Comverse Reviews

Pros

A place where you can advance the ladder if you work really really hard and be smart; There's no glass ceiling for foreigners (in fact, most of the management are non-American). Good place to apply for H1B and Green Card.

Cons

Low compensation. Long hour. Complicate politics and very bad culture.

Advice to Senior Management

Innovation is a culture, not a slogan. So you have to make your employee 'feel' good before you can pick their best idea in their mind.

Pros

Exposure to latest technology.
Flexibility to work from home.
Co-operations among employees.

Cons

Dying company. Loosing talent.
satisfying the manager is become a mantra rather then delighting the customer.
Became risk averse. Everyone play safe here.
No recognition for employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Step back & analyze annual customer satisfaction survey!
Show leadership rather just management skills.

Pros

freedom of work - you can navigate your position fairly freely, to do things you prefer.
non hierarchical management (senior mgt excluded) - you can express your opinions freely, and push your ideas.
work with major Tier 1 telecom customer around the world - provides you with excellent experience for the future.

Cons

poor top management - despite being replaced now, previous management did some irreversible damage to the company.
no employee care - you come to work, and this is how you are treated. there's no "family" feeling anymore.
inefficient organization - uses old and heavy tools, doesnt embrace change, does not advance with technology.

Advice to Senior Management

do not repeat the mistakes of your predecessors.
improve inter-company communications.
improve the employee care and increase retention.
become more agile and embrace new technologies that make work more efficient, and even fun.

Pros

the people are some of the best in the business
Andre Dahan left so perhaps now there is a chance for recovery

Cons

VAS products are of low intrest in market. nothing new happening there
Billing looks promissing but past financials are shading the company

Pros

Flexible working hour
Able to work from home
Good team work
Good knowledge sharing
Online and communication tools provided
Professionalism

Cons

Pay rise has been stagnant for the last number of years
No bonus as compared with local companies in similar industry

Pros

International group really agressive commercially speaking
Willingness to establish global and structured processes

Cons

Lost strategy beacuse of Pre-dated stock options scandal
Missed the IP convergence revolution....
Cultural uniformity at top management
short term sales orientation

Advice to Senior Management

To chose adequate external or internal management for each BU by takling people with true knowledge of the area and to give them enough autonomy.
To give more oportunities to remote foreign employees to come to Tel-Aviv or Wakefield for greater integration and coordination in the long term.
To have a CEO that cares really of the company and not only the accounting issues

Pros

People (that are doing real work)

Cons

Senior management, salary, benefits, promotions

Pros

Some can work from home
The mediacal benifits seem to be about standard
The people that work here are great for the most part.
There seems to be a push to get people more training....this is very good.

Cons

This company seems to lack direction. It is in the middle of yet another re-org and they started off by saying all the right things. But so far it looks like more of the same.

People are constantly thrown in front of the customer with software that is not completely tested or documented as well as it should be. I don't think that this is the fault of the testers or the writers. Rather they are pushed into impossible deadlines by management and they do the best that they can.

Advice to Senior Management

Focus on employee morale, it is really hitting a low point.

Pros

a leading and well known hi-thec company in Israel, making it a good place for a kick-off your carrier, before heading for the next company

Cons

in a very dificult situation today, strugling for clients and strategy. future is inclear, so cannot asses your promotion possibilities.

Advice to Senior Management

more clarity towards employees. need to minimize information flow to and from the media, before management has the chance to make announcements.

Pros

Good people, lake view for some of the people. Nothing more than that...

Cons

Sinking ship
Benefits cuts
Cash problems
Incompetent management

Advice to Senior Management

Do us all a favor and resign!