Appirio reviews

- Frequest re-orgs - I had 5 managers in the space of 6 months (not because any of the managers left). Where do you go for career development and progress if you have to start all over again with every manager - I got a raw deal with a couple of crazy clients and that was held against me. Had great feedback from couple of other clients which did not seem to matter - Unceremoniously laid off due to the massive re-org that happened in Q1 of this year due to a horrible Q4. Several senior mgmt and sales folks were let go. - It did not matter that I got an amazing review from a client a couple of days prior to being let go. Another matter that I got to know that Appirio walked out from the same client that had given me negative feedback due to unnecessary expectations created by the client. Whereas to me, they told that client did not have confidence in my leadership. - No concept of appraisals and career development. If I and many others who were supposedly not performing well, why were we not included in the Performance Improvement Plan which is what the HR bandies about a lot in the wiki. - Vision at the top mgmt level is great. But at the execution level its all a mess. - The Consulting operations managers who are supposedly there to help and enable project teams act like God - In Q3 of 2014, my manager was the blue eyed boy of the company and was one of the regional leaders with Delivery and Sales reporting to him. Come Q1, he was rather unceremoniously demoted to just another Account Director. When I followed up with him on the reorg, he had no clue on what was happening and was rather unhappy that he was kept out of all the information. Needless to say, Appirio saw massive amounts of exit after the reorg and the Q1 lay-offs with several of the best folks with whom I had worked leaving to go work elsewhere due to the sudden cultural shift that happened in Q1

Culture has eroded over the years. Part of this is due to growth, but there is a sense that Appirio has gone corporate, with little concern for the individual. People who were at the heart of the company have gone elsewhere or have been left behind in terms of promotions or salary increases. One needs to be part of the inner circle to advance. Nobody used to care about titles, but recently there has been an explosion of VPs and Directors. Then came the restructuring and some layoffs. Makes you wonder if they are getting ready for a sale. Salary increases are very uneven across the company and not at the level the market offers. If you are in it for the money, look elsewhere.