Working at Parallels in Renton, WA: 3 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Renton, WA Area

"Not enough staff, but good group of people"

What do you like about working at Parallels?

"Great team of people who work hard but play hard!"

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

"Be sure to bring past examples and work - show that you are a self-starter."

What don't you like about working at Parallels?

"Too little staff for amount of work - need more resources."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Less micro management, and work to get the employees resources when they need it"

What do you like about working at Parallels?

"It's an environment where a communications professional like myself has a seat at the leadership table. I also appreciated the opportunity to create an entire crisis/incident response plan for dealing with security issues with our software."

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

"Understand that it's a challenging environment on several fronts - a mature start-up with growing pains; the cultural differences with the predominenatelly Russian ownership/leadership; and the influence of outsiders who have only worked at one or two other firms."

What don't you like about working at Parallels?

"The frequent commute to the Seattle headquarters from my home in Texas."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The leadership team needs to take more time to learn and understand how the effectiveness of a communications program is measured."

What do you like about working at Parallels?

"Making a difference in people's lives, building partnerships, building new routes to market"

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

"Parallels is a top down driven company with strong Sr Exec involvement."

What don't you like about working at Parallels?

"Irrational behavior by our leaders, unrealistic goals, consistent sense of failure by the staff. Way too polictical."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on collaboration, be real and not political, be uplifting for the team"