Sun Microsystems Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"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."

"It's a great place to work. However, since it's now being purchased by Oracle, not sure what will happen."

"Sun was a great place to work."

"I am so sorry Sun was not an outstanding success story! It had all what the user wanted."

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"The technology that we delivered with our solutions to a happy customer!"

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

"The best of luck. Under Oracle Sun will turn more into a marketing company, so, prepare for that."

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

"Not enough time for mentoring and guiding team members."

"very good place to work"

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Great working environment"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"no need to improve"

"Sun was simply too big and too rigid to make a change. Glad Oracle bought them."

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."

"Interesting review"

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"good people, good projects, good manager."

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

"I don't know."

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"The Relaxed working conditions, and when there was urgent request all co-workers where brainstorming to get the job done."

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

"that I was laid off because the reduction in force, and the cost of the product was to high and we could not keep afloat after the bubble burst in 2006-07."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None at this time, they may all be laid off since Oracle now bought them out."

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"People, flexibility, challenges."

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

"No clear vision for the future."

"I worked there at Sun's peak. Very exciting times"

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"I made the final decisions on User Interface Issues"

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

"Always short on resources"

"Sun is losing money which results in massive layoffs. Also, they're being taken over by Oracle."

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"The people! Knowledgeable and professional."

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

"Don't."

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

"The upper-level management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Retire."

"Good company to work for"

What do you like about working at Sun Microsystems?

"Good opportunity to work as a team player"

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

"be open and work honestly"

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

"Proud to be part of NPI"