Working at Digital Equipment Corp. in Houston, TX: 18 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Houston, TX Area

What do you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"Close to Home"

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

"Be patient and if hired - then expect continual change."

What don't you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"Too Many lay offs"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make it more stable"

"Great working environment."

"Good place to work but heavily outsourcing work in some areas."

What do you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"Challenging environment."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Could be better if employees co-operated more."

"Good place to work, but turnover was high."

What do you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"Customer Service positions shared commissions with Sales Team, and were considered important in the overall process."

What don't you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"Management Team had high turnover rate. I had three different managers in my year of employment."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stability of leadership is important for team cohesion."

"Compaq was a good place to work, but HP turned that around."

What do you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"I loved the inter-action with the 17 European countries which I supported. I was the home office support for 17 Technical Directors. I enjoyed the relationships I built with those leaders. I earned their professional respect and likewise."

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

"This company was bought out by HP and I do not know anything about the culture of HP. It is my understanding they are very progressive, yet also 'old school' in their policies and procedures which could be a big advantage in obtaining a good job which would lead to a career."

What don't you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"I did not like the political split at the top of the company. The company lost a lot of quality when they lost the Founder and CEO, Rod Canion."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management was a little insensitive to the stress many of these jobs created because the industry was so 'fast growing.'"

"Great place to have worked"

What do you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"Great company with great equipment."

What don't you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"A lot of overhead."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stream line the overhead."

"One of the most rewarding experiences of my professional life."

"Too bad DEC got bought out by Compaq. They indeed had a great product and company."

"Appears to get confused as to what employers were when."

What do you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"Close to home. I like manufacturing environments and the feel of success as a new product rolls out."

What don't you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"Salary was low compared to the market."

"Competent"

What do you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"Good support from managagement on projects"

What don't you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"Very little. Well managed company in all facets"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Sell this management process as a solution for other companies"

What do you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"Team Environment"

What don't you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"Organization, roles, and responsibility changes seem to be endless"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Clearly communicate corporate objectives to all employees"

"HP has a very opposite view and treatment of employees than COMPAQ"

What do you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"Manufacturing new electronic technologies"

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

"Be careful of the terms of contracts made by word of mouth"

What don't you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"In my case, they where NOT understanding of the Recruiter company that hired me."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Employee friendly"

What do you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"I liked the job"

What don't you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"there were no opportunities for career advancement"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Go back to hiring from within"