Q&A With American Megatrends Employees
American Megatrends employees answer questions about what life is like behind the scenes at their company, including queries about culture, leadership, professional development, and compensation.
Q&A With American Megatrends Employees
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If you could make changes, how would you improve the culture at American Megatrends?
Mngmnt needs to promote people trained to manage, not just code, not just projects. Devs tend to make terrible people and project managers unless actually trained in that area. You wouldn't hire a manager to be a dev...why hire a dev to be a manager? Need to learn to communicate clearly & maintain project info better, follow their own procedures, be open to implementing new tools within the dev infrastructure. Manage data better, not just code. update some db infrastructures to meet new needs, not just rely on ad-hoc usage change of outdated tools. Need to promote within including other groups/disciplines, not only within a specific area. Needs to delegate to lower managers better and expect them to follow thru....not micro-manage reports at 2-3 levels beneath them. currently a micro-management culture throughout. Other than that the mngmnt is good, raises & bonuses are modest but consistent. Benefits = okay, 401k = generous. basically a good company! good people!
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation at American Megatrends?
Top Employee Response
we receive below market rate. management is very disorganized. no upward movement....someone has to retire before promotion can be had.
What's going wrong and how can it be improved at American Megatrends?
already stated
What does the leadership team at American Megatrends need to get better at?
Top Employee Response
developing employees. attaboy's. encouraging taking time to learn new tech. taking responsibility to find their own info. read reports.
What needs to change to make the company culture better at American Megatrends?
better delegation, less micromanagement, growth opportunities, better tool management, salaries.
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better at American Megatrends?
Top Employee Response
learning time. team social time.








