Tandem Computers Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Tandem Computers?

"very well managed, the work was exciting, all done in C if I might add, and great work partners"

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

"same as I always say. be yourself and be truthful. the company was bought by compaq though, so it doesn't exist anymore"

What don't you like about working at Tandem Computers?

"there was nothing that I didn't like about working at tandem"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"there is nothing I can think of that would make management better"

What don't you like about working at Tandem Computers?

"It was a contract position and there was no opening for permanent head count, But through them I got better job at Apple."

"Worked there for 19 years, until Compaq took over and laid everyone off."

"Good learning experience."

"Was a great place to work"

What do you like about working at Tandem Computers?

"The opportunities and benifits"

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

"Have a clean background, and provided proof of experience and degrees"

What don't you like about working at Tandem Computers?

"Job reviews"

"Second job out of college, worked on the helpdesk for a while before moving on."

What do you like about working at Tandem Computers?

"At the time it was the largest company that I'd ever worked for, there were a lot of tasks happening and good things to learn."

What don't you like about working at Tandem Computers?

"This was a contract position, I enjoyed the working environment quite a bit but I think I would have liked it better if I were a direct employee with better prospects for career growth at the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I can't really make any suggestions, this position was one that I had in the mid 1990's before Tandem was purchased by HP. At the time it would have been to rotate help desk admins out into other projects with greater regularity."

"Fault tolerant people building fault tolerant systems."

What do you like about working at Tandem Computers?

"they shot for the stars and often made it."

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

"be preaperd to be laid off since HP runs them now and they are penny pinchers too."

What don't you like about working at Tandem Computers?

"compaq ruined the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"return to looking at the people and not the costs."

"I was employed during a time of changing management so could not get a good feel for what the goals were."

"Was the first IT job and they ran a meat market network."

"Good place before the merger with HP."

"Excellent Management"

What do you like about working at Tandem Computers?

"Enjoyable"

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

"Not much, unless they hire locally, do your homework"

What don't you like about working at Tandem Computers?

"People"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Now that they are HP, Big Blue has a different culture, get back to Old HPWAY"

"They have a lot to learn about who they choose as managers"

What do you like about working at Tandem Computers?

"not much"

What don't you like about working at Tandem Computers?

"management"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"find better managers"