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Symantec – “Do not work here if you have a choice.

5 of 5 people found this helpful

Nov 18, 2008

2.0

Symantec Project Manager in Springfield, OR:   (Past Employee - 2007)

Pros

Was benefits, but those were being trimmed on my way out the door. Nice facilities, but that doesn't go very far.

Cons

Incompetence all over the place. Too much bureaucracy in the company. Poor pay. Best way to get a salary increase is to leave the company and get rehired. Too focused on outsourcing at this point. The Veritas culture took over the company. The Symantec culture was great until the Veritas merger destroyed the "family feel" to the company.

Advice to Senior Management

Pay your employees better. Demand more - there are too many people that are doing too little, and when job cuts happen you need to cut them first. Other more competent people are ready to step into their place.

Comments (2)

Nov 21, 2008

by Had a choice:

I agree. If you want to destroy your career, and get compensated poorly, then come to Symantec. If you want to have your holidays trashed with RIF, then join this team. If you want your benefits to shrink yearly, then work at SYMC. If you want to get no pay raise, no bonus, no appreciation for your work, then by all means join this Team. If you want a real job, go somewhere else. But if you like a good poke in the eye, go to SYMC. I had a choice and got out, best thing I ever did was quit working at this ungrateful, mean spirited, best example of an evil corporation, ever.
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Dec 26, 2008

by had a choice too:

I would say that the merger destroyed both companies. the spirit of what i saw in symc and the spirit of what used to be at vrts - they both went away when the merger happened.
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5000+ Employees, $5B+ Revenue
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Cupertino, CA
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