Working at TIBCO Software in Palo Alto, CA: 18 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Palo Alto, CA Area

"Tibco is good company to work with, but over few years the growth hasn't been there and therefore do not have environment of stability for employees and cost cutting and off shoring leaves to lot desired in terms of motivation for employees to deliver in terms of innovation and challenging tasks"

"Good company and culture."

"I have worked at TIBCO for many years and I have enjoyed ever single day. I have grown both professionally and as an individual over the years. Due to Covid, my job was impacted, but I will miss working at TIBCO."

"I worked at my current company since 2015. I played a software QA engineer/team lead role here."

"I've worked at TIBCO since 2001 and I could move my way up in various roles as individual contributor as well as manager. Very technological company with very good technical people."

"Pros: - A strong base of customers over the last 25 years across some of the largest corporations in the world across verticals and global regions - Core technology is strong and compelling Cons: - Management brings a lot of baggage and is unwilling to change - Bets on past results instead of merit and ability to adapt to changing market conditions"

"Great company to work for."

"Tibco is owned by a private equity firm and many departments have seen a decrease in investment towards software development. Much of the development has been outsourced to India."

"I have been working in this company at various position since 15years. Reason behind this long term is work life balance and technologies adoption."

"Tibco is a good company. But I think I am getting underpaid and There have been consistent layoffs so I need to move on."

"Tibco is a great place to work - fun environment."

"Sinking ship. CEO has dropped the company ball to concentrate on his basketball team. New purge of leadership has done nothing to create stability or meet revenue numbers. Sales people are bitter and not being paid. After the acquisition by Vista, it's anyone's guess if TIBCO will still exist 2 years from now."

What do you like about working at TIBCO Software?

"chance for advancement, culture allows you to try things out of your core competency, CEO with vision"

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

"ask for as much as you can up front, as you won't get any substantial raises while you are there"

What don't you like about working at TIBCO Software?

"bureaucracy, slow to take action on initiatives and key focus areas. Unless you are at the senior executive level (Director and above) decisions are out of your purview"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"any employee who has been with TIBCO before 2011 is grossly underpaid. There has not been any market analysis on salaries in some time, and the corporate bonus structure has been a detriment for the past two years - its supposedly tied to company success, which has been great, but the bonus amounts have decreased year over year"

"Moved up from contractor to Senior Program Manager by focusing on customer value"

What do you like about working at TIBCO Software?

"The freedom to provide strong value propositions to targeted enterprises."

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

"Have a good degree from top schools such as Wharton, Stanford, MIT, or Harvard."

What don't you like about working at TIBCO Software?

"Inorganic expansion created pressure for many layoffs in 2011 and 2012"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the drive to build upon the core EAI Suite. Focus on Vertical Value Propositions."

"Great building, lots of bright people, too much politics"

What do you like about working at TIBCO Software?

"Nice buildings with lots of facilities such as Gym and cafeteria. Job security is good, management is pretty conservative about risk. In general employees are pretty bright."

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

"Most of the coding is in Java, so spruce up your java familiarity."

What don't you like about working at TIBCO Software?

"Lack of opportunity and too much process. There has been a reduction of concern for employees over the years."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Go back to paying competitively. Start having some organic growth to generate opportunities for employees."