Working at Wind River in Alameda, CA: 7 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Alameda, CA Area
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On average, employees in Alameda, CA at Wind River give their company a 2.5 rating out of 5.0 based on 7, whereas overall Average Rating of Wind River is 4.4 out of 5.0 based on 19 Wind River Review Ratings. The happiest Wind River employees in Alameda, CA are Senior Software Engineers submitting an average rating of 4.0 and Anonymous Employees with a rating of 4.6.
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Working at Wind River in Alameda, CA: 7 Employee Reviews
"I loved working at Wind River, great work, great people."
"I worked for Wind River from 2005 until 2012, it's a great place to work and grow your career. I had various roles in the 7+ years I was there, everything from tools development, to lab maintenance, project management and release engineering. Wind River rewards hard work with industry standard raises, bonuses, and promotions. But most importantly they have great people who are a pleasure to work with!"
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"I have worked in Wind River since 2010. It is a company with strong technology background. As a leader in embedded OS field, it invented things that is widely used. It also provides employer chances to learn and improve."
"Great"
What do you like about working at Wind River?
"Comfortable place to work, great location, interesting projects, possibility to learn new things"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"nothing specific - be prepare to answer questions and pass along long corridors to the next office"
What don't you like about working at Wind River?
"dog flees in the spring time - great people can have dogs in the office"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"A lot of formalities and 'paperwork' like at least 500 emails per day"
"harsh reality"
What do you like about working at Wind River?
"Start-up spirit, creative group of engineers, beautiful corporate campus right on the water, lots of freedom."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"HR staff are very warm and friendly which can be misleading if you are a people-person. Ask about challenges in the department you are interviewing for & how long the department lead has been with the firm."
What don't you like about working at Wind River?
"Huge campus with very small staff so strong feeling of disconnectedness. Small work groups managing enormous workloads so no sense of a larger community. Very separatist vibe between departments."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Stop the turn over! Too many people coming and going with no sense of history or continuity, too much change. Old-timers are snobbish; senior management doesn't get along; new comers find it hard to invest in or develop loyalty for an organization that has no heart."
What do you like about working at Wind River?
"The work environment. Learn more at the technologies side. Very tight schedules and good to learn more management skills."
What don't you like about working at Wind River?
"Lot of Politics"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"No politics please"
What do you like about working at Wind River?
"Talented and interesting people and projects."
What don't you like about working at Wind River?
"Dependence on single business channels."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Hard to give advice now, since the company has been acquired by Intel."
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Senior Enterprise Account Executive - SCM
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