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3.6
Average Rating
(based on 7 Savvis Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.4
Growth Opportunities
2.9
People You Work With
4.4
Person You Work For
3.7
Rewards You Receive
3.3
Support You Get
3.3
Way You Work
4.0
Work Setting
4.2
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"I have enjoyed working for Savvis for many years. We were acquired by CenturyLink about a year ago. Our current responsibilities have not changed or been impacted by the acquisition. It is still a great company to work for and excellent and knowledgeable people to work with."
Posted 10 years ago in Chesterfield, MO
Savvis Employee

"Very good technical individual contributors, but the director level and above could use some improvement within their organization."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Network Security Engineer

"I have enjoyed working for Savvis for many years. We were acquired by CenturyLink about a year ago. Our current responsibilities have not changed or been impacted by the acquisition. It is still a great company to work for and excellent and knowledgeable people to work with."

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

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

3.6
Savvis (16)

4.8 Highest Rated in this Industry is Boot Camp Digital (5)
2.7 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Convention Data Services (5)
3.7 Average of All Companies in this Industry (3,471)
Senior Technical Lead

"SavvisDirect will be no more - was a great company, but CenturyLink decided to end it. Unfortunately, a lot of good folks will be missed!"

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

"Large hosting company using industry standard as well as cutting edge technology"

What do you like about working at Savvis?

"large hosting provider with a lot of customers using numerous technologies"

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

"It should go without saying, but be honest on your resume. I saw applicants get hired then get fired shortly afterward due to discovery of false information on their resumes."

What don't you like about working at Savvis?

"low morale and high stress made a difficult work environment"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"perhaps consider employees more in bottom line calculations to improve morale"

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

"awesome"

What do you like about working at Savvis?

"the people is what makes this company great. the enviroment is also very good."

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

"I really can say one thing is be yourself and be prepared to for a technical interview"

What don't you like about working at Savvis?

"the economic stress that the company is facing is not looking great."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I really dont have any. these guys are top notch."

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

"Reorganization was a constant threat."

Person You Work For 1.1 / 5 People You Work With 2.2 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 2.1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1.2 / 5
Company Culture 1.1 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Solutions Support Specialist
Support You Get 2.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1.9 / 5
Company Culture 2.9 / 5 Way You Work 2.9 / 5
Web Developer

What do you like about working at Savvis?

"Being able to work freely within my own workspace but if the need arises where it would benefit the customer to have another set of eyes and hands assisting I can always count on a co-worker to help out, as long as the customer is happy and the task at hand is completed, done right and efficiently within the requested time-frame is all that counts."

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

"I do not have any tips for interviewing with this company however, regarding interviewing in general I would suggest to be yourself, be truthful, do not go over the top trying to make a good impression, and try not to be nervous."

What don't you like about working at Savvis?

"Not enough web development projects. As of this moment I am the only one who builds websites in any of our 3 Boston locations and these websites are for for various departments within my company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The only thing I would suggest and have suggested in the past is to create a department that would offer a website-manager service to our customers, a service that would allow me to update customers websites on a regular basis maybe even re-build a customers website."

Network Engineering Technician

"Good place to work, but not for growth."

Global Account Manager

"Great at delivering data center services."

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

"Make sure they have services to sell competitively."

What don't you like about working at Savvis?

"Ran out of data center space to sell."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Plan better for growth."

Account Manager

"My IT career started here."

What do you like about working at Savvis?

"They would always bring in new technology"

What don't you like about working at Savvis?

"They didn't promote within"

Tax Manager

"Company was going through internal issues"

What do you like about working at Savvis?

"Great people to work with in a business casual atmosphere"

What don't you like about working at Savvis?

"No direction and company was experiencing growing pains"

Consulting Engineer

"a great company"

What do you like about working at Savvis?

"dynamic environment"

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

"make sure you understand networking, hosting solutions and cutting edge Technologies"

What don't you like about working at Savvis?

"new upstart so many growing pains and some inexperienced managers"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Lead by example"

Solutions Development Manager

What do you like about working at Savvis?

"Good ideas and great people"

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

"Get it in writing"

What don't you like about working at Savvis?

"Unable to execute on good ideas"

Inventory Analyst

"Excellent advancement opportunities, valued their employees skill sets."

What do you like about working at Savvis?

"Ability to do my job with little interference"

Savvis Reviews FAQs

Is Savvis a good company to work for?

Savvis has an overall rating of 3.6 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 7 Savvis Review Ratings left anonymously by Savvis employees, which is 8% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 86% of employees would recommend working at Savvis.

Does Savvis pay their employees well?

Savvis employees earn $80,000 annually on average, or $38 per hour, which is 21% higher than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 3 Savvis employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Savvis Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Savvis?

86% of employees would recommend working at Savvis with the overall rating of 3.6 out of 5. Employees also rated Savvis 3.4 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.3 for Rewards You Receive, 2.9 for Growth Opportunities and 3.3 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Savvis?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Savvis is a Senior Director of Channel Sales at $251,000 annually. Browse Savvis Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Savvis?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Savvis is a Office Assistant at $28,000 annually. Browse Savvis Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Savvis?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Savvis to be Company Culture, People You Work With, Person You Work For and Rewards You Receive, and cons to be Growth Opportunities.

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