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hierarchical big company, full of VP's who build empires, potential for huge success

Senior Staff Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Sandisk for 2 years
December 26, 2012
Milpitas, CA
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Cash rich. Hiring. If you keep your head down and make your manager look good, you can keep your job forever. Some excellent technologists who manage to get stuff done in spite of many management levels. Huge potential for advantage in a very hot market (SSD).

Cons

It is a huge, empire-building, hierarchically bloated bureaucracy, with senior management who behaves as though they can treat employees however they like. It may fail to capitalize on huge advantages because the empires can't work together. It is hugely difficult to advance from within, and management controls by refusing promotion without outside job offers.

Advice to Management

Stop listening only to the old guard; instead, look for problems and fix them by removing management, not employees.

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