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Working at Boston Properties in Boston, MA: 6 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Boston, MA Area

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On average, employees in Boston, MA at Boston Properties give their company a 3.1 rating out of 5.0 based on 6, whereas overall Average Rating of Boston Properties is 3.8 out of 5.0 based on 8 Boston Properties Review Ratings. The happiest Boston Properties employees in Boston, MA are Software Development Managers submitting an average rating of 4.9 and Director of Sales with a rating of 4.5.

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3.8
Average Rating
(based on 7 Boston Properties Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.0
Growth Opportunities
2.6
People You Work With
4.2
Person You Work For
3.5
Rewards You Receive
3.7
Support You Get
3.5
Way You Work
4.1
Work Setting
4.5
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Working at Boston Properties in Boston, MA: 6 Employee Reviews

Boston Properties Employee

"IT Department is very toxic environment. There are a lot of issues with IS Management. The IT department has a top/down mentality and more like a parent/child relationship and this mentality comes from the very top management in IS. The two people that drives this kind of culture is the CIO and the Director of Infrastructure Services. This mentality of the management prohibits growth and it is not collaborative but rather prescriptive. If someone offer an alternative, that idea will not be welcomed. The IS environment is infectious and is driven by IS leadership. In my view the network services and technical services (which manages end users) do not work well together. The head of these two teams do not work well together and it has a trickle down effect that negatively impacts the department. It is very difficult to grow and people are promoted maybe after staying more than 10 years in the company. The leadership in network services are actually engineers promoted as managers. In fact they shouldn’t have been promoted as managers as they are not very people oriented. They lack managerial qualities. All the important technical work would be actually done by them and only irrelevant and not much visible projects would be given to the Engineers. They travel around and spent time in conferences like RSA, EMCWorld and VMworld and do not give the engineers the opportunity to go either of these events. The IS leadership has major trust issues and would not give work to anyone they do not trust. Also the lack of communication from senior IS leadership was frustrating. There is no training provided by the company and they expect you to complete projects with technology that no one has any idea. Boston Properties does not allow work from home even on inclement weather conditions. Also the pay is not good. No paternity leaves and maternity leave is just outdated. The company is very much old school. It's very much a 60’s environment."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 1 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Director of Sales

What do you like about working at Boston Properties?

"the work environment and product I sell are both great"

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

"no, its an ever changing company and product to sell"

What don't you like about working at Boston Properties?

"not enough units to sell and lack of turnover of units"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"jncrease the prices due to low supply and high demand"

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

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

3.8
Boston Properties (8)

4.5 Highest Rated in this Industry is Essex Property Trust (11)
2.8 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Sun Communities (8)
3.7 Average of All Companies in this Industry (428)
Director of Application Development
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 4.8 / 5
Support You Get 3.4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.8 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4.8 / 5
Software Development Manager
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 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Manager
Person You Work For 1.1 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1.1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Property Manager

"You had to think within a box."

What do you like about working at Boston Properties?

"The people I worked with."

What don't you like about working at Boston Properties?

"The IBM mentality."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Work Life requires improvement."

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