Sun Microsystems Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"adequate"

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"People, benefits, felxibility"

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

"Company health, uncertainty, opportunity for growth is currently limited"

"Company is in the process of being bought by Oracle"

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"The people."

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

"Hours--sometime 16 hours a day. Plus management has some serious problems."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Trust your employees versus going outside for some consultants opinion."

"A great company, not so well maanged"

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"For a technicla person it is a very interesting place, co-workers were great."

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

"Business wa sin a transition period (being adquired b IBM and now Oracle). That created politics that were nto good for the workers."

"Sun was great; future."

"Excellent"

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"alsway something new"

"Sun is managed by people that think they are still in college."

"very good place to work."

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"people on my team and the work itself"

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

"the company does not exist anymore"

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

"I liked everything about it"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"stay the course"

"It's good but just for some time."

"Good place to enhance my Java skills"

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Great environment with all the necessary tools and systems to do the work, along with really talented peers. Also the ability to telecommute."

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

"Know your stuff. Make sure that you don't have any skeletons in your closet, as they do a complete background check."

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

"Some of the tasks evolved into a boring routine."

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What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"The people."

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

"Microsoft knowledge seems to be a key desired point."

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

"Slow to integrate new employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Employee integration process needs improvement."

"It's a great company"

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Brilliant people, great products, open/collaborative work environment"

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

"Lots of vision and great products, could use more discipline."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on fewer things. Worry less about growth and more about being the best in fewer categories."

"Hard to find a company good like this."

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Working with very smart, top-notch engineers and managers developing complex solutions to hard problems."

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

"Be aggressive about setting goals for yourself."

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

"As the company grew, the bureaucracy and processes became overwhelming."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Work better with employees to understand their career goals and evaluate their happiness."

"I enjoyed the challenges and cross-functional collaboration working at SUN"

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"The challenges of the job and learning new tools to effectively and efficiently do my job."

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

"It's a great company if you can 'ride the waves of change'"

"Great job if you can get it."

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Pay"

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

"Er, they are not hiring."

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

"Work lacked structure, too many reorganizations."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Pick a technology standard that makes sense."