Citrix Systems Reviews

I have been working at Citrix Systems full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Growth, innovation and supportive environment keeps motivation and satisfaction high

Cons – It's easy to work too hard, even when completely around your schedule... Risk opposite of true wr/life balance

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Citrix Systems full-time for less than a year

Pros – Incredible amount of time-off
Great Culture
Best products in market

Cons – Difficult to acclimate to processes due to large array of products offered

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Citrix Systems full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – The company culture, CEO and unlimited opportunities

Cons – The company can benefit from deeper integration within various functions

Advice to Senior Management – The company can benefit from deeper integration within various functions

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Citrix Systems full-time for more than a year

Pros – Flexible workstyles
Wonderful management
Collaborative team effort
Management willing to listen to ideas
Innovative product

My team is great and I love working with them. Management has been nothing but wonderful, for which I am very thankful. We have a great team and it is a pleasure to work with them. I work remotely, mostly always away from the team, but I still feel connected and don't miss out on much.

Cons – I do not have anything negative to share.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Citrix Systems full-time for more than a year

Pros – Right in the middle of what's relevant to making work-life exponentially better for other global companies.

Cons – Internal Processes are still being ironed out.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Citrix Systems full-time for more than a year

Pros – -They use the tools they make (constantly dogfooding)
-Very flexible on work life balance, and when/where you work (was able to work part of the time remotely from the APAC region while traveling for vacation)
-Good compensation

Cons – -You are kind of always working due to the flexibility of meeting and where you work, and you are never quite sure where the people you need to work with are or what they are doing
-way too many meetings. Sr leaders try to move things forward with constant meetings so often times things get bottlenecked bc no real work is being done

Advice to Senior Management – Keep innovating and don't fall into the innovator's dilemma. Your customers might not know what they really want in the future.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Citrix Systems

Pros – always on the forefront of the latest technology

Cons – Nothing to mention about cons

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Citrix Systems full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Fast growing company with many opportunities to shine...for those willing to put in the work. Jump on the right opportunities and you WILL be rewarded.

Cons – As with any fast growing company there can be a lot of unplanned work due to frequent shifts in direction and priorities.

Advice to Senior Management – Frequently communicate company strategy, priorities and direction, especially when there are changes, so that everyone can focus on the most important items and avoid spending time on work that is no longer important.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Citrix Systems full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Citrix is a vibrant company that is constantly changing and does a great job of helping employees manage that change.
We are constantly working with new technology, and we're encouraged to try new things and be creative in what we do everyday.

Cons – We can use a little help with career development programs - currently there is no clear way to move around the organization and no program to expose employees to other facets of the business.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Citrix Systems full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – - Flexibility for some employees
- good pay and benefits
- many great people to work with on the individual contributor level
- great place to work
- high respect for the individual
- generally nice people to work with
- employees generally empowered and trusted
- well balanced for a company this size at this level of growth, operationally
- recognition for outstanding efforts

Cons – There are actually very few cons, most of these observations are isolated and also apply to most companies.
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- politics and CYA running rampant
- human resource allocations in key operational areas not keeping up with growth
- a lot of talk about ability to design and grow your own career, but difficult to be considered for other positions, especially outside your own department, most roles hired from outside rather than recognizing and developing talent from within
- inexplicable hiring, unqualified or inept people for many important roles, in this economy and for such a great employer it should not be difficult to hire better
- few employee growth, career enhancement or training offerings
- lack of accountability in leadership and management, no one wants to recognize, call out, admit to or openly correct mistakes
- hierarchy enforced caste system. if you're not in management, a common perception that if you're not given as many benefits and opportunities and are expendable
- very little career advancement opportunities unless you're in the upper echelon or inner circles, then sometimes people are promoted to roles they are not qualified for or in quid pro quo
- inequality in work load management and poor strategic allocation of resources
- greater need to recognize, promote and retain their best talent in the ranks
- some departments and teams overworked and can't get resources, others have more than enough resources and a great work-life balance
- asked to cut costs at bottom of hierarchy while waste is rampant with sr. management and execs
- disconnected and ineffective marketing considering the size and spend of marketing department. marketing and sales departments disconnected
- products slow to improve. lack of real innovation, same old products with few new features and not competitive
- perception of total disconnect between Sr. and Exec leadership and what's going on at the front line - lack of partnerships with other companies and integration with other products. Missing out on strategic business development with 3rd parties could impact long-term growth and profitability
- long-term strategic vision not well or clearly communicated, growing concern among the ranks on direction
- middle and upper management only want to hear good news, lack of effort to address real issues
- poor new hire orientation
- no distilling or reinforcement of corporate culture, not well communicated

Advice to Senior Management – Keep Citrix Great! Hire better, smarter, passionate, genuine and more inspiring people and make efforts to communicate and encourage what is mostly a great culture. Recognize talent and promote from within. Get connected to the people on the front lines who work with customers every day and ask them what they need to do their job better and enable them to offer better service and support for customers. Solicit anonymous feedback and share it openly, take action on recurring themes that need to be addressed. Instill accountability, have leadership openly admit where improvements can be made.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company