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Global Director of IT at Source Photonics
in Chatsworth, CA

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"slave driveers but the base salary was good and bonus"

What do you like about working at Source Photonics?

"the people were cool and the travel is fun if you like china"

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

"Be prepared to work 14 hr days in crunch time, plan on arriving at 8 and leaving beteween 7 adn 9"

What don't you like about working at Source Photonics?

"china every 6 weeks, having to deal with constant budget contstaints"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"you need to turn your people loose - IT IS IT - you do what you do and let us do the rest."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Global Director of IT at Boart Longyear
in South Jordan, UT

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"Enriching experience, filled with learning opportunities, new challenges"

What do you like about working at Boart Longyear?

"global exposure, very challenging business climate, large scope of improvement and value that can be delivered to the organization"

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

"Very formal organization and politically charged, therefore communicate succinctly and accurately"

What don't you like about working at Boart Longyear?

"political environment, leadership style of some of the executive leaders"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To be less detail oriented and empower management to make more decisions"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Global Director of IT at Affinia Group
in McHenry, IL

What do you like about working at Affinia Group?

"I liked the vision of the company and the dedicated team members that put in many years making it the successful company that it is today."

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

"Wait for the IPO to complete to understand what the footprint will look like."

What don't you like about working at Affinia Group?

"When the IPO was pushed it felt like the senior leaders just wanted their cash and to retire and were not looking at the workers and their future."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Affinia touts 'doing the right thing' and 'people are most important' but their are some senior leaders that do not show those thoughts. They don't have good business sense, haven't delivered anything for the company, and are just in it for the money (just because they are in Ann Arbor)."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

Global Director of IT Career Rating Comparison

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4.3 Highest Rated Global Director of ITs is at BigBand Networks (8)
2.9 Lowest Rated Global Director of ITs is at Source Photonics (8)
Global Director of IT at BigBand Networks
in Westborough, MA

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"The people were great and enjoyed traveling to Israel and take in the culture."

What do you like about working at BigBand Networks?

"I enjoyed the people I worked with and the ability to travel outside the US."

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

"No, the company was acquired and I wasn't with Arris long enough to provide any tips."

What don't you like about working at BigBand Networks?

"The IT department was not viewed as an enabler but more as a reactive group. I was int he process of changing this ciewpoint."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Provide leadership and direction. They were great innovators, but not very good at making decisions."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Global Director of IT at Commercial Metals
in Irving, TX
Person You Work For 4.8 / 5 People You Work With 4.1 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 2.3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2.4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1.2 / 5
Company Culture 1.3 / 5 Way You Work 4.7 / 5
Global Director of IT at Campbell's
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 2.5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.5 / 5
Company Culture 4.7 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Global Director of IT at Allied Telesis
in San Jose, CA

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"Great company if you have great thing to give"

What do you like about working at Allied Telesis?

"responsibility of results, high dynamic environment, opportunities"

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

"just be yourself"

What don't you like about working at Allied Telesis?

"executive level working attitude"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"do not pretend to know manager and director job better than them."

Global Director of IT at Johnson Controls
in Atlanta, GA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Johnson Controls is a fantastic 100+ yr old company on the other side of their transformation"

What do you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"The management team was empowered to use the budget they negotiated to execute against both tactical and 3 yr rolling strategic plans"

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

"Great company- learn about facilities management, batteries and automotive applications."

What don't you like about working at Johnson Controls?

"Excessive Travel; however this was pre-Enron and SOX so these travel policies may have changed now."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Execute to the strategic plan and watch the investments in the automotive side of the business unless orders are 70 Euro and AsiaPac"

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