Working at Citrix Systems in Santa Clara, CA: 11 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Santa Clara, CA Area

"This is a great place to work. The company is undergoing a transformation to cloud due to many new opportunities are emerging for engineers. There is a stable market for the products of the company, which ensures that one gets exposure to several interesting aspects -- a well liked suite of products and the ability to write newer."

"I have been working for 3.5 years and all the works are related to latest technologies."

"I had worked for Citrix Systems for over 12 years and found it to be a great company, with cutting edge virtual solutions, and a unique company culture that values everyone's opinion and entrepreneurial spirit."

"I have been working for Citrix for the past 18 months and I have also interned with Citrix the same team last summer. Its an amazing company to work for. They have developed some amazing innovative products. The company maintains a very good atmosphere to work with great people. The learning curve is fine. Though the company keeps hierarchy and maintains less visibility. But overall the company is fine and more so than ever its making progress."

"Citrix has a lot of great things going for it. At the same time, it doesn't seem to be able to get out of it's own way."

"I have worked for Citrix Systems since 2007 and was one of the first Citrix technical support engineers to support the new XenSource XenServer product. I have watched the team grow from 5 people to over 50 in a global environment supporting customers in small to very large environments, where they can leverage the benefits of virtualization."

"People are nice. Almost too nice. A good place to hang out and chill."

What do you like about working at Citrix Systems?

"Everybody is generally approachable. There is very little ego among management. For a tech company, people are totally r-e-l-a-x-e-d. Compared to a start-up, everybody seems slightly stoned."

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

"If you are a developer: make sure you your manager understands the technology they are managing. Be wary of a manager with a recent MBA who has never touched a lick of real tech trench."

What don't you like about working at Citrix Systems?

"Management discipline is non-existent--no deadlines, no accountability, no project methodology. The place is a ticking time bomb, because virtually none of its products are defensible in-and-of themselves. Product quality and customer retention suffers in this environment."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more dynamic. Set goals. Stand up and lead. Curb the politics and the deflection and the protective den-mother a bit. Or your people go soft and wander aimlessly."

"If you are not Indian or Chinese don't work here."

What do you like about working at Citrix Systems?

"Free food brought in if you worked 10 or more hours in a day."

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

"Be Indian or Chinese, you have a ready made in and you will be hired over an American even if you are not as qualified."

What don't you like about working at Citrix Systems?

"The place was a revolving door for them to bring in Indian workers, on 3 to 6 month cycles, from their India facility and brain drain the Americans to take back the skills learned forever to India.The Santa Clara office was top heavy with workers from India and China who are protectionist and sabotaged the American workers. American workers are let go first in order to keep the Indians and Chinese. Human resources does not back up the American workers in the discriminatory practices of the foreign workers and you will find yourself quickly shown the door if you speak up."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management should gain some ethics and morality and make jobs in America for Americans, period."

"Citrix was a fun job, but it would be better working there as an employee rather than as a contractor."

What do you like about working at Citrix Systems?

"The technology, and the co-workers."

What don't you like about working at Citrix Systems?

"It's not Citrix that I really had a problem with. I just don't like contract work."

"I was privileged to have the opportunity to work there."

What do you like about working at Citrix Systems?

"Great team members."

What don't you like about working at Citrix Systems?

"Unfortunately there was a company-wide reduction in force and I had to let one of my team members go. Fortunately only one of my team was affected."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on the customers."