CA Technologies – “Approach with caution.”

Pros

It is a large organization with some of the strengths that normally acompany size, including multiple locations world-wide and extensive back-end resources. The company has a wide range of solutions for enterprise IT organizations and has made some good acquisitions in the last five years or so. The company's core mainframe business is largely in legacy mode, but that is counterbalanced by newer product lines which have extended reach into client/server and desktop areas.

Cons

There is less than ideal communication within the organization, particularly in a vertical direction. This makes for difficulty in understanding corporate direction and the internal politics within various business units.

Advice to Senior Management

To communicate more freely and openly from management down to individual contributors.