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4.3
Average Rating
(based on 59 Sun Microsystems Review Ratings)

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Company Culture
4.3
Growth Opportunities
3.9
People You Work With
4.5
Person You Work For
4.4
Rewards You Receive
4.1
Support You Get
4.2
Way You Work
4.4
Work Setting
4.3
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Field Service Engineer

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Field Service work."

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

"Don't even try."

What don't you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Incompetency of company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Quit."

Equipment Services Project Manager

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Great place to work, had a work from home program"

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

"None, being bought by Oracle"

What don't you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Poor Upper Management caused losing money"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Should have resigned last year to bring in a team that would have made adjustments to save corp"

Chief Architect

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"The people (in the trenches) were very good and extremely dedicated."

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

"Don't do it until the company hits a stable point."

What don't you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Sr. Management had completely lost touch with reality."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Sell the company."

Senior Staff Engineer

"Sun is in the process of being acquired by Oracle."

What don't you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Business situation is in question until Oracle acquisition complete."

Sales Support Specialist

"I wish we were still StorageTek is was a GREAT Co."

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"I love the people I work with."

What don't you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Micro- management of everything we do."

Senior Database Consultant

"good compensation and management"

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"exposure to diverse industry situations"

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

"Go for it!"

What don't you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"sometimes too much travel"

Art Director

"Indigo Consulting is a great place to work"

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Amazing work environment, with lot to learn from colleagues and seniors."

What don't you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Nothing to mention"

Web Application Developer

"It was a great place to work with experienced people"

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

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Director of QA

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Sun had the brightest people to work and the work was challenging."

What don't you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"They started to drop their guard on quality issues and began to downplay the role of analytics."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Most companies make similar products and purchase their materials from the same suppliers. It's a focus on expert analytics that will separate mediocre players from winners."

Manufacturing Engineer

"Very dissapointed after 5 years of service"

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"My co-workers"

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

"Keep looking"

What don't you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"No loyalties"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Remember that offshoring is only a trend"

Systems Engineering Consultant

"Sun should be"

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"money"

What don't you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"management"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"less pressure, better manager"

Technical Support Engineer

"Technical support does the dirty work for product engineering."

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"The Solaris operating system."

What don't you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Sun Services Management, since 2005."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop dumbing down the technical support role."

Engagement Manager

"Would have stayed there until I retired, had they not had the layoff."

District Manager

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Very Dynamic at the time that I was there. And strong presence into the DoD Market."

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

"Wait for the dust to clear on the merger."

What don't you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Sophmoric and immature people running around."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on people development especially on light of the merger with Oracle."

Business Analyst

"Great place to work"

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"The culture, and my manager pushing me to exceed"

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

"Depends on what position you go after, but understand the company and be ready to problem solve in the interview"

What don't you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Managements lack to monetize on great technology"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Create a way to monetize on technologies that make Sun adorned by many in the IT world"

Sun Microsystems Reviews FAQs

Is Sun Microsystems a good company to work for?

Sun Microsystems has an overall rating of 4.3 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 59 Sun Microsystems Review Ratings left anonymously by Sun Microsystems employees, which is 10% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 98% of employees would recommend working at Sun Microsystems.

Does Sun Microsystems pay their employees well?

Sun Microsystems employees earn $95,000 annually on average, or $46 per hour, which is 44% higher than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 6 Sun Microsystems employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Sun Microsystems Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Sun Microsystems?

98% of employees would recommend working at Sun Microsystems with the overall rating of 4.3 out of 5. Employees also rated Sun Microsystems 4.3 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.1 for Rewards You Receive, 3.9 for Growth Opportunities and 4.2 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Sun Microsystems?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Sun Microsystems is a Director of Professional Services at $250,000 annually. Browse Sun Microsystems Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Sun Microsystems?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Sun Microsystems is a Advisor at $17,000 annually. Browse Sun Microsystems Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Sun Microsystems?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Sun Microsystems to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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