Brocade Communications Reviews

Pros

Good Compensation package, Great sense of empowerment, Get it done attitude amongst the employees, Less politics than other companies in the valley

Cons

Exec Mgmt new and unproven, limited professional growth opportunities, very poor vacation accrual policy, Poor Benefits compared to other companies in the valley

Advice to Senior Management

Delegate, Make decisions faster, reduce over analyanalysing of everything, go light on process and focus on results as much as process.

Pros

Even as an intern, there was great compensation. It was very obvious that the HR cared a great deal about the intern's experiences. There were many company hosted events that promoted networking and relationship development. It was a great place to begin a career in the corporate world.

Cons

At the time, the company was slightly disorganized due to the recent acquisition. Chain of commands was a little obscure, and it was often a little difficult to find the right person to talk to about a specific product or process simply because the hierarchy was very obscure.

Advice to Senior Management

I think the company would greatly benefit if there was a more organized system of command, especially with a company, such as Brocade, that intends to continue growing in future times.

Pros

Work-Life Balance and Friendly Collaboration

Cons

Stock Price needs to improve

Pros

Good Processes and stays within Sarbanes Oxley.

Cons

Treated poorly. Worked my tail off and got absolutely no respect from management.

Pros

Salary is comparitevly good. Also easier interview processes.

Cons

india management is the worst. Also there is no growth or career oppertunity, in technical ladder.

Pros

Teaches you how to deal with stress.

Cons

Talk about quality but proceses in place to prevent quality

Pros

-Great compensation
-New headquarters building
-Great cafe

Cons

-Didn't interact much with other members of the team, just worked closely with my supervisor

Pros

Good family work balance allowed

Cons

promotions and raises are difficult to obtain depending on manager

Pros

The Salary is good, there are interesting jobs in Europes biggest data centers, the customer's acceptance is good, nice journeys to Europes biggest cities, meeting interesting new people all over Europe.

Cons

The Company seems to be growing too fast, there are often reorganizations, the former market leader in SAN business is now a networking firm like others, and not a very big one...

Pros

Good technology
Decent bonus (was scaled back greatly)
Good PTO (Also scaled back a lot)
On site Gym

Cons

Very demanding schedules.
Not much work/life balance.
Foundry endeavor is not producing envisioned results
Small cubes with no privacy

Advice to Senior Management

Treat your front line engineers well.