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3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

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Jamie Iannone

80% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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1.0
Oct 3, 2013
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Pros

It's large-scale. Otherwise, there are none.

Cons

No work-life balance. Senior execs are all talk and political posturing. They are terrified of poor performance reviews. During reviews, they will go out of their way to ensure that their key staff are viewed as Rock Stars while showing callous indifference to individuals who do not report directly to them. Watching the process, it's shocking to see how their focus on grading to a curve gives them the ability to throw entire teams under the bus. This company is the most risk-averse group of people I have ever met. They spend all their time trying to figure out how to catch up to Amazon and think the only way to do this is to copy all of Amazon's features. Innovation is nothing more than a buzz word to this group. I've watched Engineering VPs talk about creating a world-class team but then think that the way to build morale is to spend $100,000 buying funny hats for everyone to wear at the office.

4.0
Sep 11, 2013
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Pros

Top-notch people. Enormous scale of operations. Attention to detail and operational excellence very much appreciated. Excellent project management and resource planning. Advanced technology. Adequate work-life balance. Competitive pay. Good, conveniently located offices. Somewhat flexible work schedule.

Cons

Rather strict top-down management. Natural conservatism due to the nature of the company business and scale of operations. Cyclical demand for engineering talent driven by "big bang" business initiatives. Highly political environment, natural for a large hierarchical organization. Consulting companies sometimes distorting the company culture by caring less than permanent employees about the long-term business consequences of their decisions.

2.0
Sep 10, 2013

Great compensation, Most managers are still in individual contributor mindset

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great work-life balance, Great benefits, Excellent Compensation package, Very advance technology.

Cons

The teams operate in silos. So, corporate alignment is a new concept to the company. The directors seem to focus on their own success rather than the success of the organization. Most teams seems to be in reactive mode most of the time and not in proactive mode.

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