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Senior Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Verisign for less than 1 year
December 13, 2010
Bengaluru, Karnataka
3.0
Doesn't RecommendApproves of CEO
Pros
  1. Building facilities are good.
  2. Compensation and stock options are reasonably good.
  3. Senior management in the US is doing its best with the changing strategies to keep employees happy around the globe.
  4. Even during recession, employees were given proper salary hikes and bonuses.
  5. The brand is very well recognized by most people.
Cons
  1. All the time, management is busy trying to showcase something or the other to the US team, forgetting what is required for overall long-term growth.
  2. The outsourcing model is yet to mature in IDC.
  3. Most of the time, management is busy with only meetings related to people or infrastructure issues, with no much focus on growing the business here.
  4. The environment is slowly becoming like service companies to keep the US team happy at whatever means.
  5. There is no clear career path for technical talents in IDC.
  6. The team is shrinking smaller over the years, with potentially no sign of growth.
Advice to Management
  1. Hire a person who has a strong technology or business background for leadership positions in IDC, who can take them to the next level.

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