1,363 Engineer Reviews

Engineer at Alcatel-Lucent

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Alcatel was a great workplace for growing and learning"

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"The mentoring structure they had for new engineers. It was a refreshing approach that was very valuable"

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

"The interview for an engineering candidate is an 8 hour process with several meetings."

What don't you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"There was a lack of vision with the direction of the company around the time of the Lucent merger"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Place more value on the loyalty of long term employees"

Engineer at Polara Engineering

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"The worst place to work. Overworked and underpaid."

What do you like about working at Polara Engineering?

"Some of the projects were interesting and engaging. Most of the people were nice."

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

"I'd say don't work there. It's very likely they'll find some reason to get rid of you within a year. If you need the job, and it's your only option, by all means take it but keep looking."

What don't you like about working at Polara Engineering?

"They expect you to do the jobs of 3 people and then they wonder why you can't keep up. Turnover rate is extremely high. Micromanaging is norm over there. In addition, management does have some core beliefs that reflect a deep religious background. While not exactly a bad thing, I do not believe that expressing it publicly and having it as a part of the company's culture is appropriate."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Set realistic goals and timelines. Treat your employees with respect and they will perform for you. Give them realistic and achievable goals as well and give them the tools they need (including more people) to get the job done."

Engineer at Ensuant

What do you like about working at Ensuant?

"team, the work, office location, vision, hard working and challenging"

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

"be social and knowledgeable. express yourself and creative with your answers."

What don't you like about working at Ensuant?

"small company ups and downs. finding the right fit always seems to be a problem. have to be passionate about your views to be able to stand a chance."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"be a bit more organized, too much free thinking and lose structure. but there is method to the madness. things always come together at the end. in this together feeling"

Engineer at A&A Manufacturing

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"I had a less than desireable experience with this company"

What do you like about working at A&A Manufacturing?

"I had a hard time finding things I liked about the company"

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

"Ask about how managment handles issues with employees and how they resolve conflict with policy."

What don't you like about working at A&A Manufacturing?

"The managment and HR System is built on punishing istead of rewarding"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Improve the Reward for good acts, and focus less on punishing employees"

Engineer at Greenwald Industries

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Favoritism, cronyism, sexism, draconian, conservative."

What do you like about working at Greenwald Industries?

"Somewhat informal & casual. Can be friendly or can be a living hell."

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

"Get everything in writing - all claims, policies, rules, regulations, expectations, etc."

What don't you like about working at Greenwald Industries?

"Small, always in your business (like a family), micromanagement abuses, anti-union philosophy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Set a policy & stick to it. Treat everyone the same. Stop dating employees you manage."

Engineer at Torca Products

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Great"

What do you like about working at Torca Products?

"Very busy and had to wear different hats at different times"

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

"Just be yourself, be honest and be able to keep up with fast paced environment."

What don't you like about working at Torca Products?

"Supporting Manufacturing on introducing new cells, dealing with customers, and solving problems"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Plan for optimum resources so the work load is carried out properly that balances employees work/life."

Engineer at Cessna Aircraft Co.

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"Cessna is the best place to work for in my opinion."

What do you like about working at Cessna Aircraft Co.?

"I loved working for Cessna. The only reason I left was because of layoffs"

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

"It's a great company to work for. Like any place it has it's shortcomings."

What don't you like about working at Cessna Aircraft Co.?

"Politics. Employees don't get promotions if they didn't they were not visible to the management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have better rating system to evaluate performances that keep the motivation up"

Engineer at NAVSUP

What do you like about working at NAVSUP?

"This place has great benefits, and is a stable company"

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

"be very selective about what jobs you take here, ya never know."

What don't you like about working at NAVSUP?

"Upper Managers micro manage too much and don't understand the employees very well"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allow the people I hired to do thier jobs instead of micro managing"

Engineer at Merck

What do you like about working at Merck?

"I like the fact that Merck has flexible hours and great benefits."

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

"I would tell them to ask about the details of moving up the corporate ladder."

What don't you like about working at Merck?

"The people here are very dry and they do not have personalities. There is no work and life balance, it is all work. I wish I had more hands on experiences instead of just paper work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would hire more people instead of laying off thousands."

Engineer at Whitesell

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"Tough - company not sure what direction to go in"

What do you like about working at Whitesell?

"Work is very challenging and many of the people are very good to work with."

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

"Try to get a minimun contract. Changes are occuring so fast it is easy to get left out."

What don't you like about working at Whitesell?

"Company appears not to be sure in what direction to go."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Understand the individual work loads that people are handling. Make and distribute formal job expectations"

Engineer at Aker Solutions

What do you like about working at Aker Solutions?

"The work environment is great. Every people got an office even the new employee."

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

"The communication is very important in this company. Try to speak your mind clearly and shortly."

What don't you like about working at Aker Solutions?

"The work is pretty easy. There are lots of rules and procedures you can follow."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They can find more challenging projects than easy projects and encourage employee more."

Engineer at Tellabs

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"enjoyed the work setting"

What do you like about working at Tellabs?

"the work place had a nice setting and great people"

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

"be sure to understand networking and all the layers in networking"

What don't you like about working at Tellabs?

"there wasnt anything that comes to mind about what I dont like."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"management was done nicely. teams were watched over and worked together well. maybe more team interactions"

Engineer at VMware

What do you like about working at VMware?

"Owner was very nice, Company aquired by VMware, Nice people"

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

"Work hard, very professional, nice place, nice people, free pop"

What don't you like about working at VMware?

"It grew large, quickly, lots of growing pains. nice place"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None, they are good and did well. Very nice people"

Engineer at Velcon Filters

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Interesting products and can-do philosophy."

What do you like about working at Velcon Filters?

"Freedom to select projects and support to get them completed."

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

"Be yourself. The company will know if you're a fit."

What don't you like about working at Velcon Filters?

"Big company mentality often inhibits the quick completion of projects."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It's a small company, get lean and mean to perform better."

Engineer at Arch Insurance Group

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"It used to be a great company for developers, but it is gone bad."

What do you like about working at Arch Insurance Group?

"They used to have big strong in-house development team. And people are great."

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

"If you are a person who can play some politic, go for it... otherwise I wouldn't recommend it."

What don't you like about working at Arch Insurance Group?

"They down sized in-house team dramatically past couple of years and let go many people."