Citrix Systems|Citrix Reviews in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Area

Pros

Work life balance, compensation, people

Cons

Infighting between management counter productive to growth of company

Advice to Senior Management

Get together for the common vision of the company and and drive initiativeswith a top down approach ... not the weeds. Will be a lot more productive

Pros

Great pay, nice quarterly bonuses for sr. level individual contributors and above, superb executive team.

Cons

Middle management has improved but is still mostly technically incompetent and lacks accountability. There is still a strong push to use outsourcing in India/China even though most efforts have not proven successful and costs to do so are likely increasing. Promotions are still scarce but raises have returned to somewhat normal in the past couple of years. The review system does not reward top performers enough and does not hold completely incompetent/lazy contributors accountable.

Advice to Senior Management

There has been a strong push towards culture change lately in regards to innovation, design, and scalability. If this goal is truly desirable, then change needs to happen. The correct behavior that is needed for this change is being punished rather than rewarded and the opposite is true for people that are sticking with the status quo.

Look out for your top performers leaving Fort Lauderdale in the next few years. The bad housing market that kept many from leaving are no longer waiting patiently for the market to return. Many are realizing that the housing market is not coming back anytime soon and are considering foreclosing or doing a short sale. These people are not likely moving to another Citrix location..

Pros

Flexible work hours. Supervisors do not micromanage you, and you can even come in late if you have to. Ability to bring your own computer to work.

Cons

Very little chance for advancement unless someone is fired or resigns.

Advice to Senior Management

Improve communication and direction to employees

Pros

Org Culture is really great!

Cons

Performance appreciation process needs to be reviseted

Advice to Senior Management

Little people makes the base of the company

Pros

Growing company with great technologies and growth prospects

Cons

They are too worried about the bottom line.

Pros

Decent salary
Flexible work schedule with telecommuting for some departments
Great IT solutions
Highly recognized area employer
Executive management is genuine

Cons

EXTREMELY political work environment

Americas Sales Management .... No better example of cronyism. These guys should thank a good product for the companies advancement because it's not what they are doing that keeps the company going.

Unless you're a Senior Manager, Director, or higher, don't count on a substantial raise.

Once lauded benefits package now concentrated to Director level or above (no more stock options)

Advice to Senior Management

Loved it P.I. (Pre-Innovex)

Pros

Great team work. Frontline management is very strong. .

Cons

Sr leadership at dept and division level still stick to the circle of trust for promotions

Advice to Senior Management

Ensure you are acknowledging the contribulations of high performing managers and teams.

Pros

You work hard and are rewarded and recognized for it.

Cons

It can be competitive as technology is constantly evolving.

Pros

Overall the benefits package is good. Felt very welcomed during the interview process. The company has some very good products, esp. the online division.

Cons

In general there appears to be a big gap between the rank and file, and middle management. There appears to be two sets of rules (one for managers and the other for everyone else). Unless you belong to the special clique don't expect your career to advance. The company has grown very quickly over the last few years and there are people that have no reason being managers. They were good do'ers but terrible managers. Just because they are a good do'er and there for a long time, is no reason to promote someone to fill an open managers spot. Also there are too many people with Director and Manager titles that do not manage anyone.

Advice to Senior Management

The career pathing has started but still has a long way to go. Take a hard look at middle management and do some house cleaning. Morale, Morale, Morale

Pros

Unbelievable benefits, very fair compensation and promotion opportunities, career advancement opportunities are there of course but you must stick out. Citrix doesn't reward mediocrity.

Cons

Well unfortunately there was a 10 percent reduction in the workforce due to the recession.. Never pleasant but that happened in lots of corporations. I'd say another negative is perhaps a slightly lacking channel of communication between engineering, documentation, QA, sales.. etc.

Advice to Senior Management

I thought the leadership at Citrix Systems was solid, but I think that Citrix - just like any other company - suffered from unqualified people receiving undue promotions instead of always promoting top performers into management roles. Just my .02.