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Progress offers the leading platform for developing and deploying strategic business applications. We enable customers and partners to deliver modern, high-impact digital experiences with a fraction of the effort, time and cost. Progress offers powerful tools for easily building adaptive user experiences across any type of device or touchpoint, the flexibility of a cloud-native app dev platform to deliver modern apps, leading data connectivity technology, web content management, business rules, secure file transfer, network monitoring, plus award-winning machine learning that enables cognitive capabilities to be a part of any application. Over 1,700 independent software vendors, 100,000 enterprise customers, and two million developers rely on Progress to power their applications. Learn about Progress at www.progress.com or +1-800-477-6473. read more
EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
21
TOTAL
RATINGS
269

Progress Company Culture

Progress Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews
4.1/5
Progress' Overall Culture is rated B

Top Rated Culture Dimensions

Progress CEO

Top 10%Top 10% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
Yogesh Gupta Progress' CEO
Yogesh Gupta
79 /100

Diversity at Progress

Bottom 30%Bottom 30% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
C-

Diverse employees at Progress have rated Perks And Benefits, Compensation, and Happiness as the highest categories they have scored

Women at Progress

Top 20%Top 20% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
B+

Women at Progress have rated CEO Rating, Manager, and Leadership as the highest categories they have scored

Progress eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
Top 15%Top 15% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably

Recommend to a Friend?

38

Progress employees are 38% more likely to recommend Progress as a great place to work

66%Promoters
6%Passives
28%Detractors

Working at Progress

Working at Progress is rated highly by 21 employees, across various culture dimensions. Progress employees are most satisfied about Compensation, Environment, and Happiness categories, putting Progress’s culture in the Top 25% compared to similar sized companies on Comparably and in the Top 40% compared to other companies in Boston. See below in detail how working at Progress was rated by employees.

Overall Company Culture at Progress

B

Overall Company Culture at Progress is rated B

Last updated months ago

Top
25%

Progress ranks in the Top 25% of other companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 Employees for Overall Company Culture Score

Overall Company Culture Score by Department

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Results from 21 Employees

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Progress Employee Reviews

Out of 12 Progress employee reviews, 82% were positive. The remaining 18% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Progress improve their work culture.

82%
18%
Positive Reviews82%
Constructive Feedback18%

Positive Reviews From Progress Employees

  • What do you like best about the leadership team?
    transparent and look out for best approach for company
  • What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
    The desire to collaborate and win together. There is also as of late a great understanding about the systems complexity and great strides are in place to simplify and unify the technology stack internally
  • What are some of the best things about your team?
    Everyone is collaborative and hungry to win. They are also genuinely nice people who are looking to grow and the politics are down to zero

Constructive Feedback From Progress Employees

  • Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
    They pay very little the benefits are decent
  • What does the leadership team need to get better at?
    Hiring from within would be a start

Progress Company Information

Progress Company Overview

Progress offers the leading platform for developing and deploying strategic business applications. We enable customers and partners to deliver modern, high-impact digital experiences with a fraction of the effort, time and cost. Progress offers powerful tools for easily building adaptive user experiences across any type of device or touchpoint, the flexibility of a cloud-native app dev platform to deliver modern apps, leading data connectivity technology, web content management, business rules, secure file transfer, network monitoring, plus award-winning machine learning that enables cognitive capabilities to be a part of any application. Over 1,700 independent software vendors, 100,000 enterprise customers, and two million developers rely on Progress to power their applications. Learn about Progress at www.progress.com or +1-800-477-6473.

Progress was founded in 1981 and its current CEO is Yogesh Gupta. Since its inception 45 years ago, Progress has grown to 2323 employees.

Progress Mission, Vision & Values

Progress Mission & Values

To provide the best platform to develop and deploy strategic business applications and digital experiences.

