Digital Equipment Corp. Employee Reviews for Senior Software Engineer

"Good place to work, left because I could not get graduate school funding. Worked there 1987-1992---not 1995"

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

"a fair place to interview, asks you technical questions, but treats you well,but they are no longer a company"

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

"I worked there 1987-1992, and they did not fund me to go to graduate school, after getting accepted to good schools two years in a row, so I took a leave ofabscence, and never went back. Perhaps they would have funded me forsomething else--I don't know--but I did not think of that then."

"Great way to review"

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

"Excellent Products, Excellent Service, Excellent place to work. Enjoyed the friendly environment."

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

"This company does not exist any more. No tips."

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

"Too much competition from IBM was making Digital Equipment Corp. as less secure place to work toward the end."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"This company does not exist any more, so no suggestions."

"Was DEC at that time in 1996 - was bought by CA, Compaq etc and then HP."

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

"Professional growth opportunities"

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

"job security"

"The company ceased to exist - what a shame."

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

"It was a great place to learn and acquire knowledge about almost anything under the sun."

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

"The company was not competitive with compensation. I left the company after having my work and sacrificed family time stolen by the vice president and handed on a platter to her friend who never set foot in the actual lab to do the work. Then I was offered a choice to few groups as a technical lead to cover up the dishonesty. I left the firm at this point after taking losing my faith in quality ownership as a proud employee of a great company and product lines."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I often spent my weeknights and weekends diligently working in a freezing lab to beat IBM/SUN/HP/Intel/etc. benchmark numbers with my own Alpha generated scores. I even won the Sun workstation of the year award with my benchmark numbers. I always put Alpha as #1 in front of all other competition because of my work for months at a time in the lab while learning how to make a bed out of three desk chairs. It would have been nice if management did not supposedly make a typing mistake and promote the wrong person siting and quoting my work and results as justification. Although I moved on to bigger and better opportunities, Alpha no longer captured the top spot after losing resource that did the work. I'd recommend a more accurate and fair performance / reward system for the hard working employees."

"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."