Compuware Reviews

Pros

Regional manager and VPs are helpful and want you to be successful.

Cons

Lots of changes thru acquisition. Reps need training on products and process.

Pros

Empowering, meritocratic culture, good team environment, excellence is rewarded. Management structure relatively flat so all ideas are heard and acknowledged.

Cons

Change of management structure has brought new direction to the company, lots of exciting change still to happen but feel like we are definitely on the right track.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep doing a good job!

Pros

Good technologies, brilliant solutions and high reputation in the market.

Cons

Unachievable targets which makes impossible internal career progression.

Advice to Senior Management

My direct manager has still a lot to learn: the lack of experience is really easy to see. It is hilarious seeing his/her attempts to act as a real leader and professional manager....

Pros

Decent pay and sales bonuses, Bob made decent good acquisitions and consolidated the product lines, not a high employee turn over/lay offs

Cons

Compuware is Not a very aggressive company, employees in other branch offices get very low visibility for promotions, low interaction among other branches across the world, no raise in stock price

Advice to Senior Management

Grow employees abilities, let go of the underperformed, take performance reviews seriously and use them to promote talented employees, promote the Compuware brand name more in teh industry.

Pros

Technical staff are competent although set in their ways,well structured processes in certain areas of the business. Well proven technology especially on the Mainframe platforms. At last brought in a charasmatic leader that might have vision.

Cons

Autocratic and politically crazed management that are self serving chokes any motivation for working for the company long term. Products were leading edge in the 80's,the company only recently woke up to the idea that you need to sell a complete service to engage with a client, to this extent it has not bthought to be startegic by any customer.
The problerm is that everything is centred around the founder whose inspiration is long gone!

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your sales people, back them up rather than go down the easy route of " Blame Culture" which is prevasive. Try and Motivate rather than use the stick and fear method.... your attrition rate in the industry is leading edge, as such you can not attract the best talent.

Pros

Compuware has a decent work environment, espl. at HQ (Detroit) after moving to the new building around 2001.
on-site daycare
full-fledged gym facility
exposure to diverse technologies and industries
employee-friendly

Cons

Top managers and middle managers (espl. the old-style Professional Services) are the primary hurdle to employee growth. They recruit the top-of-the-breed when it comes to techies, but do a very poor job with middle-managers. They either are just happy to draw a paycheck, or don't care for the company or their direct reports.

Advice to Senior Management

I am aware that management likes to constantly state that the employees are the company's best assets, but that is just lip-service. If you evaluate why your best technologists have left for greener pastures, they weren't rewarded enough (both monetarily and otherwisee).

Pros

Great work life balance - employees are treated very well and encouraged to take car of themselves. The company has a world-class fitness center in the building, and many health oriented programs. Much training available to learn new skills, certifications, and personal growth Strong commitment to the local community, and enthusiastic support from CEO level to be involved in giving back to any charitable entity or community group.

Cons

Limited interaction in the Professional consulting area. Difficult to understand what the requirements are for moving to other divisions in the company.

Pros

- Room for growth, new skills acquisition, education opportunities.
- Directors and Management doors are always open
- the technology is exciting and fulfilling to work with
- product is rapidly growing, creating a lot of opportunity
- employee feedback is welcomed.
- Managers are very flexible with working hours/time off for medical issues and family emergencies
- Employees are very supportive of each other and willing to lend a hand

Cons

- for some unknown reason, Compuware does not give employees the day after Thanksgiving off (but managers are very flexible granting this day off).
- while HQ has great facilities, the regional offices do not have as many amenities
- little is done to foster a company culture.
- vacation for new employees at present is only 2 weeks, which is behind the industry standard in this area, but it should be noted for the record that we are offered unlimited sick time and personal time, so you don't squander any vacation days waiting for plumber or taking your kids to the dentist.

Advice to Senior Management

Overall, Compuware is a pretty good place to work, and it's certainly headed in a positive direction. I think the company really need to focus resources carefully... not necessary on net-new services, but enhancing the services we already offer. While Compuware is certainly a leader in performance management, I'd like to see Compuware really turn the tables in the market: We need to go from a company offering customer a great product, to a company dominating the industry and showing customers products and services they simply can't live without.

Pros

-Good coworkers
-Class leading products in application performance management
-Flexible work schedule for when you need to work from home on occasion or leave early to take care of personal matters

Cons

-Bad management decisions on how to structure sales teams
-Too much employee turnover, which has led to significant product knowledge walking out the door
-Buggy software releases have led to many uncomfortable discussions with customers
-Weak mid level management
-Strict travel expense policy
-2 weeks vacation, which maxes out at 3
-No tuition reimbursement
-No 401K match

Advice to Senior Management

Bring in strong management to evaluate what works and what does not and then give the teams time to implement the plan.

Pros

Career orientated, professional growth opportunitues, location, exposure to different business areas, Compuware people and culture, builidng amenities,

Cons

Time off for paid Holidays could be better. Vacation time changes at 5 years and stays at 3 weeks indefinitely. It would be nice to add on a couple of days after 10 years or more of service.