Brocade Communications Reviews

Pros

The management was good. work atmosphre was family friendly. engineers were easy to talk with. You can ask anything in whenever you like. Can work from home too

Cons

Had to share the rooms, but that was fine. Not that big of a deal. Pay was little lower but if you do good you can get some good amount of bonus.

Advice to Senior Management

Problem started after they moved everything to India or CA. No more jobs left in houston area. Management did not tell ahead of time

Pros

I love all the community programs they have, like volunteering, donating, etc. They also promote green initiatives to better the environment.

I have a great boss who truly has an open door policy. I have spoken with him about an issue before and he was very fair about how to remedy the situation. I can't say that for all managers there, because I've only had the one. And I'm lucky to have him as my manager.

The company pays really well. No opportunity for growth, though.

Cons

One issue I have is with their North America wide email distribution to invite people at their HQ to these fantastic lunches with drinks, beers, parties, whatever else they can think of. Is there no way for their IT department to send that to just people working at HQ? Come on...

Another thing is this company has hired some moronic people. Someone on my team is just worthless. Actually, worse than worthless. He pisses off all our customers and has gotten customers to return stuff because he tells them they bought obsolete product. How he has not gotten fired is beyond me. But this is good news to all the idiots out there who needs a good paying job that requires nothing in return.

Advice to Senior Management

Better communication, give raises, fire when necessary.

Pros

Nice work-life balance, competitive pay

Cons

Sometime extended hours for emergency issue

Pros

easy work life balance, not a stress full work environment

Cons

old company with long timers with old ideas or totally fresh grads. lacks balance.

Pros

Open communication within department
Interactive team environment
Great headquarter facilities

Cons

Promotions are hard to come back
No upward mobility

Pros

Great life / work balance
laid back atmosphere
great benefits
nice campus

Cons

Commute is horrendous from any direction
corporate strategy lacking
political environment
smartest people not at the top

Advice to Senior Management

Trim the fat
streamline
break information silos

Pros

engineering team is good.
peers in engineering are friendly
the location is convenient
loved to work with engineering, product marketing n operations

Cons

Zero tolerance of other ethinicities in some departments
Management is not supportive and ask employees to make compromises as in marriage and threaten them to fire from their jobs
Not a place for new moms

Advice to Senior Management

cultivate a Brocade culture of respect and tolerance and treat employess from all backgrounds equally

Pros

Relatively good work compared to other switch companies

Cons

Weak senior management. No facilities. Not even proper car parking.

Advice to Senior Management

Get your act together before it is too late.

Pros

Good systems put in place for quoting and sales management. Training is always available. Encouraged to manage sales territory autonomously.

Cons

Unrealistic goals. Each region treated the same as far as quota and revenue achievement. (Idaho has less business than San Francisco). They lost a step with the Foundry puchase. Ethernet switches are not as powerful as competition (Extreme, Force10, Arista...etc.) Before Foundry purchase, sales were mostly through OEM. Brocade management didn't know how to manage sales going directly to VAR or customer.

Advice to Senior Management

Treat sales with respect. Increase marketing into targeted markets.

Pros

Do appreciate smart colleagues at the company

Cons

Management .. or lack of Cronyism is unfortunately rampant with career advancements not necessarily tied not to merit

Advice to Senior Management

Hire the right team to lead and start selling. Good products from the company so it's time to focus on selling,