Sun Microsystems Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"It was a real world experience with great people with diverse professional background."

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Understood the real value of technology"

"Three reasons for working at Sun: 1. passion, 2. passion and 3. passion."

"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'"

"Company killed by incompetent management."

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."

"great place"

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Enjoyed it"

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

"Recent downsizings"

"I learned a great deal at Sun and the people are very smart and creative."

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"smart people and great products for the most part"

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

"Know the company history and look a the 10K for additional information."

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

"job security was iffy at best, new management made it difficult to stay on course with the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make use of your internal resources. Your people helped to make the company do well, continue to trust them."

"I truly loved working with this company."

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Nice people to work with. Friendly environment. I like the office with doors. Flexible hours."

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

"A nice company to work with."

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

"Not much career training opportunities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep the talented engineers. Be business smart and make more money for the company."

"Great place to advance."

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Employees attitude. Great people."

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

"Be a good negotiator"

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

"Lunch ;-)"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Cherish compedent people."

"Excellent company at its heyday."

"The best contracting position I have worked."

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Again, the people. It was refreshing to work on a team internationally distributed.Scrums were efficient and lively."

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

"Be yourself."

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

"Nothing at all."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Thank you."

"Great company to work for."

"Sun had an IT culture that was on the cutting edge."

"Great place to work if advancing your career is not one of your priorities."

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Great work and life balance. Great work from home program."

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

"Are they hiring Last I heard they plan to lay off folks. If you are getting hired get some quick real experience and jump out of the wagon as quick as you can."

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

"Career developement opportunities were scarce as company didn't grow for approximately 10 years."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management had a good plan early 90s, but later they lost focus and they ran into many non money generating industry buzzwords like open source and so forth. They had the greatest economy but management had no clue to how to make money out of it. They went after wrong priorities and unhealthy competition."