Savvis reviews about "culture"

Absolute Chaos. The problem with Savvis is that there is no corporate culture. Its as if they took people from all corners of the earth and threw them under the general umbrella of a company name with no direction, authority or even general job description outside of "make money". Things like honestly and work ethic are secondary if even that once you get to the Senior Manager level. Manager and lower are beaten down with moving goals so no one cares and no one is driving this thing.

Hiring managers "pick" who they want "personally" instead of professionally...(i.e. a person with no degree or previously worked as a waitress can get a job over a person with a college degree and years of corporate experience. College degrees are not really a factor when choosing a candidate and pay does not depend on college degrees....if the the manager "personally" like you; then you will be compensated.

Dysfunctional in the delivery and ops side of the house.

Savvis culture got lost when CenturyLink bought them. It became a large telecom culture.

convoluted processes, clueless management, out of date pricing, lagging products for a fast pace environment, blame culture, all the teams seem to be penalised on commission and performance related pay

Lack of communication at all levels is a massive let down. Small things that should not even be an issue are easily often dragged out. The company also keeps lagging behind technologically. After 5+ years of working there I still cannot see any valid reason why this is so. A real shame considering the capability of the people in the company.

Mediocrity, as a sales rep its ok to make 50% of your #, and you don't get canned! Only 30% of the 2nd year sales reps stay around bc it not challenging, and the culture is definitely more telco (beauracacy) and its difficult to get things done.