TiVo reviews

3.8

80% would recommend to a friend

(535 total reviews)
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Dave Shull

66% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

TiVo has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 535 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TiVo employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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535 reviews
4.0
Sep 21, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

I didn't know why some of the people here say negative about this company like it is going down, out dated software, top management has no-focus etc. Probably they don't have complete picture of the company business or they got laid-off so out of frustration they are saying something rubbish. Company has progressed so much in past several years. Some of the progresses are given below. 1) TiVo launched Multi-room solution with TiVo Mini and TiVo stream. And it also has both iOS and Andriod Apps to watch shows on your smart phone / tablets. 2) It launched TiVo Roamio which has been called as "Holy grail of set-top-boxes" and got highest positive reviews from end users. 3) TiVo experience is expanded to international markets. Virgin Media in UK launched 1.7 million TiVo boxes in market. ONO also launched thousands of TiVo boxes in Spain. 4) TiVo software now powered with IPTV capability. Com Hem is releasing TiVo boxes with both QAM and IPTV support in Sweden markets. TiVo is targeting many other international markets. 5) They have created a new VP position for innovation and on his direction TiVo prototyped first nPVR service. This is expected to launch soon. 6) TiVo is first DVR which is bringing "true" TV-Everywhere service by providing out of the home watching experience to end users on their phones/tablets with out any additional hardware support. Being part of the company and if you are not aware of these advances then you are a blind person.

Cons

It used to have Bonuses. Now they removed. For that size of the company, the salary paid to CEO is too much.

2.0
Sep 19, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good compensation good benefits good engineering staff good work/life balance work is pretty easy - great for those that want to skate (like most of senior/executive management)

Cons

no vision (starting from CEO) no innovation no executive insight engineering management is a joke no career advancements silo'd teams

1.0
Sep 16, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-- Somehow a number of the smart, hard-working, talented long-serving engineers that drive the company are still there. -- Work-life balance (layoffs aside) is pretty good, benefits are fine. -- Company capital and intellectual assets are solid, though not really profitable.

Cons

-- A lot of the managers and engineers that had been driving ideas and positive change, for the past several years, have been laid off or left. -- Developer tools, documentation, support, etc are all rough and outdated. Make sure you know how to setup your own Linux workstation, tools, etc, and be prepared to work harder to do work than on actual work. -- If a few more top people go TiVo simply won't be able to get the next round of products out, which might be OK since there isn't a clear path forward anyways. -- The company seems to get the it's technology is getting old, but it doesn't seem to have much of a plan for the future, nor does it seem to actually want an innovative culture that would spawn one.

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