Headquarter14 Oak Park Drive
Bedford, MA O1730
United States of America
Websitewww.progress.com/
Founding Date1981
Tel18004776473
Company StatusPublic
StockPRGS
Social Sites

Progress Competitors

Progress competitors include Xamarin, Pegasystems, Google, and Acquia. Progress ranks 5th in Overall Culture Score on Comparably vs its competitors. See below how Progress compares to its competitors with CEO Rankings, Product & Services, NPS, Pricing, Customer Services, Overall Culture Score, eNPS, Gender and Diversity Scores.

  1. #1
    Xamarin's Logo
    Xamarin
    4.6/5
  2. #2
    Pegasystems' Logo
    Pegasystems
    4.8/5
  3. #3
    Google's Logo
    Google
    4.6/5
  4. #4
    Acquia's Logo
    Acquia
    4.6/5
  5. #5
    Progress' Logo
    Progress
    4.1/5
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Progress Employees

Progress has 2323 employees. 21 employees at Progress have reviewed Progress across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was months ago.

Overall, the 21 Progress employees give their leadership a grade of C+, or Top 50% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Progress are extremely happy with their total compensation at Progress, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Progress are generally satisfied with their team. 21 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a C. The majority believe the meetings at Progress are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Progress believe the environment at Progress is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Progress is comfortably fast. About 73% of the employees at Progress work 8 hours or less.

Overall, the employees at Progress are happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

Joining Progress - Employee Onboarding

The prevailing opinion from employees about joining Progress is that the company was prepared on their first day. Progress employees concluded that their overall onboarding experience was positive. 100% said their direct manager was helpful with their acclimation during the first 90 days. First impressions are important, and how prepared a company is on your first day leaves a lasting impression.

Progress KPIs and OKRs

At this moment no Progress employees have provided insight into whether or not they clearly understand Progress' KPIs and OKRs.

AnswerPercent
Yes0%
No100%
Are your company's goals clear, and are you invested in them?
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Yes0%
No100%
Are the KPIs/OKRs for your department clear?

Progress CEO & Leadership

Progress CEO - Yogesh Gupta

Yogesh Gupta Progress' CEO
79 /100

Yogesh’s approval rate is in the Top 10% of all CEOs of similar-sized companies on Comparably, and in the Top 15% compared to the CEOs of all other companies in Boston. Progress’s CEO is highly regarded especially by Female employees, Caucasian employees, and employees in the Sales department. However, employees with the company for 2 to 5 Years, employees with Over 10 Years experience, and Male employees have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Compared to Progress’s competitors, Yogesh Gupta ranks right above Acquia CEO Steve Reny. Under Gupta’s leadership, Progress employee respondents are most happy about their Compensation and the company’s Environment. Meetings and Executive Team are two areas, according to respondents, where Progress could stand to see real improvement.

Progress Leadership

The Progress Executive Team is rated a “C-” and led by CEO Yogesh Gupta, VP Robert Evelyn, and SVP, Core Products John Ainsworth

  • Yogesh Gupta  CEO / President

    Yogesh Gupta CEO / President

    Yogesh Gupta serves as the CEO / President of Progress.

  • Robert Evelyn VP

    Robert Evelyn serves as the VP of Progress.

  • John Ainsworth SVP, Core Products

    John Ainsworth serves as the SVP, Core Products of Progress.

  • Rick Catalano VP IT

    Rick Catalano serves as the VP IT of Progress.

  • Bill Cullen VP Products

    Bill Cullen serves as the VP Products of Progress.

  • Steve Faberman Chief Legal Officer

    Steve Faberman serves as the Chief Legal Officer of Progress.

  • Anthony Folger CFO

    Anthony Folger serves as the CFO of Progress.

  • James Freedman SVP & General Counsel

    James Freedman serves as the SVP & General Counsel of Progress.

  • Jim French VP, HR

    Jim French serves as the VP, HR of Progress.

Progress Salaries

How much does Progress pay?

How much do people at Progress get paid? See the latest salaries by department and job title. The average estimated annual salary, including base and bonus, at Progress is $104,909, or $50 per hour, while the estimated median salary is $100,199, or $48 per hour.

