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    SMART Technologies Reviews

    Updated Oct 15, 2019

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    Found 247 reviews

    3.3
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    57%
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    85%
    Approve of CEO
    SMART Technologies CEO Greg Estell
    Greg Estell
    29 Ratings
    Pros

    • "Had some great people working there" (in 26 reviews)

    • "Leave policies are excellent and they sure take care of your work life balance" (in 24 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Upper management is fickle and short-sighted" (in 16 reviews)

    • "Senior management have an unhelpful habit of venting their frustration via negative emails to all staff (e" (in 11 reviews)

    More Pros and Cons

    1. "Sustaining Specialist"

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      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at SMART Technologies

      Pros

      Friendly people, nice environment, supportive management, very helpful onboarding process for new employees

      Cons

      parking is little bit difficult

      SMART Technologies2019-02-01

    2. "Great People, Poor Development and Compensation"

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      Former Employee - Financial Analyst 
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook

      I worked at SMART Technologies full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      People, Work life balance, Experience

      Cons

      Stability, Sales people get all the attention, bleeding money

      SMART Technologies2019-10-16
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    3. "Fun place"

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      Former Employee - Manager in Ottawa, ON
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at SMART Technologies full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      Great People to work with, fun.

      Cons

      CEO back then was not well liked.

      SMART Technologies2019-07-30

    4. "Great work/life balance"

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      Former Employee - Web Developer in Calgary, AB
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at SMART Technologies full-time for less than a year

      Pros

      Lots of time off and employee support

      Cons

      Can't think of any cons

      SMART Technologies2019-07-08

    5. "Great place to work, great people"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at SMART Technologies full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Friendly environment Good managers Flexible Great for career development

      Cons

      Can be stressful at times

      SMART Technologies2019-06-04

    6. "Opetations"

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      Current Employee - Operations in Calgary, AB
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at SMART Technologies full-time for more than 8 years

      Pros

      Company culture is amazing - enjoyable place to work.

      Cons

      Upper management makes poor business decisions.

      Advice to Management

      Look back to when the company was very successful. What are the differences compared to the current company?

      SMART Technologies2019-03-04
    7. Helpful (1)

      "Nice organization if you are looking for long term career!"

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      Current Employee - Mechanical Design Engineer in Calgary, AB
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at SMART Technologies full-time for less than a year

      Pros

      - Stable organization in unstable Alberta economy. This is due to product which is smart board and not anything related to oil and gas. Most of the customer base is in Europe and USA. - HR offers you industry standard salary though you were not aware and asked less salary as it happened in my case. I moved from US to Canada and was desperately looking for jab. HR called me and told me that I am asking less than my... experience and offered me the number that was pleasant to start with in new country! - Excellent culture! Performance goals strictly related to business that helps you to focus on your projects, nothing related to people area that you need to contribute on (In my earlier organization, there were few goals related to people area and you need to spend time on that as well...I was not happy with that!) - Really quick interview process...I was offered in less than 3 weeks...And I attended 4-5 interviews in this period including first video interview. - Leave policies are excellent and they sure take care of your work life balance. - They do listen to employees and have practice to conduct employee satisfaction survey. Management works on feedback from employees to maintain high employee engagement and positive working culture. - I worked with my earlier employer for 10 years and surely was looking for similar option for long term career. Looks like I have found one.

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      Cons

      Nothing found yet, will need more time to find, if any!

      Advice to Management

      Need to focus on Asia since there are most populous regions in the world, especially India! Many international schools are open in India in last few years and they could be potential customers for business expansion and improve market share. Thanks!

      SMART Technologies2019-01-14

    8. "Great Culture"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Calgary, AB
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at SMART Technologies full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      I am an employee who worked at SMART in the past and have returned. The SMART now is a very open, transparent and friendly environment. In the past, there were a lot of things that you couldn't do and couldn't say - seemed to be lacking a trust in the employees. The SMART now is a company where there is a lot of trust in the employees and there is a lot of work being done to transform the culture.

      Cons

      Everyone works hard at SMART, this is not a Con if you like to work hard and have a lot of opportunities to learn and be involved in many projects.

      Advice to Management

      Keep up the good work. Trust your employees and empower them to make decisions.

      SMART Technologies2018-12-20

    9. "Company lacks clear direction"

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      I worked at SMART Technologies

      Pros

      The people, in general, were great. Some limited opportunities for professional development and a nice campus.

      Cons

      The company lacked any clear direction and compelling vision. Their bread and butter market and product offering was rapidly declining in utility yet there was little effort to truly innovate or satisfy current clients. Turnover and restructuring was constant and as a result, morale was low.

      SMART Technologies2018-12-03

    10. "Good during the hayday"

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      Former Employee - Senior Financial Analyst in Calgary, AB
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at SMART Technologies full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      Open environment, got to work with all levels of the organization

      Cons

      Obsolete technology and management didn't see it.

      SMART Technologies2018-08-31
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