A tale of two TiVos - Anonymous employee TiVo Employee Review

2.0
May 21, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The best thing about working at TiVo is the opportunity to find something that you can uniquely do, and make yourself indispensable. Many folks have been there for a very long time, and enjoy a great quality of life with this formula. Whether it's managing a specific piece of code, an internal process, or some other patch of sand, you can enjoy a job with good pay, good benefits, and good quality of life. If you're on the product side, you can just plug away and hope that cutbacks don't hit you.

Cons

Employees at TiVo seem to live one of two lives at work... either they are safe and sound, and one of the chosen people - or they live a life of constant fear as the whims of management constantly look to place blame and shuffle the deck. It's unfortunate that the product teams seem oblivious that the 'new' TiVo has endorsed the culture of Rovi and really only cares about maximizing licensing revenue. Management through fear was common, and the lack of information flow was stunningly bad.

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5.0
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Pros

This role is flexible time wise. It provides a lot of down time within one shift. The supervisors were understanding about errors, and supportive when training. Very small amount of training required.

Cons

Have to be able to watch and listen two two television shows simultaneously.

2.0
Dec 18, 2025
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Pros

The office building was nice and there are some great people that worked there.

Cons

The leadership was a bunch of men just trying to protect their own egos and line their own pockets. I never worked anywhere that felt as dismissive of women as TiVo.

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