A very mixed bag
A very mixed bag
- Big company resources
- Progressive company culture
- Diversified product set allows for general stability and multiple opportunities
- Pay has been consistent despite the down economy
- Linux
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Far too much cost-cutting to make (apparently arbitrary) numbers.
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Top-down driven decision-making with poor communication. Hard-to-understand directives coming from the heavens without explanation.
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Bonuses have been disconnected from personal achievement, resulting in no real incentive to work hard any longer.
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Fear or inability to fire low performers results in a company full of people just "doing enough not to get fired".
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Inability to reward top performers enough relative to how hard they work.
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Spend money on things that help employees do their jobs.
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Astoundingly bad internal helpdesk support.
- Figure out how to reward people who are trying to do the right thing.
- Figure out how to make sure people who consistently avoid doing the right thing don't get rewarded.
- Let personnel work from home if they want to; most communication happens through the chat service even when we are in the office.
- Invest in better internal infrastructure and internal support, including better internal helpdesk support.
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After applying online, a month and a half later I was called to schedule an interview. The interview occurred over the phone, where I spoke with two managers in a conference call. After the interview, I was asked to complete an online aptitude test
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I took a C++ test. Straight out of college, a lot of it was familiar, including data structures. There were also questions about memory management. Pretty straightforward stuff.
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There will be three rounds. The first round is a general interview of just 30 minutes. The second will be technical, and the last will be an HR round. Therefore, I felt the technical round would be the most challenging one among the three.
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Durham, North Carolina, United StatesAugust 1, 2015After applying online, a month and a half later I was called to schedule an interview. The interview occurred over the phone, where I spoke with two managers in a conference call. After the interview, I was asked to complete an online aptitude test
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United StatesFebruary 11, 2022I took a C++ test. Straight out of college, a lot of it was familiar, including data structures. There were also questions about memory management. Pretty straightforward stuff.
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Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaJanuary 1, 2022There will be three rounds. The first round is a general interview of just 30 minutes. The second will be technical, and the last will be an HR round. Therefore, I felt the technical round would be the most challenging one among the three.
