120 Staff Software Engineer Reviews
Submit a Review"I like the long hours and stop and go environment."
"I like being a staff engineer."
"Like it, I have had incredibly flexible management which didn't get stuck on things that don't matter. Big campus, have amenities (gym, Starbucks, clinic). We do really cool work. Did not like the process function of the daily task."
"I started with Software Engineer, was promoted to Senior Software Engineer, and then Staff Software Engineer. The pay is about average."
"It's mostly fun, challenging and rewarding, but occasionally boring."
"Great people to work with - some of the best talent in the industry but in a declining market growth scenario the multiple hats that a Staff Software Engineer must wear is not appreciated by management."
What do you like about working at PerkinElmer?
"Great culture, great goal which is improving the life of people and the environment."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"not sure overall it's a great company to work for."
What don't you like about working at PerkinElmer?
"not performance driven system at least for the software R&D side of it."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Try to make it performance based environment, although I know they tried but were not successful"
What do you like about working at Sigma Designs?
"I like challenging projects, flexibility and friendly coworkers of Sigma"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Interview process is straight forward and it is based on your prior experience."
What don't you like about working at Sigma Designs?
"I don't like the minimal career growth opportunities and compensation."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Be more open or transparent of business decisions to employees."
What do you like about working at Integrated Device Technology?
"It is near my home and there is no traffic congestion"
What don't you like about working at Integrated Device Technology?
"The CEO needs to construct the company organization and stick with it."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Management should have a clear vision and stick with it."
Please give us a one liner to describe this review.
"This company develops and maintains high-end Enterprise applications."
What do you like about working at Edmund Optics?
"Small team, flexible in decision making, open standard, and friendly working environment."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Gain lots of knowledge on SQL, Open SQL, Abap, Coldfusion, JavaScript, and ASP.NET, C#."
What don't you like about working at Edmund Optics?
"Not much opportunity to advance further in career. Not much interest in advanced technology."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Please pay more interest in utilizing advanced and new technology to effectively develop high end application."
What do you like about working at Sony?
"I like: employee empowerment, peer support, company culture, work life balance, work from home choice!"
What don't you like about working at Sony?
"lack of growth, lack of career move, lack of challenges"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"should set accomplish-able goals based on the existing staffing, be more open"
Please give us a one liner to describe this review.
"Good company; complex, segmented environment; poor tools."
What do you like about working at PayPal?
"Outstanding benefits, solid company, good lower management. Lots of variety available."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Don't expect to ever know everything. Expect to feel dumb for the first year you work here. Accentuate your flexibility and ability to work in a poorly-defined environment without a lot of supervision."
What don't you like about working at PayPal?
"Poor upper management. Extremely enormous and complex coding environment. Poor developer support. Poor ownership of code areas."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Ask front line workers what works and what doesn't. Ask for specific feedback on their management chain without fear of repercussion."
What do you like about working at Lockheed Martin?
"Cutting edge technologies. Laser, missile, satellite, space. There are plenty of areas to move within."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"If you have a desire to learn and progress, it is there, but you must take your own initiative."
What don't you like about working at Lockheed Martin?
"Un-needed Central Management levels that bottleneck schedule and product output. Management, supervisory, floor personnel, is all one needs."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Believe and trust in empowerment philosophies. Management is for those who truly desire to manage people."
What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?
"I like to work for design and development of software work."
What don't you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?
"I don't like to be invloved in too much adminstrative work."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Understand your poeple's capabilities, then a goal for him to achieve."
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