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Engineering Managers at Sun Microsystems give their company a 4.0 out of 5.0, while the average rating for Sun Microsystems is 4.3, making them 7% less happy than every other employee at Sun Microsystems and 5% happier than every other Engineering Manager on CareerBliss - the happiest Engineering Managers work for Abbott Laboratories.

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4.0
Average Rating
(based on 3 Engineering Manager Review Ratings)
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
Engineering Manager

"SUN was a great place to work, great work culture, it was unfortunate that my relationship with my supervisor was not great."

Person You Work For 2.8 / 5 People You Work With 4.1 / 5 Work Setting 3.8 / 5
Support You Get 3.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.9 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5

Average Engineering Manager Ratings in the Past 2 Years

Year Salary
2011 $4
2012 $3
Engineering Manager

"SUN is a great place to work!"

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4.7 / 5 Work Setting 4.7 / 5
Support You Get 4.2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.5 / 5
Company Culture 4.9 / 5 Way You Work 4.8 / 5

Average Sun Microsystems Attributes by Engineering Manager

Company Culture
4.6
Growth Opportunities
3.1
People You Work With
4.6
Person You Work For
3.6
Rewards You Receive
3.8
Support You Get
4.4
Way You Work
3.9
Work Setting
4.2
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