Vectorworks Reviews

I initially resisted posting a review because I did not want to write something negative, but after the blatant flooding of reviews by the company and the obvious damage control they are engaging in, I felt compelled to comment. The reviews that paint a grim view of the work environment are accurate portrayals of reality within the sales & marketing department. It is not just the grumblings of a few malcontents who have a personal axe to grind. In the last two years the company has lost the majority of it's staff from the marketing & sales department, especially those that had been with the company for 5+ years. In all cases, the behavior of the management were the root cause and I can say for sure that nothing has changed. The executives do not trust people to do the job that they were trained or hired to do, as evidenced by the fact that micromanaging every single decision is just the normal. Anything from how a gift basket needs to be arranged to whether or not a semi-colon belongs on an internal email, is up for debate at the executive level. This is the main reason why people get so frustrated and eventually leave. Threats and bullying are another reason. Two popular quotes that you will undoubtedly hear in meetings are: "if you do not like it then you can leave" or "you guys can discuss and decide but in the end it doesn't matter because only my vote counts". This type of management style has spread to other managers and directors as well and unfortunately it has only gotten worse. To be fair, the company is making money and adding staff. The CEO is friendly and has an open door policy. There are friendly and talented staff members. However none of this means a thing, if you are working in an environment where you are not empowered to make decisions and the leaders of your department operate with an emperor mentality. HR has received many complaints in exit interviews about the issues I have mentioned but it seems that the company leadership is satisfied to keep things status quo as long as revenues remain positive and the bonuses keep coming. Other reviews talk about a negative atmosphere for young women and that is 100% true. Nothing has changed after people complained. If you are ok with being micromanaged, threatened, bullied, spoken to in a condescending manner, or depressed, then you should apply. Also, if you are a young woman then you should be prepared to feel uncomfortable.

Don’t be fooled by free lunches, happy hours, and a seemingly relaxed company culture. You will soon find yourself being gaslighted by a leadership team that constantly causes you to question your professionalism, work ethic, and overall sanity. There is no formalized onboarding process, even though you are told in your interview that there is. Your first several months are wrought with confusion with no solid guidance; you basically need to figure things out yourself with little-to-no support. Promotions are based on seniority, not on actual expertise, leadership skills, or talent for the position. What this means: if you get in good graces with senior management/executive leadership you can be promoted fairly quickly, even if you aren’t necessarily qualified. The leadership training is by no means useful to address these gaps — they usually consist of a glorified happy hour for socializing vs. actually discussing how to enhance leadership skills. This results in poor management practices overall that trickle down to lower-level employees having to figure out processes for themselves and shoulder the heavy lifting to get work done. The company also takes advantage of lower-level employees by having them do way more than their job title entails, without proper compensation. The majority of management gets away with shoddy leadership skills and hides behind the productivity of their teams to demonstrate their value, even though they do very little to actually contribute to the success of the organization. There is a complete disregard for internal processes, which results in no real set deadlines, unnecessary urgency to produce random deliverables, and confusion between different teams/departments. This is further exacerbated by the company operating in siloes, leading to constantly duplicating efforts, a ton of misaligned priorities, and a general waste of everyone’s time. Additionally, the lack of transparency about hiring decisions, processes, etc. has caused several team members to be completely blindsided by major changes that impact their work— it appears that if you aren’t liked by executive leadership you’ll be left in the dark. Finally, inappropriate comments are consistently made with sexist/racist/misogynistic undertones (oftentimes by management), but there are no repercussions nor actions taken by HR/senior leadership to address it, even though the company claims to value diversity and inclusion.