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phenomenal company, phenomenal product, phenomenal opportunity - Systems Engineer Nimble Storage Employee Review

5.0
Mar 30, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The company, product, working environment & colleagues are what makes a "great place to work". Nimble ranks at #1 on that list for me (and i've worked at quite a few startups & large vendors to compare with!). The product rocks and is truly ready for the Enterprise, although the company does have a habit of underselling itself in the market amongst other new-age vendors - due to trying to build a sustainable global brand rather than in-your-face marketing or fabricating truths to try and convince a customer to buy. Nimble has eradicated the yearly employee review charade as it's not a worthwhile process to go through, valuing a constant feedback & reward process instead. This has been a breath of fresh air for employees. Also the added strap line of "hiring no jerks" absolutely rings true from the CEO all the way down to local management. The company always values your input and recognises outstanding achievement. Career growth is also highly possible here, with a lot of recent promotions occurring throughout the global sales team.

Cons

The company is constantly running at 6th gear, and is growing fast. And I mean FAST. This might not be the best place for you if you want to coast or disappear to play golf a couple of days a week. Sometimes it's impossible to look past the 10-12 hour working days to find the weekend. But that what happens when taking a company from hottest & fastest growing startup to the next Tier 1 enterprise storage vendor.

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5.0
Sep 3, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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