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29%
48%
17%
5%
1%
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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Controller

"Great company, not great pay!"

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"Opportunity to travel."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"Competing against Norwegians who have spent more time at corporate for future positions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Give non-Norwegians more opportunity."

Network Engineer

"All IT was outsourced to EDS, which is now part of HP."

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"The people were fantastic! We had a great IT support group. The company had that small company feel."

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

"Just be yourself. They have great people working for them and most folks I know enjoyed the environment."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"Post-merger with Veritas (even though Symantec acquired Veritas, internally it was a merger) was very taxing as the IT department was going through heavy changes."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Bring IT back in-house."

Sales Development Executive

"Symantec is a great corporation - their MessageLabs division needs a management overhaul, but a great place to work and develop a career."

Sales Associate

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"It was a fun environment."

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

"Great company to work for."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be consistent with the way things are handled."

Director of Sales

"Veritas Purchased Precise Software; Veritas has the lead on software development, hardware offering, and total solution for the enterprise."

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"I was a leader in sales for over 4 years and offering the top technology at the time was key to success along with application engineering support;"

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

"Be prepared to demonstrate your business plan and how you will achieve your numbers: Excitement..."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"Nothing: After acquisition took place most of us had to move on."

Director of Marketing

"If you're looking for a family owned company, this is the place to work."

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"The team of people."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"The lack of growth and development opportunities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be open to new ideas, don't be afraid to step out of the box. When you're working with family, be open to new ideas outside of the family unit."

Senior Technical Support Engineer

"Storage and security company."

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"People and technology."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"Leaving my friends."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Provide all requires technology to do the job. Make sure your SEs or consultants are trained for deployments for third party vendors."

Principal Software Engineer

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"The enviroment was great. We were able to create innovative products and had management that supported our efforts."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"It got to be a HUGE company and lost sight of what is important."

Biomedical Equipment Technician

"Being a contractor for the Govt. has its pluses and minuses."

Call Center Associate

"Fun place to work."

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"Relaxed atmosphere, breakfast served daily, and the games room."

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

"Be confident, you'll wanna get this one."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"Can't think of anything."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Flip flops are cool."

Global Marketing Manager

"Awesome global experience in marketing."

Territory Manager

"Great company."

Product Consultant

"Fun company."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"No issues."

Senior Services Account Manager

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"Challenging environment, very professional."

Financial Controller

What do you like about working at Symantec?

"Learning opportunity."

What don't you like about working at Symantec?

"Organization and business structure and lack of growth opportunity."

Symantec Reviews FAQs

Is Symantec a good company to work for?

Symantec has an overall rating of 4.0 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 208 Symantec Review Ratings left anonymously by Symantec employees, which is 3% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 94% of employees would recommend working at Symantec.

Does Symantec pay their employees well?

Symantec employees earn $81,000 annually on average, or $39 per hour, which is 23% higher than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 92 Symantec employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Symantec Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Symantec?

94% of employees would recommend working at Symantec with the overall rating of 4.0 out of 5. Employees also rated Symantec 3.9 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.8 for Rewards You Receive, 3.5 for Growth Opportunities and 3.9 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Symantec?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Symantec is a EAI Architect at $250,000 annually. Browse Symantec Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Symantec?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Symantec is a Senior Information Security Analyst at $12,000 annually. Browse Symantec Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Symantec?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Symantec to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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