Solid Company on the Up and Up - Anonymous employee QTS Employee Review
3.0
Jan 8, 2018
Anonymous employee
Current employee, more than 1 year
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Fun team environment, friendly atmosphere, free coffee/tea, employee-organized events, travel opportunities, volunteer events, generous PTO policy, decent benefits package, growing company that acknowledges that it is not perfect but is working toward betterment, core values are important
Cons
Organizational structure still needs some ironing out, team and departmental silos continue to exist, inter-departmental communication needs help, core values are important but not everyone follows them - one thing comes to mind - accountability!
QTS Response
8y
Thank you for taking time to tell your QTS story. As a leader in operations, I can attest to many of your concerns. I want to assure you we are working on these through our Employee Value Proposition and our Performance Management cycle, to name a few. Accountability and communication are important in driving the kind of behavior we want to see in our leaders and fellow QTSers, and we are starting to see some real progress in these areas. Thank you for driving the conversation and behavior on your own team, and for holding us accountable to create a strong, collaborative work environment.
Don Swartz, SVP, Operations & Technology
The company has continued to find new ways to increase retention. Have a great team and feel supported by management. Just added a new equity program along with already existing stock purchase program.
Cons
Limited amount of work from home days allocated per employee. No car bonus or reimbursement for tolls on commute to work.
QTS Response
1w
We appreciate the review! It's encouraging to hear you're excited about our new equity program, "Together We Grow." When QTS is successful, everyone is successful!
QTS recognizes that work flexibility is important and employees are encouraged to utilize all 52 work-from-home days every year. This does not include days when the unexpected occurs, like picking up a sick child from school, running home to take care of an immediate need, falling ill, etc. Thank you for your feedback and contributions to QTS!
Servant Leadership - Folks will lean in to help you resolve issues.
Fluid workflow - There are opportunities to work with other workgroups when you have spare capacity to grow your knowledge/experience into other areas.
Rampant Growth - Industry as a whole is expanding very fast. Giving new opportunities for movement
Environmental stewards - Leader in sustainable data centers with closed loop cooling.
Community driven - Constantly have volunteer opportunities available and actively looking for more
Teamwork - From at work, to at home; Your coworkers, managers, and executives actually care about you. They want to know who you are and are genuine in their interactions. CEO's will actively strive to learn your name... so it still has the small company vibe, but it is getting bigger fast.
Cons
Growing pains - Rapid growth and expansion have left some policies in need of polishing/creating. With the rapid growth there is upward mobility that leaves production vacuums behind.
Good/Bad - the expansion doesn't appear to be slowing down anytime soon.