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Inadequate Higher Management - Software Developer Sphera Solutions Employee Review

1.0
13 Dec 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible work hours, friendly colleagues.

Cons

Messy higher management. Competency issues, dishonest statements, swift turns, occasional mass layoffs (of people with knowledge of the products), hiring cheap replacements... Their favorite phrase at the start: "You guys are our asset!" Their favorite phrase now: "We can't promise anything." Lower management struggles to handle the ongoing production/maintenance, although the tone remains polite. Significant morale deficiencies.

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5.0
19 Feb 2026
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Pros

Easy workload and management is great overall

Cons

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2.0
28 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Overall, the product mission is in the right place. - There are people who really care about their work, and want to do the right thing even if they can’t do so. - Chicago headquarters is nice

Cons

- High turnover at all levels including executive team. CFO, CMO, CHRO and CSO have left in the past 6 months alone. 3 of the 4 of those roles remain open. - Management is highly disorganized. Spending is based on emotions. If you’re in sales, your budget is effectively a blank check. But wait…are the sellers actually selling and meeting targets? No. - Budgets continue to be squeezed. No investment. Some teams are heavily overworked meanwhile some don’t have enough to do. Ironically, the budget and resources are being stripped from those overworked teams. - Mass layoffs at least once a year. Jobs continue to be offshored (more layoffs) with unqualified talent to save a couple bucks. - Despite all those cost cutting efforts, the bonus this year paid 10%. Yes, ten percent. - Compensation continues to trail the market. - Entirely too much micro managing from the top that don’t translate into valuable results.

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