Selfish Dishonest Management - Old School Tricks - Disrespect Employees - Project Manager NuWave Technology Partners Employee Review

I thought Glassdoor.com was above allowing bogus posts like the one below written by someone who hides behind the ability to make inflammatory and libelous comments anonymously. On 8/3/2015 I informed Glassdoor.com that for numerous reasons (which I outline below) it is obvious that this is not a person who truly worked at NuWave and instead is someone attempting to tarnish the reputation of our company for some unknown reason. Below I am responding with point by point responses. • NuWave has never had an employee with a ‘project manager’ title. The role of overseeing projects has been filled by individual with primary responsibilities of technical lead, training lead, etc… • NuWave is located in Lansing. Not East Lansing • Accusation of disrespect with zero substance and no examples!” It is interesting that all other reviews on Glassdoor praise the organization and leadership. • There are no family members who work at NuWave other than the three owners (Rick Paalman, Kyle Paalman and Chad Paalman) who started the company in 2005. • The entire management team is comprised of individuals who are not related to the owners. NuWave is proud to have such strong leaders who have poured their blood, sweat and tears into building this organization over the past 10 years and much of the leadership have grown with the organization. The average tenure of the leadership team is 8+ years! • NuWave has never had a programmer on staff. Software development is outsourced to companies that NuWave has established strategic partnerships with. • NuWave has deliberately spent money conservatively. The original business plan and the philosophy still today of ownership is to avoid spending money foolishly so that the company can be financially healthy (which it is and has been for 10+ years) and pay at or above market salaries in order to attract and retain the best and brightest individuals in the industry. • NuWave and Artemis do not share office space. Artemis is based in East Lansing and NuWave is headquartered out of Kalamazoo, with offices in Lansing and Grand Rapids. • NuWave and Artemis are separate companies, with no co-ownership. The owners of the two companies are friends and have long seen the advantage of partnering on projects that require the skillsets of both organizations. • The accusation that NuWave is using accounting tricks is simply a lie! The opportunity for this does not even exist as NuWave and Artemis run completely separate financials, different CPA firms, and different legal representation. • NuWave has a team of account managers who work with their clients as consultants. The products and services that NuWave recommends to its clients are from the leading vendors in the industry such as Cisco, Microsoft, Dell and others. High pressure sales and/or recommending products or services to clients that are not needed is strictly prohibited at NuWave and would be grounds for termination. Furthermore, almost every recommendation made to a client is the result of a collaborative effort of the client’s trusted support team comprised of their lead engineer, account manager and an owner or principal consultant. Quotes simply do not go out the door without significant oversight. • To make accusations of unethical work standards without examples is simply preposterous! • When the 3 owners left to start NuWave in 2005, they went out of their way to NOT poach the clients of their previous employer. In fact, a deliberate plan was put in place at the very beginning of growing the company through acquisition of new clients and other technology companies. • No “self-praise or hype” needed. NuWave is proud to have an awesome team that takes such great care of our clients that our clients continuously offer to make video testimonials about our service! You can check some of these out on our website. • While it is true that NuWave treats team members as family, other than the 3 owners, no other family members are employed at NuWave!