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Pros: Casual dress, food a-plenty, decent people at lower levels, located in a pleasant area.
Cons: Conformity is the key to success. They ask for your honesty but don’t want to hear it. Anything other than praise and sunshine is taken as an unhappy non-team player attitude. I’ve seen good, hard working employees leave or be cast out because they didn’t play “the game”, while slacker do-nothings kick back and snooze because they’ve managed to frost their nose with the proper shade of brown. Sure, they have slides and a ping-pong table to give the impression of a casual environment, but it's just to camouflage what's going on underneath.
The place is run by a bunch of cultlike robotic smileys ready to knife you as soon as look at you. Sure, ‘honesty and integrity’ are painted on the wall, but the definitions have been lost. Try: favoritism, nepotism, hypocrisy, conformity and back-stabbing vindictiveness. They’re great to say one thing, then do the opposite. If the Hyland "Sweet Sixteen" traits are broken down to fact, they would be called the "Sweet Nothings".
Their success had made them very arrogant, and many people are only in their positions because of who they know or are related to. As the company grows, their poor treatment of employees has come back on them in the form of a failing reputation, as displayed in these reviews, here and elsewhere. Check the ethics of a company that has the ‘Hyland Happy Hour’, encouraging their employees to partake in ample amounts of beer from kegs, which they roll out of the warehouse for these occasions. Nothing like a nice buzz before getting in your car and driving home to the family, eh?
If you are a career-minded person looking for advancement based on performance, look elsewhere. If you don’t like to work and are happy gaining advancement from being a brown noser, then Hyland is the place for you. Once the recession lifts, I expect there will be a line at the Exit.
As people bring the increasing problems to the attention of the youthful CEO, his response is to roll his eyes firmly in the back of his head with his fingers stuffed in his ears. If TCB (who owns most of Hyland) had any sense, they would come in and do a big housecleaning of management. When incompetence is promoted only because of their years with the company or who they've managed to kiss up to, there’s a big problem.
Hyland Software should be viewed like college, a stepping stone towards a real career. Just watch your back while you are there.
Be careful who you trust, bottom line. Yea, they harp on the culture, have you ever heard of a glass house. The workers all have to do what they can to survive, they change your comp schedule every year so you can never attain your dreams. The middle management managers know how to steal large accounts from the sales people. They do this so that they can save their own jobs. They hide all this behind slides and plastic smiles.
The uppermost management has no vision into this. Bottom line is that everyone is doing what they can so they aren't replaced.
Go elsewhere.
Perks, a ton of them. But is the cost to your family worth it?
Yep that pretty much sums if up. If your not a real family member quote on quote. Look elsewhere. The pay sucks. and there are alot of two faced. I swear this place has workers that attend the scientolgly church. Cold robots. Let's kiss butt to save ours. I would never recommend this place. Go elsewhere where it is worth the pay. They have these childish games like slides??? Come on people these are grown men and women sliding down slides. Airplane time anyone??? Again grown men acting like two year olds. There fake and not fair. Befriend one of the family and your tossed out like an old rag. DON""T WORK HERE!!!!!
pros. Let's be kids again!!
Cons To many to mention!!!!!
The hours at Hyland tend to be long. Those who don't work long hours don't get anywhere in the company. The culture is very casual and relaxed, and there are a lot of fun-type activities, but the pay is well below standard. The people tend to be very cut-throat, and you need to be careful who you befriend. It's often easy to let your guard down because of the culture there, but the best way to survive there is to be careful who you trust. If you are more interested in the work environment than the pay you might enjoy it there. It's also much better if you're not the main provider in the family. However, if you need competitive pay and have a family to support, you're best off looking elsewhere.