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Was once a great startup - Anonymous employee Nimble Storage Employee Review

2.0
Aug 8, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Hired very bright talent in Engineering and the right upper management to build the right product to get to $100 million in revenue. Beyond that, there has been lack of foresight on getting to the $500 million mark. This is very common with so many startups that get to become a mid-sized company and stagnate or start treading the wrong path.

Cons

Many of the early engineers have been leaving the company and sales has also seen significant churn and it appears little is being done to retain talent. Upper management is simply busy trying to "grow" their own organizations creating needless middle management hierarchies and knows very little about the reality on the ground. Pace of execution has slowed down due to excessive processes adding to the frustration of people with the mindset of "getting things done".

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5.0
Sep 3, 2019
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Pros

Nimble got a lot of things right early on with respect to team building and culture.

Cons

Now part of HPE, not many original Nimblers are left.

5.0
Oct 19, 2016
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Pros

There are great people in every area of the company, from engineering to sales to operations. Friendly helpful people that are highly skilled. There is a great sense of focus and determination to be the best in the business. The sales culture is especially good - no jerks here, very little of the typical political battles and personality conflicts.

Cons

Storage is a tough market. The competition is incredibly fierce. You get the sense that the competition is outspending Nimble dramatically on marketing. It becomes harder and harder to stand out from a technical perspective. Heck, we were told to shy away from getting into the technical details (weeds) because every vendor now sounds the same on paper. InfoSight is a key differentiator but it does NOT resonate with every customer. The total compensation package was severely diminished when the stock fell in Q3 of 2015. There was no real mechanism in place to fix that for existing employees... although employees that joined after the stock fell might have had it better.

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