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Engineering Manager at Fenner Drives
in Wilmington, NC

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"Dynamically managed company, very accounting driven."

Engineering Manager at National Semiconductor
in Tucson, AZ

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"Good all around."

What don't you like about working at National Semiconductor?

"Being at remote site."

Engineering Manager at Cardinal Glass
in Sacramento, CA

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"It's like a medieval feudal system"

What do you like about working at Cardinal Glass?

"There are no rules, no regulations, no financial controls, no over-site beyond the plant level."

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

"This is not the company with which you should start a career."

What don't you like about working at Cardinal Glass?

"The business is not professionally managed. Its more like mom-and-pop routine where the business model encourages the plant manager to be a dictator. Career development is non-existent. Your career path is defined by who knows you and who you are associated with. This company makes gut decisions throughout all levels of the company. Often these gut decisions affect the talent pool by driving effective managers out of the company. Often at the levels of plant manger and above the opinions of talented managers are discarded as distractions. When I worked for Cardinal Glass there were only about 50 investors of this billion dollar company. They were an exclusive bunch that often would back-stab each other with little or no justification in order to climb the latter of importance."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The company has to become more professionally managed. They should create a business model that incorporates outside opinions. One improvement would be for the CEO to retire. He's been there for about 40 years and is hardly engaged in the business. When I was there there was a lot of political jockeying about who would be the next CEO."

Engineering Manager at Embarcadero Technologies
in San Francisco, CA

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"The company moved engineering to Toronto"

What do you like about working at Embarcadero Technologies?

"People, technology"

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

"Study SQL heavily."

What don't you like about working at Embarcadero Technologies?

"Senior staff was not able to focus the owner's attention on the business"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Since the changes, not sure. More group advocacy and better communication."

Engineering Manager at URS

What do you like about working at URS?

"Good people."

What don't you like about working at URS?

"Does not coordinate their job placement at all with people being laid off and position openings."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Coordinate job openings with people being laid off and other positions that are open."

Engineering Manager at vMonitor

What do you like about working at vMonitor?

"small company"

What don't you like about working at vMonitor?

"no clear communication from the board of trustee"

Engineering Manager at Comverse Network Systems
in Andover, MA

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"Revolving door type of company that only expects people to stay a short time."

What do you like about working at Comverse Network Systems?

"Good People"

What don't you like about working at Comverse Network Systems?

"Un-managed crisis approach"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get more in tune"

Engineering Manager at Deep Ocean Engineering
in San Leandro, CA

What do you like about working at Deep Ocean Engineering?

"Type of Work"

Engineering Manager at Plastic Decorators
in Elgin, IL

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"Interesting"

What do you like about working at Plastic Decorators?

"The challenges"

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

"Good Luck"

What don't you like about working at Plastic Decorators?

"The hierarchy"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Let Lou run the place"

Engineering Manager at M2 Technologies
in San Antonio, TX

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"Pretty Good"

What do you like about working at M2 Technologies?

"Was small and tight knit."

What don't you like about working at M2 Technologies?

"No career path."

Engineering Manager at Learjet
in Wichita, KS

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"Great work IF Business Jets are selling"

What do you like about working at Learjet?

"Personal autonomy and personal opinion recognized"

What don't you like about working at Learjet?

"Dependence on economy - very unstable"

Engineering Manager at Boeing
in Seattle, WA

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"Assume product with a process that can be frustrating."

What do you like about working at Boeing?

"Varied assignments, education opportunity."

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

"Be persistent."

What don't you like about working at Boeing?

"Stodgy at times."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None - well managed."

Engineering Manager at Forbes

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"Stable, but limited opportunities."

Engineering Manager at Hughes Systique
in Germantown, MD

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"I have been associated with Hughes group for last 8 years which itself indicates that its a very good company to hang on as per my views"

What do you like about working at Hughes Systique?

"Multiple opportunities, Recognition, Experience technical/Business staff, High technology profile."

What don't you like about working at Hughes Systique?

"Not a very strong base in US."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Diversify business area"

Engineering Manager at National Institutes of Health

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"Good place to work."

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