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The culture at Arete is excellent and the personnel are wonderful. The main drawback to the company is senior managment in some key areas that seem to have agendas that are not keeping with the best interest of the company or they do not really perform the task they are paid for and it is common knowledge that without strong personnel covering their shortcomings the company would have failed. The support staff is oftentime treated less then technicial staff and there is no strong organizational structure. There is a constant changeover is corporate director positions, and has become a running joke as the persons who usually hire for these position are not Business trained but are Techinical in nature.

This is a small, agile government contractor. Technical employees work on our most pressing national security issues. You will not meet a more dedicated and passionate workforce. On the administrative side, you will be working with some of the most brilliant minds around, and that asks you to be the very best you can be. Fiscal constraints have affected the company during the past two years due to government sequestration, but the forecast is for fiscal growth, and that offers opportunity for professional growth as well.

Executive Management Team coaching is recommended, especially with regard to employee relations matters and organizational design due to conversion to matrix organization.

Management is very oblivious to the needs of support staff rather than the technical staff. If you're support staff, your workload is ever growing, while your salary stays the same. They claim to support furthering education and training but never seem to jump to the opportunity without you working for it first. Supposedly competitive salaries but mine have never been average with the Industry. Even after two years of commendable work I'm still under valued. The benefits package is great with retirement support, public travel reimbursement, gym membership, etc. It's also a relaxed workplace to work if you can get past the constant demanding workload.

Arete Associates is an excellent company. The people are the best part of the company. They are excellent people to work with. They will always take the time to sit down and ask other employees how they are doing. All the employees keep a positive mindset and we are all focused on the end goal, whatever that may be for the day. The skills I've learned from Arete made me into excellent candidate to pursue my career in IT and Cyber Security. The bosses are excellent. The facility is nice and clean and just overall a wonderful place to work.

There are a lot of ways one can build a career at Arete. Unfortunately for most it is very difficult to take advantage of those opportunities. I stayed about 4 years longer than I should have in hopes of learning about machine learning, gpu processing, and other areas. Try as I might to get into these other areas, I kept winding up in the same dead end type of projects. 

My suggestion would be to take a job offered by Arete, and see what happens over 3 years or so. If your career starts to stagnate, leave quickly.

Management is mediocre.   They don't care about your needs and career path.  Management doesn't really communicate.  Does everything on the fly with no notice. High demands with no rewards.  Only positive thing is the comps that you get for working at this company.

This is a great place to work. You are typically surrounded by scientists and programmers that are in the top of their fields. Management can be a little short sighted when it comes to planning. Great benefits. Pay is just ok.

I enjoyed the work; but living in Southern California is stressful and very expensive.  I worked with some great people and learned a lot.  Management did not treat all employees equally.

Arete is a place that attracts the very brightest, and is a truly wonderful place to work.  The people who perform best here are the ones with a strong desire to tackle hard problems and who go out of their way to learn new things.

Immediate supervisor was easy to work with as well as co-workers.
Enjoyed all aspects of my job; nothing was too hard; learned numerous things over the years I worked there.

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Contract manager 18 salaries reported	$109,361 per year
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