Atlona Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Atlona full-time for less than a year

Pros – Company is well positioned in the industry, team members are very competitive, customer oriented and friendly. Nice culture and good opportunities to contribute to business and extend skills to a new level.

Cons – None that I can think of right now. Maybe AC can be a bit adjusted, sometimes it can get a bit warm and other times it was too cold.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Atlona full-time for less than a year

Pros – fellow employees are friendly and helpful and it was very easy to fit in. VERY customer oriented

Cons – at times feels like we are understaffed and TOO customer oriented and may increase response times. a good problem if you ask me

Advice to Senior Management – maybe add staff to a few key positions

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Atlona full-time for less than a year

Pros – Relaxed environment, great culture, nice people and pay is industry comparable. Management is flexible to your needs and understanding that life happens sometimes.

Cons – I think we have a spider problem.....

Advice to Senior Management – You have hired a great executive management team, please listen to them. They will take your company to great heights.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Atlona full-time for less than a year

Pros – Great people with diverse interests. Good management team. Company is making changes to be more like other companies in Silicon Valley.

Cons – There is no 401k matching incentive.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep hiring people with knowledge in their profession. Make sure you take care of your greatest asset which is your employees. Offer a profit sharing program.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Atlona full-time

Pros – The bad eggs are gone, this is a great team! Fun place to work, The management team are very approachable, and employee friendly. Fantastic products, brand new building.

Cons – AC needs to be adjusted

Advice to Senior Management – They had to make some tough business decisions to make this a better place to work. Way to go! Nice to see vision, mission and values to drive the company forward.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Atlona full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Maybe a few good products

Cons – Crappy management. Owners are clueless to what it takes to,run a successful company and keep good high quality employees. Most products are "me too" virtually nothing is unique from competitors. Quality is average at best.

Owners thnk the incredible growth they had will continue by magic. Employees are treated like crap. Very low pay and benefits at best are poor. They lay off or fire good high quality people and promote a manager who is a "yes man"

Advice to Senior Management – Do what you have done to so many others, fire yourself. You don't deserve to run a company and pay yourselves tons of $$$$ at the expense of those who generate the revenue. Hire a team of pros, let them do what they know how to do and maybe your company will survive. If not, better start looking for a job yourself

Former Employee – worked at Atlona full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Start up in niche industry. great looking brand from the outside in.

Cons – No organization, no structure, low wages and commissions. Recent lay offs and a slew of employees quitting leave very low employee morale.

Advice to Senior Management – Sell the company while it is still profitable.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Atlona full-time

Pros – There are some very bright and talented folks working there. Many wanting to work toward success.

Cons – Very inexperienced ownership, with a lack of mission. Severe micro management from the ownership often combined with a lack of understanding what they are actually micro managing.

Advice to Senior Management – Create a mission and detailed goals for the company other than just "grow".

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Atlona full-time for more than a year

Pros – Chaotic, fast paced environment. Good group of employees overall.

Cons – Extremely inexperienced owners (read: you don't know what you don't know)
Morale level of a funeral home
Lack of innovation/product availability

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to your management staff! When you've gone out of your way to hire experienced folks to help guide you through a growth period you should really listen to them. Don't just listen to new folks for 90 days then revert back to the same broken methods of management that you had before. You are running a multi-million dollar business, it's okay to ask for help. Your customers and employees are the life blood of your organization. Start treating them like assets instead of afterthoughts.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Atlona full-time for more than a year

Pros – There are so many talented, good natured, skilled people who have worked and who still do work at Atlona. These people make working at Atlona possible.

Cons – The Cons are as follows...
Compensation = Horrible
Corporate Environment = Hell
Respect from Upper Management to employees = Minimal at best
Corporate Culture = "Just work and shut the Hell Up" + "Employees are not important"
Strategic Vision = NONE

There is No corporate vision
There is No corporate mission (except "Get more money")
There is No clear direction
There is No strategic outlook
There are people who literally cry every week being at Atlona

Most people are searching for new jobs once they get to Atlona.
Many managers try to pretend that things are not terrible and that the problems are your fault
Managers don't take responsibility

Advice to Senior Management – My advice to executive management would be to make more of an effort to make the people who work at Atlona feel valued, appreciated, respected and heard. In order to develop a better corporate culture and inspire people provide and operate according to a vision that people can buy into.

Establish a clear mission for the company so people know and understand what the company is doing and why. Otherwise people feel like hamsters on a wheel going nowhere for no reason except to receive a paycheck. That type of condition is unrewarding and leads to high turn over.

Pay people industry standards or above for what they do, this is key because it inspires loyalty and promotes a sense that people are really valued. Above all else listen to the burdens, suggestions and insights that the employees have and respond to them publicly and respectfully.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company