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"I love the ability to design and develop products which enterprises use. Feels as I am contributing something to the world. I find sometimes we end up being involved with solving some difficult problems, which make this job very challenging and interesting."
Posted 11 years ago in Santa Clara, CA
Principal Software Engineer at Motorola Solutions
in Schaumburg, IL

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"If management would invest in the people, this company could be great again."

What do you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"A steady paycheck."

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

"In its current state, why bother. If you are determined to be a Motorolan though, be honest, be forthright, speak up about yourself and your accomplishments and how you can apply your experience to the job in question."

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

"Motorola use to be a place with excellent benefits, offering a chance to work on the latest technologies, with a management that seemed to care about its workers. That is all gone. The benefits have dwindled over the years as the company has hit on hard times. Motorola no longer leads in technology development and is barely following along a path blazed by others. And lastly and most discouraging, management has given up any pretext of caring for its employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"1. Motorola's wealth has always been in its wonderful people. You have fired most of those and discouraged all that remain. Motorolans use to care about giving their best because we believed in the company. We no longer believe in management though. The current Motorolan does what he believes he has to in order to keep his job. 2. Pick a direction! Pick a dream! Sell it to us and we will make it a reality! All I've heard from management lately is where we've been and where we are. At lunch today someone told me he asked a VP if the company had a 5 year plan and got the response, Not that I've been told. 3. Bring the jobs back to the U.S.! We did a wonderful job of being a U.S. company selling products worldwide. We are doing an awful job of being a multinational company."

Principal Software Engineer at CBS Broadcasting
in Portland, OR

What do you like about working at CBS Broadcasting?

"Flexible hours."

What don't you like about working at CBS Broadcasting?

"Large company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Too much micro management."

Principal Software Engineer at Omnitron Systems Technology
in Irvine, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Omnitron Systems is a great company to work for, their benefit package is on the soft side, but overall they have a great knowledgable team and good environment to work."

What do you like about working at Omnitron Systems Technology?

"Great team with strong knowledge about networking / protocol."

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

"Must have strong knowledge about networking, VLAN, etc.."

What don't you like about working at Omnitron Systems Technology?

"No dental benefit"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Provide dental benefit"

Principal Software Engineer at Applied Medical
in Sylmar, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Very chalanging and interesting unfourtunately the company is moving up north..."

What do you like about working at Applied Medical?

"good growth oppurtunities"

What don't you like about working at Applied Medical?

"non software company...."

Principal Software Engineer at Quadrant Software
in Mansfield, MA

What do you like about working at Quadrant Software?

"The people are excellent"

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

"Be advised of lack of opportunity"

What don't you like about working at Quadrant Software?

"The business management not very savy (lack of foresight given the problems in the economy)"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Consider hiring new sales and a different business model"

Principal Software Engineer at Digital Equipment Corp.
in Shrewsbury, MA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"The group I worked in was in sale pending to Oracle."

What do you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"Woring on a lot of new, leading, innovative technology that not yet in the market."

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

"The company is no longer exist."

What don't you like about working at Digital Equipment Corp.?

"Knowing that the group will be sold to other company."

Principal Software Engineer at Allied Personnel Services

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"The correct company name is Allied Electronics, Inc"

What do you like about working at Allied Personnel Services?

"Flexible hours, independence."

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

"Stress your strengths of being a self starter and not requiring an abundance of supervision."

What don't you like about working at Allied Personnel Services?

"No career growth opportunities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They should be more open to employee input for product improvement and tool development procurement."

Principal Software Engineer at Life Technologies
in Framingham, MA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"The division of company was sold to Canadian's ceased to exist - What a shame"

What do you like about working at Life Technologies?

"Good Place"

Principal Software Engineer at Alcatel-Lucent
in Calabasas, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Alcatel is a big company with all of its good and bad sides."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"People."

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

"You have to be an excellent engineer to apply."

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

"It is a big company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good work."

Principal Software Engineer at Fidelity Investments
in Westlake, TX

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Good."

What do you like about working at Fidelity Investments?

"Stable company, with good expenditure in IT."

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

"Show passion for your work, looking for creativity and pushing the envelope at individual level."

What don't you like about working at Fidelity Investments?

"Limited growth opportunities, off-shoring work, pigeon hole you to your skill."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Can do much more to move company/projects forward within calculated risk, rather than being at status-quo."

Principal Software Engineer at Baxter International
in Pinellas Park, FL

What do you like about working at Baxter International?

"Great learning opportunity."

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

"Expand your skill sets."

What don't you like about working at Baxter International?

"Project outsourced."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Leader instead of being a manager."

Principal Software Engineer at IBM
in Westford, MA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"IBM is a nice place to work."

Principal Software Engineer at Alcatel-Lucent
in Calabasas, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"A bit bloated and overly structured, but a good work place."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Enjoyable, mostly agreeable people."

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

"Know your networking protocols, some C++ design, some realtime development issues."

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

"Bloated structure."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allow more inter-department transfers."

Principal Software Engineer at Motorola Solutions

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Good place to work."

Principal Software Engineer at IBM
in Westford, MA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Many diverse opportunities."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"Opportunities."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Balancing work and personal life."

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