Routeware Reviews

3.3

43% would recommend to a friend

(97 total reviews)

Jeremy Collins

34% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Routeware has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 97 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Routeware employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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97 reviews
1.0
9 Jun 2024

Gotta love private equity influence

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some employees still remaining are hardworking and seem to care about the mission.

Cons

Constant layoffs: Long-tenured and valued employees are being laid off, possibly to avoid paying out bonuses. Operational cuts: Operations have been reduced to the bare minimum, placing enormous pressure and stress on the remaining employees. Outsourcing: American jobs are being moved to other countries, further undermining the workforce. Management's focus on the bottom line: Management's decisions are driven solely by profit, neglecting the impact on employee morale and company culture. Corporate managers with no morals are being brought in to further slash costs and squeeze, disregarding the human element. Constant anxiety: The slow trickle of layoffs creates a persistent sense of uncertainty and anxiety among remaining staff. Decline in company culture: The company is now a mere shadow of its former self, with a noticeable decline in its core values and culture. Questionable reviews: The sudden influx of five-star reviews seems dubious and does not reflect the current state of the company. Overall, it's truly disappointing to see a once great company being hollowed out by private equity influence. The current direction is unsustainable and detrimental to both employees and the company's legacy.

1.0
24 Feb 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There are still some good people who work there.

Cons

The people in power only do the bidding of the private equity firm who came in and unnecessarily let go of a bunch of employees all at the same time who were already working as part of a skeleton crew. They also did their customers a disservice by getting rid of numerous necessary services and products, because it's obvious the private equity firm doesn't care about either the employees or customers. They fired the CEO who had taken the company from a failing organization and resurrected it into the premier company in the industry, for reasons unknown, and replaced him with three people sharing responsibilities including a person working directly for the private equity firm and an incompetent CTO who thinks that lines of code generated are a proper means of measuring worth as engineers. I couldn't in good conscious recommend working here, as the company is a sinking ship. I would be very surprised if they're still in business in five years after alienating so many customers and employees. It does appear they have a new CEO, but the previous one was exceptional, and I doubt the new one is anything more than a placeholder, doing the bidding of the private equity firm.

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