Sun Microsystems Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Sun Microsystems

Pros – Incredible talent: extremely smart, very dedicated, hard-working people who believed in what they were doing.

Cons – Inability to adapt, alter course and make difficult resource decisions.

Advice to Senior Management – Learn how to say "No."

Former Employee – worked at Sun Microsystems full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Terrific culture with lots of autonomy and investment in R&D. Very Global company with strong ties and relationships around the world. Innovative and always on the cutting edge of technology. Real spirit of collaboration and community.

Cons – Leadership lost its way. There was no real line of succession and ability to iterate and move forward quickly. Invested too much in 2-3 key verticals to the exclusion of others. Missed the boat completely on commodity computing.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Sun Microsystems full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Pleasant, good benefits. Great campus.

Cons – Not very profitable. Slow to see biz trends.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Sun Microsystems as an intern for more than a year

Pros – Junior employees given advanced responsibilities
Most business units staffed by thought-leaders in their verticals
Employees given carte blanche to pursue their own initiatives
Widespread adoption of work from home
Most business units able to iterate rapidly

Cons – Highly political corporate culture with little meritocracy despite plethora of talent
Little stability with most employees more preoccupied with job security than their actual job
Bias towards engineering has never been married to successful sales execution
Lack of brand awareness in SMB/SME/LE environments
Executive leadership apparently bent on running company into the ground

Advice to Senior Management – Quit and hand the reins over to people that know what they're doing

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Sun Microsystems

Pros – great benefits
understanding management
flexible hours
WFH support
close door office

Cons – incompetent management styles
not good people management skills

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Sun Microsystems

Pros – innovation, transparency, smart people, incredible vision

Cons – sr management in an echo chamber, smart people not promoted

Advice to Senior Management – learn to listen instead of talk

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Sun Microsystems

Pros – Flexible work environment, Respect for employees

Cons – improvements needed in Decision Making, Leadership, accountability

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Sun Microsystems

Pros – -nice campus
-diversity
-good training
-tools are handy

Cons – - they laid people off in a second

Advice to Senior Management – People are people!

Former Employee – worked at Sun Microsystems

Pros – Good Products
Some good Sales

Cons – Politics
Ask for permision rather than get the job done
lack of leadership
Too much mid level managment

Former Employee – worked at Sun Microsystems

Pros – Great pay, good people, fun

Cons – No opportunities for growth after 18 months there