Outstanding leadership, excellent focus on customer experience - Avis employé Vice President Customer Experience Savvis

Great company that encouraged innovation and took great care of employees.

Savvis was acquired in 2011 and subsumed into the parent company in 2015.

HIgher Salary then competitors Name recognition, especially in the Financial Vertical Highly rated in Gartner Magic Quadrant SAVVIS is a cool name

Management rules by fear, its an ole boys network. Secret alliances everywhere, There is a high level of customer churn. There is a high level of staff churn, roughly 35%. Departments are measured on how quickly things get done- so nothing is ever resolved, its pushed out to another department. On any given day there is a high level of employee dissatisfaction since it is difficult to get anything resolved. Guaranteed you will leave work feeling unaccomplished. All resource is severely limited. We have a new CEO, Jim Ousley, who comes to us from us. He is a former SAVVIS board member who has been resurrected and energized with massive doses of Geritol. Other recent exec changes mount to a hill of beans, the majority of the exec staff are SAVVIS has beens that are being given life again. Lastly if you do onboard, expect to be provided an old heavy laptop that has been used. I hope you are geting the message that SAVVIS does not value its employees. If you are inclined to go for the salary, be prepared for the possibility of a very short tenure. Tough environment, akin to a pig that has been dressed up with lipstick for Wall St..