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Q&A With QAD Employees
QAD employees answer questions about what life is like behind the scenes at their company, including queries about culture, leadership, professional development, and compensation.
How employees describe working at QAD
Upgrade to actuall tech standard
Leadership selected based upon personal choice not skillset
Micromanagers are very damaging. It needs to stop.
Q&A With QAD Employees
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What unique perks and benefits does QAD provide?
Free lunch at Corp
Corp office has free lunch every day
Corporate has free continental breakfast and full buffet lunch.
What's one thing you wish you'd known before joining QAD?
How far behind they are in tech stack
That I would be stuck in a hole with old technology
That the tech stack is hopelessly old.
What's the vibe like in the Engineering dept at QAD? How many hours are you working?
Some people are expected to work 50+ hours and weekends and holidays are fair game
Varies. If there's a release then evenings and weekends are not your own.
What's the Engineering team like at QAD?
Team is good. Managers are not.
EMEA teams seem to be best tuned in to the employees. Corporate not so much.
How difficult is it to maintain a social life while in your job at QAD?
Depends on the week
Depends on the position.
How can I improve my chances of being hired at QAD?
Have an internal reference
Get an internal referral.
What's the office layout like at QAD?
Worker bees are in noisy bullpens
Big noisy bullpens unless you are a manager.
How's the morale at QAD?
Depends on the team
Some teams good, some not.
How do you feel about going to work at QAD everyday?
Bored and frustrated
How's the work pace at QAD?
Badly managed - slow and then overloaded
What benefits does QAD provide?
Free lunch at corporate office
What's the pay like for Engineering roles at QAD?
Below market
How's the leadership on the Engineering team at QAD?
There are many teams. Some good, some not.
How much and how often do raises happen at QAD?
Once a year. Could be nothing, could be 3%
How's the feedback proccess at QAD?
Poor but HR is sincerely working on it.
What kind of people succeed at QAD?
Stay out of R&D. Services seems to be a good place to advance.
How much diversity is there among employees at QAD?
At Corporate it is good. There are global offices too and I don't have knowledge of the situation there.
How does QAD make decisions around promotions?
Managers decide as a group and promotions rarely happen
How's the vacation policy at QAD?
Average but they force you to take PTO days between Christmas and New Years
What's the office vibe like at QAD?
People are nice but Engineering is now in two huge bullpens and sharing desks and it's too &$*%# noisy.
What are your coworkers at QAD like?
Most are very nice. No one will stand up to the few rude ones.
What's the interview process like at QAD?
Interview with manager first, then group interview with team, then personality test.
What part of QAD's business is growing fastest? What part is having difficulties?
New SaaS business is best. Upgrades of current customers to new versions are slow.
If you could make changes, how would you improve the culture at QAD?
There are many good and smart people working at QAD but the micromanaging starts at a high level so there is little opportunity to contribute. Management should let their people do their jobs with much less interference.
What do people at QAD think about the CEO? What do they do well and what can they improve?
The CEO runs R&D and all good ideas are hers and there are no other ideas.
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Should I work at QAD?
21% of QAD employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 29% are neutral and 50% would not recommend working at QAD to their friends.
| 21% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 29% | Passive |
| 50% | Detractors |
