software engineer

senior software engineer

print operator

consultant

facilities associate

National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC)

I would have to say that this has been the best 5 years of my young working career.  NISC has gone above and beyond my wildest beliefs on taking care of not only me but my whole family and for that I will forever be grateful.  
My day would consist of going into work and 8 pm and working till 4:30 am.  I had a lot responsibilities.  I worked in the print room for the past year and half. We get to talk directly with the electric coop's.  We do a lot of computer work in the print room on top of running about 8 printers.    Before that I was in the AMS inserting area  where I ran a inserting machine that would insert 27,000 bills per/hr.  
One of the greatest things that has happened to me, is that in almost 5 years I have crawled my way through the ranks and now considered a Operator III which means I work on machine when they breakdown and most important my supervisor is out of work I take over the supervisor responsibilities.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The 401k and insurance was the best thing about this job. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
No training at least when I started, but after that everyone hired would get 8 hour days for a month or so, but if you ask for additional training they ignore you. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The upper management do not care if you succeed or not they only care about themselves and their favorites it's really sad. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very busy no real communication if you had a question you were told to STAND-BY while you have members that would only talk to you or other specific CSRs alot of them would not talk to management. It was stressful no one cared.

I could say a lot about NISC but I want to keep it short. I had zero good experience while working for this company. I was employed for the summer and I can't say that I learned a single thing. I've worked few jobs similar and I learned far more in those places in one day than I did for the few months I was at NISC. Not only that, the work is the most boring and very production line type work. Also, I was never treated with the respect that yes, I am human sadly, and it's the only job I've ever had where I've felt like that. I will always avoid this company.

NISC can't go wrong. They're growing like crazy and have about the best job security one could ask for. Their Lake Saint Louis office (where I worked) is very dynamic with a lively and supportive group of colleagues. There is plenty of opportunity for advancement or new career paths.  

Because of the growth, they are prone to being overly jargoned and buzzwordy in meetings and emails. Some people don't mind this, but I do. But I can be a crab, I admit that. Most people there are happy to be part of it, and the morale was off the charts. I regret leaving sometimes.

There needs to be more communication between management. And A LOT more accountability.  No one cares about job performance because they know that nothing happens to them no matter what. Also, the stupid “seniority” system is quite a bummer.  It’s the only way to move to a different shift. In my opinion, it should be based on merit. 

But, I will say that they do notice when you show that you really want to learn as much as you can, and do your job as BEST as you can. They will accommodate you for it. You won’t hear it, but they do notice good performance because it stands out. 

I currently work at NISC.  The turnover here is very high, always hiring, you are overworked with little advancement opportunities.  Management is poor doesn't care about employees development.  Lots of structural changes and there really is not much training provided for their job roles.  You also have a rotating after hours phone where you can be on call 7-14 days straight 24/7 and get calls at all times of the night.  Overall, if you are considering a job here I would look elsewhere.  Not a good long term job if your married, have kids and want a life outside of work.

The CEO, Vern, is FANTASTIC. He runs the company extremely well and really cares about his employees. 

The benefits are well above the what I would consider average for software and the salary is good for the area. Along with that the Team Leads are very flexible in cases of emergency. 

My only complaint is the job isn't very 'sexy', or exciting. It's pretty drab and there's a lot of programming support type things that make up the bulk of the day. It makes focusing difficult and it's extremely hard to want to really get to it each day.

The company’s executive leadership manages the business responsibly, which contributes to strong job security and competitive benefits for full-time employees.

However, some middle and lower managers tolerate a toxic culture in which favoritism and credit-stealing affect promotions and raises. When I joined the company full-time, long-tenured colleagues warned me about management playing favorites. After several years of employment, I can confirm the pattern unfortunately remains.

Working in support, under Member Success, the management is awful (exception is your direct Team Lead). 
work day is spent doing support for this SAAS company
Learned nothing
culture is good
hardest part of the job is getting help when needed. Most people do not want to help you learn, instead holding that information for themselves as a way of securing their job.


Nisc provides enterprise software solutions to its customers, who are compromised of mainly utility cooperatives with some municipal utilities mixed in. Ive experienced good work life balance, no issues taking my pto, and I would say benefits are above average.

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