Perforce Software reviews

3.7

63% would recommend to a friend

(407 total reviews)
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Jim Cassens

86% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Perforce Software has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 407 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Perforce Software employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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407 reviews
1.0
Nov 2, 2016
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Pros

There really are no longer any pros from watching the utter disaster that Perforce has become.

Cons

Janet and Mark have driven the company into a complete and utter failure place to work. Removal of perks, promises that aren't kept, lies about layoffs, lack of transparency to direction (although I'm not convinced that they have a solid direction for the software). I was there through the acquisition, through layoffs, and left because I couldn't stand what had become of the company. Things like firing local management and using remote management tells me they care nothing about employee happiness or advancement. My best advice to anyone reading this is to not go to work for them. They do not deserve your skills.

1.0
Oct 13, 2016

So sad to see what's happened to this place

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Like many of the other comments, the only good remaining at Perforce are the smart, talented, and amazing people that were here before the Summit acquisition.

Cons

Where to start.... 1. Janet Dryer and Mark Ties are the biggest cons for the company, and more accurately, just cons in general. Our new "leaders" have continued to lie to the organization, and do it with a straight face. At an All Hands earlier this year (following a few rounds of lay-offs), they stood in front of the entire company and stated that they were going to be offering stock to all employees, as this was the team that was going to be with the company until the end. I believe their words were "lay offs are done." Since that time, they have closed an entire office, and continue letting people go. So much for no more lay-offs. 2. They sent out a company-wide survey asking employees about the specific benefits that were the most important to individuals. The results showed Mo Days and massage at the top. These are the same benefits that are soon to go. Why ask us for feedback, if you're not going to listen to it? 3. We also hear over and over that the decisions and changes they're making are all in an effort to "grow Perforce." The only thing growing at Perforce is the Minnesota office.

1.0
May 9, 2016

Total decoupling of performance and reward!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Due to the vast discrepancies between work performance and reward that the new management have put in place, no one cares anymore, so you can basically not do work and still get enterprise-software level pay. Anything you can do quickly to make your managers and VPs look good to the CEO/CFO will get you heartily congratulated (though not rewarded really, there are no more rewards), and you can spend the rest of your time doing whatever you like. Other pro: The balance sheet will likely actually look better this time next year than it did this time last year, due to axing most product support & development.

Cons

Doing great work will no longer advance your career, and unless it's directly in line with the CEO's visions (distinguishing between 'vision' as in clear and defined corporate strategy, and 'visions' as in you ate the mushroom), it will likely be lost work in the long term.

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