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"I loved the freedom and the challenges, I also loved to learn new things and take on the problems and being able to solve them too. The job was always different so every day was a new day. I never woke upon my 10 years complaining that I had to go to work. I also love the freedom to explore and say what I felt was right about each job. I also loved to consult with my colleagues on each job where we then could run each job smoothly."
Posted 10 years ago in Kansas City, KS
Product Manager at Circadence
in Boulder, CO

What do you like about working at Circadence?

"Learning about a new technology - network security, via software solutions."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Encourage the leaders of the organization to provide them with the authority that they need to successfully manage their products."

What don't you like about working at Circadence?

"It was difficult to obtain alignment with the leaders of the organization."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allow the Product Manager to have more control and authority in making decisions about the direction of the products that they are resposible for."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Product Manager at IntelePeer
in Denver, CO

What do you like about working at IntelePeer?

"I have complete responsibility for my family of products, and am able to work without a large amout of oversight.."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Show that you are able to get your job done in a quality manner and on time."

What don't you like about working at IntelePeer?

"They were not able to obtain the necessary support for going public."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continue to focus on automation, and ensure that the employees are aligned to our priorities."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Product Manager at MJ Freeway
in Denver, CO

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"Good start up opportunity in a funny industry"

What do you like about working at MJ Freeway?

"Working form home and the freedom to get things done on my own."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Say what you can do and follow through on it. They're looking for linchpins."

What don't you like about working at MJ Freeway?

"Sub-par compensation due to it being a start up and inexperienced executive team."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think they should probably bring in an outsider with real strategic business experience."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Product Manager at PSL North America
in Houston, TX

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"I helped build the company from the ground up, l it was a great opportunity."

What do you like about working at PSL North America?

"I enjoy industrial manufacturing and found the work fulfilling and challenging. Working with a startup like PSLNA, afforded me the opportunity to learn and develop a broad range of new skills."

What don't you like about working at PSL North America?

"The communication between the CEO, CFO, Sales and Operations was infrequent and strained. This division lead to reduced confidence within the organization and decreased productivity."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The company would benefit tremendously from open communication and a clearly defined vision."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Product Manager at Nokia
in Austin, TX

What do you like about working at Nokia?

"Nokia is (or was) a wonderful company. Tremendous global recognition. Our tools touched tens of thousands of developers in over 120 countries. Our team was very proud of our product and worked very hard to improve the developer experience."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Wait until they start growing in smartphone (Win 8) and Asian markets."

What don't you like about working at Nokia?

"In the end, Nokia exited the Symbian business and sold us to Accenture."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Nokia has much larger problems right now, we were just a side effect."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Product Manager at Ricall
in Sykesville, MD

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"Great experience. Learned a lot, and created a new product."

What do you like about working at Ricall?

"Interesting because we are creating something that has never been done before, plush I respect the people I work for and the they respect me."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You are in on the ground floor of something great...get stock options."

What don't you like about working at Ricall?

"The only problem I have is that I have to work out of my house 9 months of the year."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"All suggestions have been made, and if the do not take them they make sure I understand the issues, so none."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Product Manager at Braemac CA
in Fremont, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Not very good."

What do you like about working at Braemac CA?

"The atmosphere is casual. Any time you want to visit customers is OK."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Unless you already have a huge rolodex of companies who you know you can sell to, I suggest looking elsewhere."

What don't you like about working at Braemac CA?

"There are employees there who will throw you under the bus any time it is advantageous to them. My products were left off the website for 1.5 years by the same person who threw me under the bus several times."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None. The manager is a good man and knows the business well but does not know how to provide the resources to attract new business."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 2 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Product Manager at Vertical Communications
in Charlottesville, VA

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"Started as a telecoms technician, moving up to product management."

What do you like about working at Vertical Communications?

"The environment was fantastic, and the talent level was very high for such a small company."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The company went bankrupt in the early 2000's."

What don't you like about working at Vertical Communications?

"The company has since gone bankrupt due to poor management decisions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Not applicable now, the company no longer exists."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Product Manager at Bridgepoint Education
in Burlington, MA

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"Great company position ended due to acquisition"

What do you like about working at Bridgepoint Education?

"The opportunity was amazing and the work very rewarding. Team was very talented and I felt very empowered to do my job."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Set your boundaries going in - they will adhere and make sure you get direct deposit - getting paid is miserable!"

What don't you like about working at Bridgepoint Education?

"That I was blindsided with my contract ending. Other Product Managers were very unhappy for some reason."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have some compassion and don't look at everything from a business point of view."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Product Manager at Starbucks
in Seattle, WA

What do you like about working at Starbucks?

"Very collaborative place encouraging team work with great and savvy people very motivated."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Knowing deeply the company culture will certainly help a lot."

What don't you like about working at Starbucks?

"Leadership can be very authoritarian and self-centric and not helping you to develop."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't expect people to guess what you want, frame your needs. Make meetings productive by always providing an agenda and following up with key action items."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Product Manager at Dell
in Plano, TX

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Great opportunity in working for a product and services company."

What do you like about working at Dell?

"Excellent benefits and leadership support ability to move into different positions."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Plan to spend 18 months in one position before considering on moving to the next position."

What don't you like about working at Dell?

"I really didn't find anything specific I didn't like about the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It would be nice for the leaders to have less bureaucracy for project approvals."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Product Manager at ITE Tech
in Orange Park, FL

What do you like about working at ITE Tech?

"I can work with international customer and first tier flash vendors."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The person needs to show his ambition in either doing design or product promotion."

What don't you like about working at ITE Tech?

"There is no plan for new product because not enough manpwoer."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Spending money on hiring more competitive engineers and working closely with international flash vendors."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Product Manager at Arkasoft
in Los Gatos, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"It has been a fantastic experience"

What do you like about working at Arkasoft?

"Lots of challenging and interesting projects. Full of smart people"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"No. It is fantastic place to work or start a career in Silicon Vally"

What don't you like about working at Arkasoft?

"No growth and future. It is very small and very narrow market"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Nothing. The management team is fantastic but they need to expand the business"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Product Manager at The Active Network
in San Diego, CA

What do you like about working at The Active Network?

"I like the causal atmosphere and that everyone works together to get a job done."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be flexible and always ready for change. If you are looking for a stable environment do not work here. If you enjoy wearing many hats interview here!"

What don't you like about working at The Active Network?

"I don't like that management has to get involved and does not trust the people they have hired to work it out."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would allow for more creativity and innovation. Sometimes the atmosphere is a tad intense and doesn't allow for mistakes."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Product Manager at Inforein
in Miami, FL

What do you like about working at Inforein?

"A professional work environment that allows me to grow professionally."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Listen to what is being proposed and agreed to meet the company's requirements."

What don't you like about working at Inforein?

"Negative competition, disorder, negligence, abuse of power and all that could affect my emotional state and labor."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen, understand what is happening and give accurate answers and actions."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
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