7 Distinguished Engineer Reviews

Distinguished Engineer at JC Penney

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"I enjoyed it very much."

What do you like about working at JC Penney?

"The People, the work, the environment, the culture - all were the best."

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

"The interviewers are normally just as inexperienced at interviewing as you may be. Relax with them. The most important aspect is how you will fit with the team."

What don't you like about working at JC Penney?

"The Health Insurance was not very good - very high deductibles."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Respect the foundation on which the company was built, as well as looking to the future."

Distinguished Engineer at IBM

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Global scale. Innovation. Reach. Resources. Freedom. Invention. Options. Smart People. Great Leaders."

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

"You are expected to be bright and talented. Your passion for almost anything is important. To stand out you want to listen well and know your customers."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Sometimes the company strategy is more like a chess match and less like a lacrosse match. Moves can take years to play out - brilliant as they may be - it makes for a wanting crew."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Ensure the top performing people make the most money. Institutionalize innovation in every business unit, in every employee. Create a purpose for employees that goes beyond the formula driven business model."

Distinguished Engineer at Edwards Lifesciences

What don't you like about working at Edwards Lifesciences?

"My project (Glucose Sensor) was cut significantly by a partnering agreement with an outside company. The Director, who did not hire me, cut me completely out of the loop with the external company, and my project was starved. The final straw was my manager (I believe being manipulated) made a statement in my review that essentially accused me, without my ability or opportunity to respond or face the real accusations, of some type of possible illegal behavior. This was completely unacceptable to me, and in violation of company policies as a whole of respecting employees rights and contributions. So I chose to leave the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Follow their policies written policies and their Mission Statements. If someone is accused of some activity in their review of something illegal or possibly illegal, the employee should have a right to face their accusers, or even what the substance of the accusation is, rather than just putting such a statement in a review. At the minimum, such a statement was slanderous. I was so insulted that the company would allow this behavior that I could not stay with the company. My dignity was violated, my rights as an employee were probably violated, and HR turned a blind eye."

Distinguished Engineer at Nokia

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Best team I have ever worked for."

What do you like about working at Nokia?

"Great sense of community building, great accountability."

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

"Be formal, if they want you they will work very hard to bring you on-board."

What don't you like about working at Nokia?

"Business processes too rigid, lack of flexibility and creativity due to European style thinking."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Late entry in marketplace with roll outs, don't always build the Mercedes when consumer wants a moped."