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118 UNIX Administrator Reviews

UNIX Administrators give their job an average rating of 3.8 out of 5.0. The UNIX Administrators happiest with their jobs are employed by Deutsche Bank with an average rating of 5.0 while the UNIX Administrators least happy with their jobs work for State of Texas with an average rating of 2.0.

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UNIX Administrator at Trinitech Consulting
in Beltsville, MD

"At Trinitech, they train you adequately to make sure you perform your daily assignments. Whenever you'd get stuck with a job, there was always someone to help. My only minor complaint is about project timeline management."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
UNIX Administrator at Putnam Investments
in Andover, MA

"As I was working on the research and development Virtual Machine of a SUN E10000 Ultra Enterprise Server, often performing database rollbacks I found it interesting and challenging at the same time."

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 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
UNIX Administrator at Walmart
in San Francisco, CA
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5

UNIX Administrator Career Rating Comparison

3.8
All UNIX Administrators
5.0 Highest Rated UNIX Administrators is at Deutsche Bank (1)
2.0 Lowest Rated UNIX Administrators is at State of Texas (8)
UNIX Administrator at Vodafone

"The systems design and implementation. Analysis and troubleshooting. Exciting/ Non boring"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
UNIX Administrator at Zain
in Sudan, TX

"What I like about this position is the possibility of automation, what I don't like about it that the development is controlled by the company, like EMC, you don't own the in depth knowledge about the the veritas internals as well as EMC storage."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
UNIX Administrator at Serge Media
in Culver City, CA

"I love the varying tasks and challenges each day offers and the ability to contribute the success of my firm."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
UNIX Administrator at Chevron
in Houston, TX

"I love my job and tasks."

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
UNIX Administrator at Ciena
in Alpharetta, GA

"I love being a Linux/Unix admin because employees that have trouble with their network come to us and leave satisfied when we accomplish the task. What I hate about Linux/Unix admin is when employees come to us with problems that do not relate to our field of expertise."

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 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
UNIX Administrator at Rail Europe
in White Plains, NY

"I like the technical aspect of being an Administrator. Maintenance of servers and dealing with issues kept me engaged. The challenge of keeping up with current technologies can be a bit difficult."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
UNIX Administrator at Ericsson
in Plano, TX

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Excellent experience, unfortunately project completed."

What do you like about working at Ericsson?

"Excellent working environment, unfortunately project completed and as consultants are not allowed to stay more than 12 months or 18 months."

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

"Nice working culture. Need to show commitments towards putting extra hours to meet the deliverables."

What don't you like about working at Ericsson?

"Difference between an employee and a contractor is not the same in any company but I found it more."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It is difficult to treat consultants equal to a full time employee but consultants need to be given the same priorities as required."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
UNIX Administrator at Noble Energy
in Houston, TX

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Awesome"

What do you like about working at Noble Energy?

"I like the laid back atmosphere and the ability I have to make decisons on things when needed"

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

"Great company to work for and awesome benefits you will love working here."

What don't you like about working at Noble Energy?

"The fact I am a contractor and not a fulltime employee"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire Linux Systems Administrators for Full time employment for employee rentention."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
UNIX Administrator at Northrop Grumman
in Sunnyvale, CA

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"Fun place to work, money for technology."

What do you like about working at Northrop Grumman?

"It was a fun experience, able to bring in current technology. Great learning experience."

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

"Lots of interesting things being built. Mostly a Mechanical Engineering based environment."

What don't you like about working at Northrop Grumman?

"Typical government environment. Managers fighting for their piece of the pie. Micro management towards the end made it harder to get the work done, lots of paperwork."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"There are some really great managers that have a lot to offer and then..."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
UNIX Administrator at The University Hospital
in Augusta, GA

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"Lots of management problems with EPIC project."

What do you like about working at The University Hospital?

"I had a lot of latitude in my job. Loved working with my team members. Got a great deal of respect from coworkers because of my experience."

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

"Be wary of bureaucracy and the politics - very bad here."

What don't you like about working at The University Hospital?

"Top heavy bureaucracy. Very slow to respond to change in tech. Constant conflict between departments."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Move out of the 80's era of IT and into 21 century. Be faster to respond to changes in tech and more flexible about resources."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
UNIX Administrator at IBM
in Columbus, OH

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"A positive experience working with competent individuals."

What do you like about working at IBM?

"The challenge of working diverse organizations with different server and OS needs and varying time frames to accomplish the tasks."

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

"Only to be professional in appearance and attitude. Insure that you know what the group's jobs and expectations are."

What don't you like about working at IBM?

"Lack of opportunity to cross over to different groups to advance and learn other skills."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make those opportunities available to all employees and contractors. Be more flexible in group assignments."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
UNIX Administrator at Sandata
in Port Washington, NY

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"I have grown a lot with my company but, I am unhappy with my responsibilities."

What do you like about working at Sandata?

"The department I work in likes to promote from within which has allowed me to grow with the company."

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

"Prove that you are capable and they will trust you with more responsibilities."

What don't you like about working at Sandata?

"The systems I currently support are not well supported by the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I don't feel I can really offer any suggestions because I don't fully know what their plans for the future are."

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