Boring work, cliquish environment, quick to lay off - Avis employé Engineer Pensar Development

Thank you for taking the time to let us know what didn’t work for you at Pensar. We failed to connect with you to discuss these issues openly before getting to the level of frustration evident in your review, which is regrettable. If we had been able to communicate better, perhaps you would still be at Pensar enjoying what others think is an awesome place to work. To address your primary concern regarding holidays, PTO, and time management, our philosophy is focused on putting control of work-time in the hands of each individual so they can directly manage what is best for them and their family. Holidays are not prescribed. We believe that someone integrated into our system will ultimately experience flexibility difficult to compare to other businesses. A cornerstone concept at Pensar is “We want to make our Clients’ hardest problems our problem to solve”. Most everything we work on is our Client’s top-priority project. There are ditches to be dug in every profession, but not many would call our projects “boring”. We develop complex products on tight timelines with constrained budgets for our Clients. If someone doesn’t understand Pensar from this context, it is likely that there will be wildly different perspectives on many subjects. We have taken your criticism seriously and have been reviewing what we do and how we think about things to see if changes are needed. We are in the middle of the action on the waterfront, and 2019 was challenging with Seattle's viaduct demolition and on-going construction of the new Waterfront Park. There is no question that this has made it difficult to get in and out of Pensar. In the long term, we believe our location will be an asset to us and our Clients. Aside from these temporary disruptions, there are two things we do to ease the commute pressures. First is to support transportation preferences by providing a parking spot or a transit pass to everyone. The second is to provide a secure IT environment that supports working remotely when feasible. We continue to look for ways to improve flexibility in this area. Layoffs are difficult for everyone. For nearly 18 years, Pensar carefully managed our growth to optimize long-term stability over short-term, rapid growth that can lead to boom/bust cycles. In 2019, we experienced the first-ever layoff at Pensar. It was sobering, and lead to a redesign of how we manage sales opportunities and resource planning. To be clear, there were no lies or omissions. I sincerely hope you have found a good fit wherever you landed, and I wish we could have provided a better experience for you while at Pensar. Your description of what you experienced isn't what any of us wanted. Sincerely, Chad Brinckerhoff, Managing Director