At Progress, the highest paid job is a Director of Sales at $235,774 annually and the lowest is a CS Rep at $43,722 annually. Average Progress salaries by department include: Communications at $200,000, IT at $103,562, Engineering at $161,246, and Design at $110,288. Half of Progress salaries are above $100,199.

15 employees at Progress rank their Compensation in the Top 5% of similar sized companies in the US (based on 40 ratings) while 13 employees at Progress rank their Perks And Benefits in the Top 5% of similar sized companies in the US (based on 15 ratings).

Salaries contributed from Progress employees include job titles like Sales Engineer, Senior Marketing Manager, Event Planner, and Technical Support. Comparably data has a total of 1 salary records from Progress employees.

Last updated months ago.

1st Percentile
$62k
$62k1st Percentile
17th Percentile
$80k
$80k17th Percentile
33rd Percentile
$95k
$95k33rd Percentile
50th Percentile
$160k
$160k50th Percentile
67th Percentile
$218k
$218k67th Percentile
83rd Percentile
$267k
$267k83rd Percentile
100th Percentile
$286k
$286k100th Percentile
$104,909*
Average Compensation
$100,199*
Median Compensation

* Estimated salaries Estimated salaries are based on data provided anonymously by employees and/or estimated by other statistical methods.

Progress Salaries by City

Progress Salaries by Department

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Diversity & Inclusion at Progress

Diverse employees at Progress score the company 60/100 across various culture categories, placing Progress in the Bottom 30% of companies on Comparably with 1,001-5,000 Employees for Comparably's diversity score. The Diversity score provides insights into how diverse employees feel and rate their work experience at Progress across various culture dimensions.

Ranked Culture the Highest

Women N/A/100
Men 54/100
Tenure - 2 to 5 Years
Diverse Employees N/A/100

Ranked Culture the Lowest

Women N/A/100
Men N/A/100
Diverse Employees N/A/100

Progress Perks & Benefits

Health & Wellness

  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Health Insurance

Paid Time Off

  • PTO / Vacation Policy
  • Maternity / Paternity Leave

Financial Benefits

  • 401K / Retirement Plan
  • Performance Bonus
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Office Perks

  • Free Food
  • Work From Home Policy

Progress PTO

Progress' PTO and Vacation policy typically gives 15-20 days off a year. Paid Time Off is Progress' most important benefit besides Healthcare when ranked by employees, with 100% of employees saying it is the most important benefit. Progress' benefits and PTO Package averages to represent a $500 -$1000 cash value per month.

AnswerPercent
Flex Time0%
Vacation Policy100%
Office Meals0%
401k Contribution0%
Childcare0%
Other than healthcare, which of the following benefits is most important to you?
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Yes0%
No0%
Does your boss expect you to work when you're on vacation?
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$2500+/mo0%
$1500 - $2500/mo0%
$1000 -$1500/mo0%
$500 -$1000/mo100%
Less than $500/mo0%
What do you estimate the cash value of your benefits to be? Healthcare, PTO, etc?

Progress Careers

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H1B Visa

In 2019, Progress applied for 14 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 93% were approved.

Work Permit Application Outcome

Progress has a total of 2323 employees

14
Total Applied
  • 93% Granted (13 out of 14)
  • 0% Denied ( out of 14)
  • 0% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection ( out of 14)
  • 7% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer (1 out of 14)

This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data

Let Progress Know You Want To Work There

Overview of Candidates Interested in Progress on Comparably

Candidates By Department

Sales
27%
All Industries
27%
IT
18%
Product
9%
Engineering
9%
Other
9%

Candidates By Location

Boston
18%
Nashua
18%
Atlanta
9%
Santa Clara
9%
Woburn
9%
Other
36%

Frequently Asked Questions regarding Progress

What is Progress address?

Progress location is at 14 Oak Park Drive

Who is the CEO of Progress?

Progress CEO is Yogesh Gupta, their score by employees is 79

What is Progress eNPS?

The eNPS for Progress is 38

What is Progress revenue?

Progress revenue is $398M

What is the salary for Marketing Associate in Progress?

Marketing Associate average salary in the US is 61k

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