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SanDisk

Acquired by WD

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Great potential floundered by short sighted management - Anonymous employee SanDisk Employee Review

2.0
Apr 25, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Company is well placed in flash industry with little competition and great demand 2. Bonus, ESPP, RSU structure offsets industry average base salary

Cons

1. Extremely short sighted top management looking for quarter over quarter EPS as opposed to building a great company 2. Strategies stemming from short sightedness never allow the company to grow to its full potential (even in a favorable market) - examples are poor acquisition of FusionIO, late in taping out 3D NAND by 1.5yrs 3. Work culture is poor - the CEO and SVPs don't walk the talk when it comes to fairness and work-life balance 4. Non-egalitarian values such as praising the boss openly, never standing up to the senior management, working late = hard work, favoritism, treating employees like secretaries has made the company weak and ineffective 5. Too many Type-B's were promoted to Director/Sr Director/VP levels which are simply ineffective in leading the company

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

There used to be excellent managers and directors who were able to mentor the teams and bring about good results. With all the attrition and lack of recognition it is not a fun place to work

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