Great Vision Poor Execution - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij Kastle Systems

1,0
5 mei 2015
Anonieme werknemer
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The employees and clients.

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Middle Management. Both George Ballman and Piyush Sodah are invested in the company and their employees. Middle Managers are unprofessional and un-qualified. If you want to hire young and promote from within then you need to have managers that are qualified to lead. Middle Managers speak poorly about their staff and gossip like teenagers. Interview Process. HR should investigate hiring practices to ensure they are consistent and fair. Promotions are done by favoritism and not by qualifications. Have overheard public negative comments about candidates on multiple occasions. Reluctant to promote black females with fear that they are not polished enough. Client Information. Kastle NEEDS to do a better job with client documentation. Often, contracts are not on file, information is incorrectly documented, information is missing. Billing is inconsistent and different clients are charged different rates with little rhyme or reason. Kastle cannot identify what a client is being billed for or if invoices are correct. Installation Process. During my time at Kastle, I never saw an installation run smoothly. The Installation Department is quick to pass projects off. Kastle has no quality check for the end of projects and often clients notice that not all of their equipment was installed. Communication. When anything goes wrong at Kastle, Kastle attemps to put up smoke and mirrors to hide issues from clients. Employees are asked to sugarcoat technology outages. Employees are also asked to omit staffing changes so clients are unaware their point of contact has left. Since documentation is so poor, their is no real way to communicate with all clients at once. Communication. Communicate internal changes more pro-actively and with thought. Half-baked ideas are often introduced and then forgotten. Employees often don't know who their managers are.

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5,0
17 apr 2026
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Great work life balance at this company

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No cons to note, overall great experience

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2,0
8 jun 2026
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* The Service Team was incredibly helpful and often served as one of the most valuable resources for learning the role.They were knowledgeable, approachable, and willing to assist when issues arose. * Exposure to a wide variety of clients and systems within the property management and access control industry. * Friendly coworkers and opportunities to gain industry experience.

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* Training within the Multi-Family division was highly inconsistent and lacked structure. During my time with the company, there was no dedicated training program tailored to Multi-Family operations. New employees received generic onboarding and were expected to learn many role-specific responsibilities through LinkedIn Learning courses, word of mouth, and by repeatedly asking Customer Success Managers for guidance. Who many times would tell you to figure it out yourself. *Only the former CSM was actively updating materials and new information coming in. Once she left it was always the answer of “oh yes so and so would update that”. Ok who is doing it now!? * This approach was especially difficult because every client has unique requirements, workflows, and exceptions that are not adequately covered through generic training. * There was a contradictory culture surrounding questions and training. I was frequently encouraged to ask questions, but when questions were asked, the response was often frustration or being told to “figure it out yourself.” At the same time, if employees attempted to work independently without asking questions, they could also be criticized for not seeking guidance. This created confusion and made it difficult for new employees to know what was expected of them. * Management and communication within parts of the team could be improved. Some interactions felt unnecessarily confrontational or passive-aggressive rather than constructive and focused on development. * Accountability was inconsistent, with process and training deficiencies often being overlooked while responsibility was placed on individual employees. *Accountability and performance management appeared to be applied inconsistently. When I made mistakes, they were often addressed through formal one-on-one discussions and corrective conversations. However, similar mistakes made by others were sometimes treated more casually or brushed off. This created a perception of unequal standards and made it difficult to understand what expectations were being applied across the team. *As a temporary employee, I was frequently told that permanent hiring was “in process,” yet there appeared to be little meaningful movement toward conversion. The repeated assurances without clear timelines or updates created unrealistic expectations and left employees feeling strung along.

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