Stuck on Repeat - Engineer Trakstar Employee Review

1.0
May 26, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

- Meet some great people that you can share trauma with. - See first hand the effects of a sales-focused SaaS company that doesn’t invest in its products or people. - Work with a complicated offering of services where no one understand the full picture, or if there even is one. - Work remotely, but for a company that doesn’t like remote work. - Ride on the wind of successes from a decade ago.

Cons

- Ears closed, mouths open. Management dismisses all feedback from those on the ground, despite obvious signs that decisions would result in major issues. - Leadership continues making the same mistakes over and over, thinking it will “work this time”. - Strong pattern of short-sighted decisions to improve next quarter’s outlook rather than building a company that is successful long term. - Many missed opportunities for the organization to improve and to empower its employees. So much patience and social capital expended. - Decaying products. Old systems constantly duct-taped. No effort to build for the future. A complicated mess of features that don’t make sense for the marketplace. - Decaying teams, hollowed out by constant gaslighting and blaming. Many veterans have left, leaving newbies overworked. Backfills are promised but never arrive. MASSIVE turnover — more than 50% in 2020 and 30% in 2019. - Internal false advertising of success. You will hear “best in class products” every day, yet no one is looking at how competitors have rocketed past and how no one likes to use the products. - Unreasonable goals given available resources, which pits teams against each other. - Below average pay for every team and pretend benefits. Open PTO should be called “Closed PTO”, health benefits are subpar, and 401k has especially no matching. - Future company strategy is convoluted with questionable value add, yet is pushed forward with minimal consideration and no one leading it. - Shady sales & marketing practices - advertising features that don’t exist, forcing long contracts, opaque & constantly changing pricing structure - Push back at every turn. The only support you get is from your coworkers. Leadership ignores everyone, management refused to believe how bad it is and pushes back, and both leave fake reviews on Glassdoor & LinkedIn talking about how great the company is.

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Trakstar Response
4y
Trakstar has been through stages of growth and change over the past few years as the company has expanded with acquisitions and as new, experienced leadership joined the team to build and grow the company. When acquisitions occur or there are new leaders brought in, there is often a shift in strategy, process, and operational structure. Change is a natural process in business and not every employee is comfortable with those changes, especially when it includes larger teams and different strategies focused on sustainable growth. With respect to the decisions made to enhance and develop the products, there has been very active movement in this area with new hires that have brought an increased level of skill and discipline within the product management function, new capabilities that let us listen to and involve our customers in product development decisions, and on-going investment in the stability and infrastructure of our products. Lastly, the leadership team at Trakstar takes the well being and contributions of all employees seriously. The organization responded to the challenges of the past two years in an effort to ensure continuity of operations, expanded flexibility and benefits for remote work, and more, including 401k matching. Our recent strategic planning process identified employee well being as one of three foundational pillars on which we will focus moving forward; the leadership team is listening to current and former employees and are shaping our priorities accordingly. We appreciate your response and the concerns you raise, though we do not necessarily agree. Thank you for sharing your perspective and we wish you all the best.

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Pros

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Cons

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Trakstar Response
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We are delighted to hear your experience has been a positive one and appreciate you taking the time to provide your feedback!
3.0
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Pros

- Opportunities to learn and develop new skills - Some collaborative and talented team members - Flexible or manageable work arrangements (if applicable) - Potential for growth if organizational priorities shift

Cons

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