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Poor Management, Bought Out and Sold Out

Engineering
Former Employee
Worked at Apptio for 6 years
July 27, 2020
Bellevue, Washington
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Most of the people are truly fantastic to work with. The culture used to be a lot of fun. If you network, there's nothing stronger than our CS department.

Cons

Upper management doesn't get what goes into the product. Product management tends to overrule sensible requirements, and design reviews are non-existent.

Finger-pointing is rampant, and the blame game is a ticking time bomb.

Layoffs were made earlier in the year and quietly not discussed, so the most recent layoffs are just a blatant move to put the jobs in India, which they promised us would never happen. Additionally, the parent company is even worse at running the product quality into the ground.

Advice to Management

Stop shucking quality and features overseas. The India office is a mess.

Maybe attempt to get some of the culture that made Apptio great back?

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