Allied Telesis Reviews

Pros

The pay is above average

Cons

Management is not consistant and will throw you to the wolves in order to keep there own jobs. Communications is horrible....horrible!

Advice to Senior Management

Have Taki retire completely and fire every VP, Director and Manager on the payroll. Start over and this company has a great product, but they can not get out of there own way.

Pros

Great for slacking and doing nothing

Cons

No management at all, no direction.

Advice to Senior Management

Leave!

Pros

Good if you only care about work/family life balance. if you truly care about your career and future this is not the place for you.

Cons

401K program is awful - they are consistently late with their small contribution, benefits are horrible, They have 1 incompetent HR person who has been there too long, they do not give employee reviews unless it is an issue that needs to be addressed. If a review is given it will be negative and because they want to get rid of you. Raises - not happening. There are employees here that have not had a raise in 10+years - shame on them for sticking around. Poor leadership! They have no CFO. The finance dept is being run by their "Chief Controller" who passes himself off as Japanese when he is actually Korean. The President at one time worked in logistics as a scanner. He is a friend of the owner. Rumor has it the Chief Controller wants to move to financial operations to Japan and then move to Japan himself. This is the worst company in Silicon valley bar none. This company recycles employees like I have never seen before. You get fired and in a few years they will rehire you only to can you again - makes no sense! we NEVER have all hands meetings - employees are in the dark.

Advice to Senior Management

The owner need to hire a true CFO and let that person run the organization rather than hiring people he can manipulate. The owner is an engineer and has NO IDEA on how to run company unless it is running it in the ground. The current executives should take a look in the mirror and quit.

Pros

Gym, Swimming pool, Sauna, Neat and Clean. A good place if you are completing you're internship or if you are happy to make some money learning nothing.

Cons

No Career growth, Everyone ends up being a bug fixer. Only extremely senior engineers get to do any development. Would not recommend moving to this place.

Pros

I enjoy working with my coworkers. Overall, the employees are very nice. That's about it.

Cons

The biggest issue, as with all bad companies, is weak senior management. It's by far the worst run organization that i've ever worked. No vision. No communication. No respect for employees. Employee moral is very low. Employees that have been with the company for a long time just go through the motions. Newer employees are just depressed that they took the job in the first place. Walking into the building every day sucks the life out of you because there is zero energy/life in the organization. Everyone i know would leave in a heartbeat if they found another job.

Advice to Senior Management

Sell the company and do something else with your life.

Pros

Nice people to work with, and clever management.

Cons

Lack of communication, collaboration, and below average compensation

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work, but make sure your employees are satisfied and also try to offer career advancement.

Pros

Overall positive place to work. Some very great products. Some very creative people. CEO cares about the company. There is a smattering of very talented people.

Cons

Lack of COMMUNICATION starting at the top. No performance review process. Accountability at the executive level appears non-existent.

Advice to Senior Management

Talk to your people. Regardless of a positive or negative message, they need to hear where the company is heading ans that someone has a plan.

Pros

Allied provides a lot of flexibility in work schedule. One has a lot of latitude to work out a schedule and plan activities.

Cons

Allied does not provide a lot of feedback on how one is performing on their job and there is no formal review process.

Advice to Senior Management

Provide more communication and feedback to employees on company goals and objectives, as well as company and department performance.

Pros

Flexible work hours, standard benefits package, good location, close to restaurants, right next to public transportation (Light Rail), close to Santa Clara Convention Center, close to major freeways, close to McCarthy Ranch

Cons

Hostile environment, no raises or performance evaluations, weak corporate structure, poor communications from upper management, lack of company direction, frequent company focus changes, abuse of at-will employment policy, do not enforce corporate policies, a lot of anger, too much stress, seat of the pants operations.

Advice to Senior Management

Invest in your employees by offering more training, opportunities for education, and use a different management style (drop prod and carrot method), send managers to corporate training classes, reward employees for a job well done, enforce HR policies.

Pros

Allied Telesis is a fairly stable place to work. The work hours are reasonable, and so are the benefits. There are some nice and capable mid-level managers.

Cons

There is very little communication from the executive as to what the direction of the company is. The pay is below average. Not a place where leading edge work is done.

Advice to Senior Management

Set a clear strategic direction and communicate that clearly to the employee. Build more of a sense of community between the different development centers.