intelligence analyst

financial analyst iv

senior operations analyst

web developer

program manager

Solutions Through Innovative Technologies, Inc

STI Technologies is a small minority owned company. The leadership is retired in place. The company has no documented processes or procedures. Job title inflation is rampant. Open requisitions that are advertised as Senior Engineering positions are actually low level help desk Technicians.  Logisticians are actually warehouse Material Handlers. Site Leads have Program Manager Titles. The overwhelming majority of the work force is limited to a high school education in spite of the lofty job titles.

There is no career path with this employer. The company lacks career development and training programs.

Compensation is 25% to 30% below the local norm for the advertised professional positions. Yearly cost of living raises are small to nonexistent. 

Occasionally an employee will be informed that he or she is now employed by a subcontractor as opposed to being employed by STI. The move, or badge flip, usually involves a reduction in compensation and loss of accrued benefits.

Information in this organization flows in only one direction, from the top down. If an employee attempts to escalate an issue, or questions a leadership decision, the employee is publicly admonished and reminded that the leadership has all the knowledge and requires no input from the working class. The employees are discouraged from communicating with STI management and government Program Management personnel by first line supervisors. The morale is low and employees lack initiative which in turn leads to complaints of poor performance from the government. Customer complaints are ignored by management.

The technical leadership openly shuns work that requires the application of mathematics. The few tasks requiring actual engineering skills are purposely ignored in the hope that they will just go away. Honestly, I could not make this up if I tried.

Management views employees as temporary hires for the duration of the government contract. Employees can expect the government to cancel STI’s contract mid-way through the period of performance. When a contract is canceled all employees on the contract are involuntarily terminated with no severance package or assistance. Compensation for unused vacation is limited to 40 hours. Vacation hours over 40 are forfeited.

There are indications of financial difficulties and mismanagement. Reimbursement for business trips can take as long as 6 months. Money withheld from paychecks for employee 401K accounts is deposited at random intervals, 2 to 4 months late. Pay checks are occasionally in error. All inquiries in regard to financial issues receive the same preverbal response, “The check is in the mail”.

STI offers a choice of three high deductible health insurance plans, dental insurance, and vision insurance. Premiums are approximately 25% to 30% above similar plans offered by larger competitors. 

As of this writing the company matches 4% of employee 401K contributions. The investments are held in Unit Investment Trusts, not the listed mutual funds, resulting in transparency issues.

At first you will be treated fairly. Do not be fooled it is all a distraction. The supervisor there will smile in your face and stab you in the back. Many have left this division due to this and nothing has been done. Don't waste your time. Micromanagement is well lived here, no one will do anything about it. The work is meaningful, however the supervisor in this office claims "its too busy" and chooses to turn away any jobs not found fit. Unfortunately, the jobs chosen are very boring, might as well change the title to data clerk entry. The "Intelligence and Investigative" skills are rarely put to practice, depending on the job and lead. If you like typing, not using your brainpower, be micromanaged and be clocked for every minute your there, you will be fine here. If your an independant thinker and worker you will not fit this offices culture. Typical office job where they stick you in a cubical and tell you to keep quiet. The pay is good, as well as the networking that can be attained. Good luck!

This was pre-pandemic, so a decent amount of things have changed. Job was actually awesome, but all of the support necessary for the job to flourish and actually provide value was absent. Contract leadership was unsupportive of employees, focused on collecting their paycheck and military retirement pay while doing minimal work, corporate was even less helpful overall. Nothing specific stands out as exceptionally egregious, but the fact that, for instance, the travel subsidy wasn't clearly explained and I didn't find out there was a cap until I ran headfirst into it was ludicrously dumb. Office leadership and contract leadership were at constant odds, created an even worse work environment where no information was shared and tasks were often pushed down at the 'gotcha' timeframe. 10/10 would have loved to keep doing the job itself, 0/10 for ever working for STI Inc. again. 

Supervisors are hot and cold.  As long as you do more work than you should and keep your mouth shut, you were the best and hardest worker in the company.  That being said, if you are on vacation or become ill and are unable able to work… They don’t help you with your work.  For instance, I went on vacation and got very very sick and was not able to return to work for about two days.  When I returned, no one had touched any of my work, and I was told that along with my regular duties, would be taking on more work from our Office Manager.   Needless to say,  I left that place as soon as I was able.

They talk a big game about "family comes first", but there is zero loyalty to the employee.  Terminated with no warning and no chance to address the ridiculous claims.  There is absolutely zero job security, even within the context of the world of government contracting.   They sell off billets to other sub-contractor companies with no warning.  They do pay well while you are there, just don't count on having a job.
Also, it is probably the most poorly organized company that I have ever worked for, as it has grown too big, too fast, and there is very little established structure.

My program manager made all the difference! I was laid off due to lack of work at my previous job and my program manager who at the time interviewed me, was very understanding and quick to get me in the door. He was very nice throughout the time I worked for the company. Would often take us to lunch and did monthly check-ins. Only left because I was offered a civilian position but I ended up wishing I had stayed! Very good company. 

No grievance procedures in place(is that legal). I had to take time off due to illnesses of my grandson, my wife(which required hospitalization) and a CPS hearing. I have NOT been informed of any grievance procedures permitted on my behalf, nor on my letter of termination. I find it strange that someone who habitually comes in late and takes lunch breaks well over an hour is kept, while I play by the rules and fired for keeping my family first.

Needed improvement in Leadership guidance - given too many directions to follow for same ideal and end resolution. People and staff work well together; even with differences.
Training and learning adventures.
Lots of responsibility but not allowed to carry the task.
Some flexibility and assistance when needed to complete the job when limited time variance allowed.

Easily one of the best roles I've had since joining the technical documentation field. Management left me alone to do my job, and I was able to flex as needed at times. I do wish we had an option of remote work, but alas, that's the purview of the government client.

Worked less than 8 hours a day due to the needs of the job. Heavily focused on analytical skills. Colleagues were enjoyable, but I was far the youngest member of the team as I was straight from college. 

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