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Sun Microsystems Employee Job Reviews in the United States

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

Ratings by Category

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 Administrator
Person You Work For 4.9 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 4.8 / 5
Support You Get 4.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.8 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.7 / 5
Company Culture 4.8 / 5 Way You Work 4.7 / 5
Technical Support Engineer
Person You Work For 4.9 / 5 People You Work With 4.7 / 5 Work Setting 4.9 / 5
Support You Get 4.8 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.8 / 5
Company Culture 4.6 / 5 Way You Work 4.8 / 5
Equipment Services Project Manager
in Broomfield, CO

"I enjoyed working for SunMicrosystems."

Person You Work For 4.7 / 5 People You Work With 4.8 / 5 Work Setting 4.6 / 5
Support You Get 4.6 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.6 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.7 / 5
Company Culture 4.8 / 5 Way You Work 4.8 / 5
Escalation Engineer
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4.4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Operations Engineering Manager
in Newark, CA

"Great company culture and people are encouraged to come up with new ideas."

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Great work environment that allows managers to manage their departments how they deem effectively and still get the desired results."

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

"Be prepared to learn a lot and at a very fast pace."

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

"Big companies are harder to make changes in a short amount of time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep listening to the people and encourage the openness from employees. The people are the strength of the company."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
JCAPS Developer
Person You Work For 4.8 / 5 People You Work With 4.7 / 5 Work Setting 4.9 / 5
Support You Get 4.8 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.3 / 5
Company Culture 4.2 / 5 Way You Work 4.6 / 5
J2EE Support Engineer
in Burlington, MA

"Excellent company... now owned by Oracle."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Application Support Manager
Person You Work For 4.4 / 5 People You Work With 4.7 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4.6 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.7 / 5
Company Culture 4.7 / 5 Way You Work 4.5 / 5
Information Security Intern
in Santa Clara, CA

"Awesome enviroment and people to work for."

Person You Work For 4.9 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4.9 / 5
Support You Get 3.2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.8 / 5
Company Culture 4.9 / 5 Way You Work 4.9 / 5
Software Developer
Person You Work For 4.5 / 5 People You Work With 4.5 / 5 Work Setting 4.6 / 5
Support You Get 4.5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.7 / 5
Company Culture 4.5 / 5 Way You Work 4.5 / 5
Engineering Manager
in Menlo Park, CA

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Collaboration, creativity and the freedom to develop product that customers want."

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

"The company was sold because it lacked the focus to adopt to new realties."

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

"Losing money and changing direction without a clear strategy to succeed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Figure out a strategy and focus on execution that supports the needs of the customer. IP development and all vertical integration requires lots of capital that can't be matched by using other capabilities from the horizontal market such as using Intel's CPUs Vs SPARC."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Senior Project Engineer
in Newark, CA
Person You Work For 4.8 / 5 People You Work With 4.2 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4.4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4.4 / 5 Way You Work 4.3 / 5
Sun Microsystems Employee

"This company is no longer in existence."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior Supply Quality Engineer
in Santa Clara, CA
Person You Work For 4.1 / 5 People You Work With 4.4 / 5 Work Setting 4.3 / 5
Support You Get 4.2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.8 / 5
Company Culture 4.8 / 5 Way You Work 4.8 / 5
Software Engineer
in Monrovia, CA

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Good learning experience and growth for my career and development"

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

"micro management is one thing I would like to avoid in company I work"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"create an environment which is favorable to all the employees"

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

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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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