About Us

Glassdoor is your free inside look at SPSS reviews and ratings — including employee satisfaction and approval rating for SPSS CEO Jack Noonan. All reviews posted anonymously by SPSS employees.

Search

for

in

SPSS – “great statistics company

Jun 23, 2008

2.0

SPSS Designer in Chicago, IL:   (Past Employee - 2006)

Pros

established company: SPSS is reknowned for world class statistics software. It's a dream company for someone with great interest in stats to work for.
flexible work schedule: employees can work from home at least a day in a week
good benefits: SPSS has better medical, 401K, espp, etc. benefits than other similar companies
good stock: the stock price has been going up lately. It was a top priority of the company way back in 2004. The policy seems to be paying off.
talented coworkers: Chicago has many good universities, which is where SPSS gets its talent from. It's good to be in the company of smart people.
location: what's a better work location than chicago downtown? (but of course commute is an issue if you live in suburbs)

Cons

limited career growth: career growth in SPSS is very limited, and takes a long time to get promoted for about 95% employees. Only a chosen few climb the ladder faster. There are many people who have been in the company for 15+ years, which is good thing. But that's probably why career growth for fresh recruits is very slow.
low salary raises: this is somewhat tied to the above point. But year over year merit increases are very low, probably less than industry averages.
frequent layoffs: after the market crash in 2000, layoffs were as frequent as every quarter. Not a good ting for employee morale.

Advice to Senior Management

be better at employee management, provide opportunities to grow

Comments (0)

Post your anonymous review or sign in to comment on this review
SPSS Overview (SPSS )
Web
www.spss.com
Industries
Size
1000 to 5000 Employees, $302M+ Revenue
HQ
Chicago, IL
Competitors


Flag this {0} as inappropriate

Would you like us to review something? Please describe the problem with this {0} and we will look into it.

Flag this {1} Cancel

Advanced Search Reset

What

Where

How

or Cancel