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Working at Deltek gave me a front-row seat to the intersection of technology and project-based business solutions. A typical day involved a mix of collaboration, problem-solving, and continual learning — whether I was working with clients, developing solutions, or diving into data.

One of the most valuable things I learned was how to navigate complex software systems while keeping customer needs front and center. I also grew more confident in balancing technical tasks with communication — something that I believe will serve me well long-term.

Management at Deltek was approachable and structured — clear expectations, supportive leadership, and opportunities to grow. I appreciated the feedback culture and the focus on helping employees improve rather than just evaluate.

The workplace culture felt balanced — results-driven but also people-first. Colleagues were collaborative, open to questions, and genuinely invested in the team’s success. It wasn’t about competition; it was about lifting each other up.

The hardest part of the job? Probably the learning curve at the beginning. Deltek’s tools and systems are powerful but complex, and it took time to fully understand the ecosystem and how everything fit together.

The most enjoyable part? Without a doubt, the people. Having teammates who were smart, funny, and supportive made even the most challenging days easier — and it was rewarding to see our work make a real impact for clients.

My time at Deltek revealed several cultural and structural issues that future employees should be aware of. Many decisions that affect people — including role changes and quiet workforce reductions — are handled with very little transparency. Employees often feel blindsided because communication around such matters is minimal, leading to a sense of instability.

Internal politics frequently overshadow capability and performance, making it difficult for passionate contributors to grow. The organisation continues to depend heavily on outdated technology and legacy products, which adds to frustration across both employees and customers.

Another concern is the company’s approach to employer branding. There is a strong focus on maintaining positive external reviews, and during quarterly connects with new joiners, there is noticeable encouragement to “share good feedback” on platforms like Glassdoor. While not explicitly mandatory, many employees perceive this as pressured reputation management rather than genuine culture-building.

Overall, Deltek projects a polished outward image, but the internal experience often feels misaligned. The company has room to improve — particularly in transparency, leadership communication, and fostering a culture that values authenticity over optics.

The company's culture has undergone a significant transformation since new executive leadership took the helm. The previous focus on employee and customer well-being has been replaced by a new direction that appears to prioritize aggressive cost-cutting, leading to a noticeable decline in work-life balance for all.

A major blow to the company's institutional knowledge and morale was the reduction in force that affected many long-tenured employees, some with 15 to 30 years of experience. These roles have been largely replaced by teams offshored to India, a strategic shift that has resulted in a decline in project quality and frequent delays. The remaining teams are now required to work extended, unconventional hours to align with these new time zones.

Adding to the cultural strain, there is a clear lack of inclusive team-building. While executives regularly travel to "reconnect" with the new offshored teams, there has been no equivalent effort to foster a positive team environment in other regions. Furthermore, the internal climate is one where constructive feedback and even polite disagreement are met with public ridicule and belittling from leadership during large meetings.

The current trajectory, marked by a decline in product quality and a toxic communication style, suggests the company is in a concerning state of decline.

The workplace culture at Deltek is one I haven't seen in a long time but is needed everywhere. 

It's humans treating each other like humans. No double standards, no old boys club, no weird cool group. Just humans, trying to make all the other humans feel good. 

Every day is full of the positive fundamentals needed to grow and thrive in the workplace. Fundamentals like: Encouragement, support, flexibility, space to learn, space to make mistakes, set up for success, check ins, acknowledgement of wins, small or big. It's so positive and so enlightening.  The culture sucks you in like a warm hug, so much so, that the money, though important, has become less so. A culture that makes you feel like family, and people bring a richness to your day-to-day life.  You can't pretend to have a wonderful workplace culture, you either do or you don't, and it can be felt immediately. Deltek is special. Period. 

Deltek was a very challenging, fast paced organization that suffered from quarterly RIFs to keep their financials in balance.  The combination of the fast pace and the uncertainty of having a job quarter to quarter led to a lot of stress and in the end I was burnt out.  My immediate manager was fantastic and ensured to the best of his abilities that my team and I had a good work and life balance.  One of Deltek's downfalls is that they have too many VPs on the staff and they all want 85 different things done in 15 different ways but they all need it yesterday because none of them can PLAN. My job was stressful because I constantly had to change directions and shift to the latest VP request or which VP had cried the loudest the C Level managers. The most enjoyable part of my job was my co-workers, I miss all of them and the challenges that we overcame time and time again, but I am so relieved to not have the Deltek stress load on me anymore.

I was able to work from home, managing schedules for consultants assigned to implement accounting and HRIS applications. I learned to become highy proactive and anticipate situations in which the consultant may be over- or under-utilized. The hardest part was managing the Project Managers when they wanted the same consultant to work on multiple projects. The most enjoyable aspect of this position was building relationships across resource teams. These relationships allowed the groups to coordinate the skill-sets needed to initiate and complete the project. Also providing a service to the client by initiating first contact, having discussions to obtain more details and building and maintaining relationships to promote future business.

A lot of the culture at Deltek is really good.  They do have a great home life balance.  The people who work there are mostly great people that will go out of their way to help you.  As a worker, we had the ability to help define our job as long as it was to the greater good or the organization.  My co-workers are some of the best people I ever had the privilege to work with.  The only negative I would really say is that while upper management gives the impression that they care about everyone, if as an employee you are not in the growth or revenue portion of the company then you needs are mostly ignored.  As a company that is growing with plans for the future, at times it needs to look back over its own history to see what it did well and not so well before engaging in more acquisitions.  Layoffs have been common at my time at Deltek.  Rarely will you see upper management take the blame for another departments under performance.

The company offers flexibility, plenty of collaborative opportunities, and if you are interested in it, growth into management and/or higher level positions/opportunities. Conversely, the company doesn't 'ding' you if you'd like to remain in your current role and are happy with your workload. Living close to an office has its perks, but the company also recently started in person gathering sessions on a quarterly basis which bring in all new hires. This allows everyone to feel more connected in a remote/hybrid environment. Most roles are remote/hybrid. The company puts a great deal of emphasis on learning and development and has a really great team that is in charge of development of those programs.

I loved working at Deltek for the most part, but found that there was little room for advancement. I enjoyed working with others at Deltek. There is a young workforce with lots of passion for what they do. The wellness programs available are wonderful. Deltek hosted a battle of the bands and provides free seated massages, car detailing, athletic activities such as a run/walk group and a biking group among others. Deltek also gives employees the opportunity to put win tickets to events in the Deltek box at the Verizon center as well as other places. Deltek lacks a really strong professional development program but is beginning to make progress in that area. One really awesome part of working there were the quarterly bonuses.

Supported various companies with their Cobra implementation efforts. Provided on-site project management implementation support including installation and configuration of the Cobra software, setup of system security configuration and customized on-site training sessions.  Provided database conversion process from Cobra 4.x to Cobra 5.0. Test Cobra software interface with other systems (scheduling, Open Plan, accounting, Cost Point, Primavera, and Microsoft Projects).  Performed software verification and validation test procedures. Applied technology included: Deltek Cobra, Deltek Open Plan, Microsoft Project, Oracle Primavera, Deltek wInsight, Deltek Costpoint, Microsoft Excel, and SQL Scripts

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