important role that every function plays in the success of our company, and am always available to engage in discussions about pay or opportunities for advancement. I’m sorry to hear we give the impression that client feedback isn’t important to us. Tight feedback loops are what drives our achievement as a firm. If you have more input on how we can make the Agile process work better for everyone involved, please reach out to us at hrhelp@clevertech.biz. I would love to identify where these breakdowns are occurring and discover ways to improve our methods.

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Pros

remote work, so can work schedule around school runs. However, even though they say you can work from anywhere, in practice it's very frowned upon by the new management.

Cons

- bought by private equity, whose partners have no clue about running tech companies, and they cut all the benefits that made the company good, and changed the company culture - it's no longer a place you feel valued and can grow in. - they run a round of lay-offs a week before bonuses go out, so they won't have to pay their top producing talent, whom they have already told would be receiving bonuses. - They are also a bit dishonest on compensation, you have to pay close attention to your paychecks to make sure they are correct. This isn't a new thing under Private Equity for them, either, they've always done it. - they have always been very cheap, and have always hired purely based on cost, not talent. This is why they were off-shoring pioneers, since 2000. It was very frustrating having to pass over amazing candidates for jobs who were asking very fair salaries in order to choose people who were not at all or barely qualified simply because they'd do the job for much less. - similar vein to hiring unqualified but cheap people, most of the C-suite and top-level management had little to none management experience before the Private Equity brought them in, so they manage their teams very poorly. - The only person with any say in the company is the president, nobody else can do anything without his blessing.

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Lumenalta Response
5mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We appreciate all feedback and take it seriously. Talent development and pay transparency are extremely important to us, and we continually review our practices to ensure we support our team in a fair, thoughtful, and consistent manner. We encourage open dialogue and welcome conversations with current or former team members who would like to share more context directly.
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