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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 11 years ago in Canton, MI
Technical Manager at Verizon Communications
in Irving, TX

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"Good company to work for, but career opportunity stalls quickly."

What do you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"I like the excellent co-workers, good project, great benefits, and recent changes in overall management."

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

"Be ready to work and try to go to departments where there is more visibility."

What don't you like about working at Verizon Communications?

"I dislike that there is less growth opportunity and middle management politics. It is hard to get visible if not on hot projects. I dislike the work-life balance."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have transparency and less bureaucracy, and more tools and authority at the lower level."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Technical Manager at CEC Entertainment
in Atlanta, GA

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"The company has a great concept but does not focus enough on employees"

What do you like about working at CEC Entertainment?

"I am an independent worker and CEC Entertainment allowed me to be independent and creative."

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

"Be yourself, enegetic and show that you are an outgoing person but do not agree to more than is humanly possible."

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

"The company does not focus on employees enough. The company places blame on employees for situations beyond their control."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Pay attention to the needs of your staff. Numbers are important but happy employees are going to produce those numbers in a more efficient manner than unhappy employees."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Technical Manager at Guitar Center
in Hollywood, CA

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"Great experience, tons of contacts but it costed me a lot of loosing sleep."

What do you like about working at Guitar Center?

"I could meet many great people in the industry every day."

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

"Make sure that you are ready for what they are expecting from you so it don't overwhelm."

What don't you like about working at Guitar Center?

"It expected too much without conditions to perform so."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need to understand that buying a guitar is not like buying lemons at the grocery store."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Technical Manager at Thinkwell Group
in Burbank, CA

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"Great company to work for"

What do you like about working at Thinkwell Group?

"Super fun and creative work environment. The best in the entertainment industry and wide variety of expertise."

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

"Just go in knowing that employment is project based and enjoy the ride. It is a lot of fun."

What don't you like about working at Thinkwell Group?

"I wish that there was enough work/projects to keep more people on board on a full-time or permanent basis, but is the nature of the industry."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I don't have any suggestions, they are great at what they do."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Technical Manager at CEC Entertainment
in Lancaster, CA

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"was my own boss, fix everything in the building, was alot of fun"

What do you like about working at CEC Entertainment?

"I worked on a large array of different things there"

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

"if you don't mind the low pay, it can be a lot of fun"

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

"they don't pay well enough as a technician at any of the stores"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"pay the employees more, don't be so easy to fire your managers"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Technical Manager at Alcatel-Lucent
in Boston, MA

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"Good place to work. Your ideas are valued."

What do you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Good culture, encourage employees to bring their ideas on the table."

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

"Need to have good technical knowledge, awareness of CSP environment."

What don't you like about working at Alcatel-Lucent?

"Encourages talent and good growth prospects. Processes and procedure are good and more or less flat hierarchy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I suggest management to also rotate talent across countries and retain talent"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Technical Manager at GreenCore Building Services
in Cincinnati, OH

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"Good Learning environment because of start up"

What do you like about working at GreenCore Building Services?

"Learning experience allowed me to do a variety of tasks and close relationship with all employees"

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

"The company is on shaky financial grounds with the other sites that they own because of undefined goals"

What don't you like about working at GreenCore Building Services?

"Went out of business after a great deal of effort was put in by all employees to make it work"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"need a more defined business plan so everyone is able to measure their progress toward a defined goal"

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Technical Manager at CEC Entertainment
in Henrietta, NY

What do you like about working at CEC Entertainment?

"The satisfaction of working in a team environment. Taking a non working item and making it work again."

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

"The high turnover of employees and the compensation packages offered."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Put more of the profit back into the facility and employees."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Technical Manager at Swedwood Danville
in Ringgold, VA

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"Long hours and sacrifices."

What do you like about working at Swedwood Danville?

"It was a great experience working for an international company"

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

"Growth opportunities okay but limited. Only one facility in United States."

What don't you like about working at Swedwood Danville?

"The Internal politics very strong. Customer and owner friction they did not know what each other was doing causing mistrust.."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need to come to a common ground with owner and customer."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Technical Manager at Intertek Group

What do you like about working at Intertek Group?

"I prefer working in a company with good organization and acceptance of many cultures."

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

"Collect information about the company which you are looking for and be smart and polite during your interview."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have good organization and accept all the comments from junior staff, as well as be open-minded with acceptance of many suggestions."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Technical Manager at The vdR Group
in Orange, CA

What do you like about working at The vdR Group?

"Good and friendly working environment. The nature of the company provides the variety of skills of the industry."

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

"Be yourself at the interviews, the bosses are very friendly."

What don't you like about working at The vdR Group?

"So far I do not have anything that I do not like about the company"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management is very supportive and considerate regarding the working environment."

Person You Work For 5 / 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 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Technical Manager at King's Daughters Medical Center
in Ashland, KY

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"I am glad to get the oppertunity to work in large healthcare industry ."

What do you like about working at King's Daughters Medical Center?

"First time worked in a healthcare industry where clients are in need of support day and night and the fact that it is fast paced environment is very exciting to me."

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

"Very nice and structured environment. A very nice setup considering it being a small town."

What don't you like about working at King's Daughters Medical Center?

"Growth is limited due to patient care business being restricted by the community size and no new industries coming to the area"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To use existing infrastructure to its full potential before investing further."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Technical Manager at Turkish Aerospace Industries
in Turkey, TX

What do you like about working at Turkish Aerospace Industries?

"Working Area best fits to my expertise which is all exciting for me."

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

"Try to get information about the works being done there before interview. Be respectful."

What don't you like about working at Turkish Aerospace Industries?

"Many exciting projects are on the way ... good environment to learn real life problems in the defence sector"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Try to understand and listen real experienced and working people more"

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 2 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Technical Manager at Oracle
in Berea, KY

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Good people, great company direction, good benefits, & great culture."

What do you like about working at Oracle?

"Good people, great company direction, good benefits, & great culture"

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

"Ensure hiring manager has a pipeline of local positions available; otherwise, you will be traveling"

What don't you like about working at Oracle?

"Short sighted management, limited market opportunities within group, limited growth opportunities for professional improvement, & group direction more focussed on putting consultants in seats than building reusable solutions, opening up to a broader market, & solving problems from the top down."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Butt in the seat positions are short sighted. Putting people next to decision makers and focussing on reusable solutions is a more forward thinking approach"

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Technical Manager at Penetrate Business Solutions

What do you like about working at Penetrate Business Solutions?

"Highly professional, dynamic, informal, friendly, challenging job. Internationally recognized experts, globally thinking."

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

"Be honest, show your strength in the business related areas."

What don't you like about working at Penetrate Business Solutions?

"Small company with very wide range of requirements to their employee"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep business dynamic, look for new strategically important opportunities, establish new important business relations."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 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 5 / 5
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