Xerox Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Great People, Lackluster Job Prospects"

What do you like about working at Xerox?

"I was very lucky to work with a wonderful group of people who respected each other and each other's talents.I was able to work at home, which lowered some of the stress of my job."

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

"I can only give advice for those who are going to apply and interview for business analysis, functional analysis, and technical writer positions:If you have a background in SAP, talk it upA background in PeopleSoft is a plusIf you have worked with Siebel, then talk it upTalk about any experience you may have with difficult projects or clientsBe prepared for strange and sometimes irrelevant questions (just go with it and laugh later)If you get to the point where you are talking about salary, demand a bonus structure.Understand that the 401(k) plan is not matchedUnderstand that you will most likely not receive a performance increase because those are frozen"

What don't you like about working at Xerox?

"There was very little room for advancement (at least for my position). A few times, I was told that I was too advanced for my position and my manager said that she would move me to another position, but that never materialized, even though my reviews were way above average.While I was lucky enough to work with a group of people who thanked me and praised me for the quality and quantity of documents I produced, I could not be given a raise because performance increases were frozen in 2009.I was often paired with other technical writers who did not have the skill set required to perform the job. This meant that I was doing my job plus theirs in addition to all of the other things that my team members needed. I often found myself working 7 days a week for 2-3 weeks in a row just to keep up, while the technical writer I was partnered with could not be contacted or located.I was not able to obtain the tools that I needed to do my job. I had to fight tooth and nail to get MS Office 2010 (because that's what my clients were using), and when I finally got it, I found out that 3 of the programs that I needed were only in the 2007 version. I couldn't get Adobe Acrobat or Elements. I couldn't get Captivate. I couldn't get FrameMaker. You get the idea."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I was laid off and my position was outsourced, but I am not going to tell them to stop laying off employees. What this company must do is to stop driving their top talent out the door by cutting salaries, denying performance increases, denying bonuses, and cutting benefits just so that they can drive up their stock prices 1/2 cent or whatever it is.Xerox must get a handle on their horrible business model and figure out what actually works, not just what works for a month.To coin a phrase, Stop trying to drive a square peg in a round hole."

"fulfilling even if there are pressures"

What do you like about working at Xerox?

"Work Life Balance, training, nice environment, accessible, nice people, considerate boss"

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

"Be yourself and not try to be you are not"

What don't you like about working at Xerox?

"crab mentality people, small work place, gossiping, bad people, cruel boss"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"promote work life balance for his/her people and be able to hear each voice"

What do you like about working at Xerox?

"The satisfaction I get when a problem is resolved. The family bond you form with our long term customers some of which have been with us for more the the almost 30 years I've worked for the company. They know when you walk in the door you're going to resolve the issue."

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

"Don't, you'll wish you hadn't taken the time to submit your resume."

What don't you like about working at Xerox?

"The constant daily metrics, which for the most part are meaningless. We're under constant pressure to exceed over achieving goals which for the most can't be accomplished without violating an ethics policy. The company put the I back in team. It's a dog eat dog environment. The days of putting the customer first are long gone. Our salaries have essentially been frozen. The only way to make any additional money is under a program called Xsentive which breaks down to take as many calls a day, don't spend any money repairing the equipment, but the equipment better make reliability. So we're being pressured to do and report things that you wouldn't normally do just to be able to pay your bills or plan a vacation etc..."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The current leadership has decided to move away from the core business and focus on services. Mind you that doesn't refer to technical services. We've been tagged for replacement by a lower cost model. When you think of Xerox you first thought might be innovation, quality products etc... The current direction for the company is leading us down the drain. We need to do an about face and reinvest in our technology, and our people."

"It was a growing experience for me as an engineer and a professional."

What do you like about working at Xerox?

"The company is warm and allows for people to mainta a safe balance between work and outside of work lifestyles."

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

"It is been too long for me to be able to offer a meaningful tip to interview prospects."

What don't you like about working at Xerox?

"Back then there was no notion of flexI time or telecommuting. While being in the 21st century, these two aspects should be much more common place in the engineering work force."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It has been seven years, and I am positive the current management is nothing like it was back then."

"I liked the paycheck and benefits. That's about it."

What do you like about working at Xerox?

"My co-workers at our location were great, as were many of them-off site."

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

"This is the kind of place you need to work for no more than 2 years to pad your resume. That's about it."

What don't you like about working at Xerox?

