Coverity Reviews

Pros

The first company I find such a concentration of brain power; the company is going very well, and there are tons of fun projects and room to make new ones. The management is open, and willing to make an effort to "get it right". Strong academic history, that we can still feel these days...

Cons

Fast growing, fast paced company. It might be difficult for some, but it's really rewarding!

Pros

they pay very competitively for the short time you'll be working there

Cons

executives fight with each other all the time and people get vaporized with two months severance on a weekly basis

Advice to Senior Management

go to a therapist to deal with your insecurities

Pros

Pay can be above the market value if the interview is good.

Cons

The managers don't listen to their subordinates' requests. Attrition is high and people who do end up staying in the company end up getting used to each other's working styles and are not open to newcomers. The frontend team aka the Software DNA team especially is like that. People are treated like numbers, so be ready to get fired any moment. They fired the VP of Engineering after he served the company for 4.5 years! Firing people for simple reasons is in the blood of Coverity. The performance review is a joke. You may complete all your goals, and still get a marginal grade. There is no explanation given and no questions are expected.

Advice to Senior Management

To think of the lower level employees instead of managers.

Pros

Great location, lots of food, trust, respect, and brilliant (truly brilliant) coworkers

Cons

Normal bumps of a hypergrowth company

Pros

Coverity is located in Soma, right next door to the Giants Stadium. Great location if you're living in Soma and if you don't have to pay too much for a company parking space. I worked for Coverity back from 06-09. Those were the years where things were really good, esp within the Marketing, Engineering and other groups. People were easy to get along with, management was friendly, there was a collaborative culture and people were genuine and willing to help you move forward. The environment was positive coupled with a somewhat laxed culture.

Cons

Beginning of 09, the economy hit Coverity very hard. People were laid off right and left and in a manner that was quite brutal and inhumane in some cases. For example, I knew someone in Sales that had made their quota, exceeded it every month and was let go very last minute after he was asked to relocate to a new city. In other people's cases, they were let go with no pre-warning, often times their managers trying to undercut their reviews or make it out like they were let go b/c they weren't a fit, not because their managers mismanaged the budget. People are over worked, under paid and the management has taken on a new approach in terms of dealing with their employees. Employees are disposable at all times. If management needs to save an extra buck, be prepared to get axed. You are no longer a person but a number. There's no morale at this this company which is truly disappointing because it started off a lot with a lot of promise. I would not recommend working at this startup unless you're desperate for work and money for no more than 3-6 months.

Advice to Senior Management

Rather than firing all your valuable employees, it might be better to re-assess the budget, lower the pay off some of the C-level employees in order to retain the original talent.