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Working at Symantec in Herndon, VA: 5 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Herndon, VA Area

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On average, employees in Herndon, VA at Symantec give their company a 4.1 rating out of 5.0 based on 5, whereas overall Average Rating of Symantec is 4.0 out of 5.0 based on 281 Symantec Review Ratings. The happiest Symantec employees in Herndon, VA are Administrative Assistants submitting an average rating of 4.6 and Senior Information Security Analysts with a rating of 4.3.

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4.0
Average Rating
(based on 208 Symantec Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.9
Growth Opportunities
3.5
People You Work With
4.3
Person You Work For
4.2
Rewards You Receive
3.8
Support You Get
3.9
Way You Work
4.1
Work Setting
4.0
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Working at Symantec in Herndon, VA: 5 Employee Reviews

Principal Product Manager

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"We are really helping our customers on a daily basis and it shows when you speak to them."

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

"Even though it is a large company everything is in a state of constant change."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"Constrained by high margin contributions to the corporation that are based on a software model, not a managed security service."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Think out of the box and stop being held back due to margin contributions based on a software business."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Administrative Assistant

"There is a lot of opportunity here if you are an employee."

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"They have wonderful rewards for their employees, Everyone here is very friendly, there are a lot of different ethnicities here so very diverse, people are open minded and dedicated to their jobs and enjoy coming to work every day."

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

"Go for a permanent position, you will reap more of their rewards."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"There is not much I did not like there other than the fact that I had only been a contractor instead of an employee."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The company has been ran well for many years. I am sure there are things that could be improved but from where I stand they seem to have been doing a wonderful job."

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

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

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Symantec (281)

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1.9 Lowest Rated in this Industry is CareCore National (10)
3.8 Average of All Companies in this Industry (6,335)
Senior Information Security Analyst

"I've worked here for 2 years now. Feel like the company has a strong strategy on people management."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Lead Technical Consultant

"Symantec Corporation is an American technology company headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States. The company makes security, storage, backup and availability software and offers professional services to support its software. It is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 stock market index. Designated as Senior Security Infrastructure Admin as part of the Information Security Services engineering team, the single point of contact for all the DBA operations related to the Devlab environment."

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

"It is a great company for beginners to get exposure."

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

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