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Xyratex reviews

2.9

40% would recommend to a friend

(79 total reviews)

53% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Work/Life balance

2.8

Culture & values

2.7

Career opportunities

2.5

Senior management

Xyratex has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 79 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Xyratex employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

79 reviews
2.0
Dec 30, 2008

Cruddy

No idea, they wouldn't ever tell me!
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Xyratex have a great team at the 'coal face' lots of very dedicated people working towards a common goal.

Cons

Xyratex has an odd culture, they are about 1500 strong workforce but they have a management ethos and set up of a company ten times that size, managers managing managers, directors, VPs about three times more than is really needed. As such there was very little chance to move up and I was very keen to progress, there is also a 'magic list' of people that will get a promotion regardless. Its a shame, as I really enjoyed it there.

2.0
Aug 4, 2008

Great people, generally poor management

Document control
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people -- I mean truly wonderful people. Xyratex management doesn't deserve people this good. The commute is beautiful but hazardous. Hwy 17 is exceedingly narrow, fast, slippery and deer are a perpetual hazard (but especially so in fall and spring). Always use the bathrooom before you commute because you have no idea how long the commute will be -- it could be 30 minutes, it could be three hours. Take a blanket, and make sure you have plenty of gas. Anti-lock brakes are necessary, period. The Scotts Valley facility is beautiful, though very otten foggy and wet. The people are just incredible, though.

Cons

Xyratex has a very narrow customer base, so business is extremely volatile, and planning is exceedingly difficult. As a result, senior management has pushed production offshore to Malaysia, where the effects of volatility are less onerous. The cost of living in Malaysia is lower, but so are wages, so I wonder how this is thought to mitigate the volatility? What I see is essentially a racist pattern -- we're not laying off white folks, after all. There are major difficulties making overseas production work, in large part because of a general lack of cohesion between divisions and locations. Each division is a separate fiefdom, and there is little cooperation or even communication between divisions. This is particularly true of standards of work, which varies enormously between locations.

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