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3.9
Average Rating
(based on 16 Compaq Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.6
Growth Opportunities
3.3
People You Work With
4.2
Person You Work For
4.2
Rewards You Receive
3.9
Support You Get
3.9
Way You Work
3.8
Work Setting
3.9
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Technical Case Manager

"Great company to work for."

What do you like about working at Compaq?

"Working for The Answer Group was informative and professional; good all around."

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

"You'll love the company just get used to sitting down and getting one phone call after another."

What don't you like about working at Compaq?

"I worked their for so long that I needed a change from telephone tech support."

Senior Computer Engineer

"good"

What do you like about working at Compaq?

"working with my co-workers"

What don't you like about working at Compaq?

"getting paid twice a month instead of every other week"

Product Manager

"Frequent management reorganizations were difficult distractions to endure."

What do you like about working at Compaq?

"Industry leading technology applied to world-class enterprise challenges."

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

"Study customer problem domain and be able to articulate that knowledge in the context of solution possibilities."

What don't you like about working at Compaq?

"Technology focus trumped customer business focus to an embarrassing level at times."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Demonstrate understanding of customer problem domain."

Training Coordinator

"Compaq was one of the best places I have ever worked."

What do you like about working at Compaq?

"I loved working with the latest and greatest in technology and also having to stretch my technical knowledge to stay on the cutting edge."

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

"Be positive and know your technology."

What don't you like about working at Compaq?

"The politics of the job was kinda brutal at times."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more trusting with their employees and you will get higher quality of work out of them."

Systems Engineer

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

"Don't - unless you really have to."

What don't you like about working at Compaq?

"Indecision."

Senior Test Engineer

"This was based in the years I worked there...now it is totally different from those I still know who work there."

What do you like about working at Compaq?

"The most professional crew I have ever worked with. Everyone worked well together. The hours were long, the project time-frames short, but the projects were completed exceptionally well every time."

What don't you like about working at Compaq?

"Nothing worth mentioning...except I was laid off!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Yes...don't merge with other companies...it only leads to disaster! When I started with Compaq there were 15,000 employees on the Houston campus. Now there are only about 4,000!"

Technical Writer

"Compaq Computer no longer exists. It was bought by HP."

Lead Customer Service Associate

"I builted sales 25% within the 1st year and acquisition of new service contracts"

What do you like about working at Compaq?

"Doing what I like, sales and support with the IT department. Everything, they way they supported the sales reps, they way they paid us, base, commissions and bonuses every year. Great company."

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

"Inacom when out of business when the original founder sold the company, they new management took the company to bankruptcy."

What don't you like about working at Compaq?

"Nothing. I loved to work for that company, I still remember those days of bonanza!!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I can do it."

Technical Support Engineer

"enjoyed a great eight years"

What do you like about working at Compaq?

"Great atmosphere and opportunity for growth and development"

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

"Great company to work for"

What don't you like about working at Compaq?

"The threat of layoffs"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep employees informed of the direction the company is headed"

Principal Software Engineer

"Everythings is west coast oriented"

What do you like about working at Compaq?

"Digital culture was wonderful"

What don't you like about working at Compaq?

"Can't run a business"

Compaq Employee

"epitome of opportunism"

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

"run like your hair is on fire"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"get a conscience. look up the definition of the word morale. start thinking about the people whose backs you climbed to get where you are today."

General Site Manager

"Great team to work with"

What do you like about working at Compaq?

"Opportunities for promotion"

What don't you like about working at Compaq?

"Lack of corpoerate discipline"

Computer Technician

"I am grateful for the opportunity and experience it gave me, the position gave me as much as I did the company in the ability to save money and help it grow."

Marketing Manager

"I would work tyhere in a picosecond~!"

What do you like about working at Compaq?

"Everything - the people, the benefits, the pay, the commute, the facility, the travel"

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

"work your network"

What don't you like about working at Compaq?

"They aren't hiring Markeiting"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire more Marketing"

General Sales Manager

"A great company to work for and offered many opportunities for career opportunties"

What do you like about working at Compaq?

"Same as Hewlett Packard Company"

Compaq Reviews FAQs

Is Compaq a good company to work for?

Compaq has an overall rating of 3.9 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 16 Compaq Review Ratings left anonymously by Compaq employees, which is equal to the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 88% of employees would recommend working at Compaq.

Does Compaq pay their employees well?

Compaq employees earn $70,500 annually on average, or $34 per hour, which is 7% higher than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 2 Compaq employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Compaq Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Compaq?

88% of employees would recommend working at Compaq with the overall rating of 3.9 out of 5. Employees also rated Compaq 3.6 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.9 for Rewards You Receive, 3.3 for Growth Opportunities and 3.9 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Compaq?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Compaq is a Director at $200,000 annually. Browse Compaq Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Compaq?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Compaq is a Support Specialist at $28,000 annually. Browse Compaq Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Compaq?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Compaq to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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