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"I love being able to lead a team creating awesome products and using amazing new technologies. The hardest part about my job is figuring out how to balance the expectations of a client and the expectations of a company focused on the bottom line."
Posted 10 years ago in Canton, MI
Technical Manager at Hexion Specialty Chemicals
in Norco, LA

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"short term thinkers"

What do you like about working at Hexion Specialty Chemicals?

"Never a dull moment, opportunity to do some interesting things"

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

"Move on, you can do better."

What don't you like about working at Hexion Specialty Chemicals?

"Owned by capital mgmt company, short term thinking, limited interest in meeting legal and ethical obligations, enormous amount of turnover, typical plant level systems don't exist or don't work"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"improve environment to reduce turnover, need to develop longer term perspective, need to upgrade EHS systems"

Technical Manager at Oracle
in Irving, TX

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"Lot of issues with Sr Management morals, value system and good ole boy network,"

What do you like about working at Oracle?

"Good projects, and meeting clients."

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

"Be arrogant. Seemed to impress the management."

What don't you like about working at Oracle?

"A lot of discrimination and hanky panky Old fashioned in management ideas, No honesty in communicating with lower level employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get some training. Don't just decide on people based on internal buddy system. Foreign managers consider people other than just those from same country."

Technical Manager at Konica Minolta

What do you like about working at Konica Minolta?

"Opportunity for growth."

What don't you like about working at Konica Minolta?

"Don't have any dislikes."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep their employees participating in future ideas, etc."

Technical Manager at Quebecor
in Itasca, IL

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"Nice place to work."

Technical Manager at CEC Entertainment

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"A learning step."

What do you like about working at CEC Entertainment?

"Many new challenges when it came to repairing from the simplest circuit to the whole system in a game, hydrolic robot, industrial ovens, etc."

What don't you like about working at CEC Entertainment?

"Accountability game revenues."

Technical Manager at Shell
in Pittsburgh, PA

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"Dated, but in contact with many that came to shell from Pennzoil. Shell is strong with deep pockets."

Technical Manager at Cisco Systems
in San Jose, CA

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"A stable place where you can retire from."

Technical Manager at Check Point Software Technologies
in Irving, TX

What do you like about working at Check Point Software Technologies?

"Many of the most intelligent people I have ever met work/worked at Check Point."

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

"Get all the specifics before starting"

What don't you like about working at Check Point Software Technologies?

"Rotating shifts"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Pay employees are more competitive rate to increase employee retention"

Technical Manager at CEC Entertainment
in West Hills, CA

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"The company is great to work for, but little room for advancement is a big downside."

What do you like about working at CEC Entertainment?

"The job is fun and has a quick pace. I like the challenges that I am presented with because they are always different."

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

"Prepare yourself to work at a quick pace, and to cover a wide area of responsibilities."

What don't you like about working at CEC Entertainment?

"Advancement is nearly impossible after a certain point."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would suggest that they keep their priorities straight. Priorities seem to change on a quarterly basis and can be very disorienting."

Technical Manager at AkzoNobel
in Los Angeles, CA

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"I hope some on read iand learn from"

What do you like about working at AkzoNobel?

"A culture of corruption, personal favors, incompetence and whatever is good in saying yes sir or madam instead of making sure whatever is good for the company comes first."

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

"Do not take the job unless you have a long term contract. You may find yourself out of work sooner than later."

What don't you like about working at AkzoNobel?

"Non I thought they needed me for my experience my innovation and management experience and style. it appeared to me in a very short time that all the above comes Last to blessing the culture of corruption and yes Sir mentality"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"When you hire People to do the job, allow them to create and change status, specially when they relay care about there work and productivity, stop the common practice of scaring the fresh idea to solve chronic problem because it is not to introduce something deferent than what the long lasting senior managers thinking."

Technical Manager at Sprint
in San Antonio, TX

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"The company as I knew it does not exist any more. Sprint purchased a consulting company and then shut it down 2 years later."

What do you like about working at Sprint?

"When I was part of it, it was a challenging job with good potential to be successful. The consultants I was associated with were some of the best at their specialties in the country."

What don't you like about working at Sprint?

"The most senior executives of the mother ship, Sprint, were not honest with the employees from the original consulting company and then closed several offices after telling them they weren't going to. Keep in mind, this is not the same company as when I was there."

Technical Manager at Time Warner
in Manassas, VA

What do you like about working at Time Warner?

"The technology that we get to work with daily."

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

"Be honest, work hard, and be willing to work collectively with others."

What don't you like about working at Time Warner?

"Uncertainty in the current climate."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stay focused and keep the troops rallied."

Technical Manager at Empower Software Solutions
in San Juan, TX

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"It's a great place to work."

Technical Manager at Chevrolet
in Mooresville, NC

What do you like about working at Chevrolet?

"Racing is a cool career"

What don't you like about working at Chevrolet?

"Company has downsized to 17 people, doesn't look good at this point"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need to find sponsors, which are the lifeblood for a race team"

Technical Manager at SunTrust Banks
in Atlanta, GA

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"Good place to work - but it's a bank, so very bureaucratic."

What do you like about working at SunTrust Banks?

"Large enterprise environment"

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

"Be patient... it's a bank."

What don't you like about working at SunTrust Banks?

"Lots of red tape"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Streamline management process."

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