"Utterly clueless upper management in Germantown, MD. When something went wrong with a process, they would rather have a scapegoat than review the processes. Cronyism and playing favorites abound at the Project Management level. Technology is relatively primitive, and upper management balks at investing in current software tools. Employee morale is at best an afterthought--or completely disregarded."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get rid of the Outside-the-Beltway cronies and insiders and purge the company of the taint it acquired when it bought ACS (after which ethics complaints increased four fold, which should tell you something). Actually take the time to meet the people you hire and stop using them as interchangeable parts. C-suite executives and the Board of Directors need actual vision, not buzzword laden statements that hearken back to the last time Xerox was innovative in the early 1980s. Stop eviscerating the workforce every time your stock value is threatened by earnings."

"It was really good working with XEROX"

What do you like about working at Xerox?

"it was really good to work in Xerox , the friendly environment and the best supporting team which I have"

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

"be calm , confidant and just be yourself in the interview"

What don't you like about working at Xerox?

"I like to work in Xerox specially the environment and my team , only one thing I doesn't like is cafeteria."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have only one suggestion for the management just improve the cafeteria"

What do you like about working at Xerox?

"A unique, fast-paced environment where decisions are made very quickly."

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

"There are multiple positions with this company, it would be difficult to narrow down suggestions."

What don't you like about working at Xerox?

"Sometimes the lack of structure can make it difficult to determine what the corporate guidance might be."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Ours is a division that requires additional guidance and structure."

What do you like about working at Xerox?

"The trust they put in me to do my job and the appreciation they showed for a job well done."

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

"Be honest, show your enthusiasm for customer service and your ability to increase company profits."

What don't you like about working at Xerox?

"Very little opportunity for advancement in order to establish a career that makes it financially possible to care for a family of 5."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Institute a career paths for associates that enable them to see a direct vision of their career goals within or outside the company."

"Satisfactory"

What do you like about working at Xerox?

"The coworkers are mostly in the same page for the most part."

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

"Be ready for highly technical questions. Be sincere and forward with answers"

What don't you like about working at Xerox?

"Politics ruin most of the work experience and dictate too much of the work routine"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Less politics, better direction, better policies and clear working procedures"

What do you like about working at Xerox?

"The empowerment the company gives you to develop and execute your business plan. The entrepreneurial spirit."

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

"Emphasize your passion for what you do and your desires to grow and contribute to the success of the company."

What don't you like about working at Xerox?

"The inability to recognize and reward top performers has sometimes been difficult and requires to many approvals."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"As the company grows, continue to foster the entrepreneurial environment, resist putting in to many controls and red tap which constrains the management team to take risk and innovate."

What do you like about working at Xerox?

"I like the experience of satisfying my many different customers."

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

"Show up for the interview dressed for business and be yourself."

What don't you like about working at Xerox?

"The constant worry of being stuck in a dead end job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"What can you say about management they think there doing whats best"

"I am grateful for the overall experience I have gained at Xerox Corporations."

What do you like about working at Xerox?

"I really like the people; my peers and my employees."

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

"My advice to an interviewee would be to enjoy the learning. There is so much to learn. The experience gained is invaluable."

What don't you like about working at Xerox?

"The lack of integrity within management ( not an overall statement for the company; within my current organization), and the inability to grow."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To ensure management team response and remain professional and fair as well as promote career growth."

What do you like about working at Xerox?

"It is better pay than most anything around the Helena area."

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

"Use it as a stepping stone, get the name, and plan to move on"

What don't you like about working at Xerox?

"This is not a place if you are even mildly extroverted. My interactions with people are limited and it doesn't feel like a team."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would give people more opportunites to be challenged, to try on different hats and to not be pidgeon-holed in one position"

"It was exiting to work in the field"

What do you like about working at Xerox?

"my coworkers that we were able to help each other"

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

"keep up todate with the busnes inviroment and that you have the right education"

What don't you like about working at Xerox?

"there is very little to not like about working for xerox"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"let the tech do there job and do what you can to help them"

What do you like about working at Xerox?

"I appreciate the control I have in how I manage my group's operations and goals."

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

"Be sure to understand the changes that are occurring or planned that may your prospective role."

What don't you like about working at Xerox?

"I see much less emphasis on R&D, intellectual property, and technology than past years, and I think these are strategic advantages that should be maintained."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continue to focus on strategic, sustainable advantages and on what makes the company brand valuable."