Websense – “May be a good place to work for beginner but I am not sure about experienced pro”

Pros

Secure place to work. Engineering process is very well defined. Decent number of vacations per year.t It use to be a great place to work. Company picnics were fun. People working in engineering were very helpful and they create a great atmosphere.

Cons

There is not much of a career as an engineer; you will hit the wall pretty soon. Options are given to engineers very frugally. The good employees are not compensated until they ask for it. To grow in this company you might want to consider a job in sales. Since the arrival of Gene Hodges the moto seems like acquire any other American company; buy other smaller companies and integrate with their product suck out as much as possible; but do not take any risk to create new technologies yourself.

Advice to Senior Management

Create a career ladder for engineering; not every one wants to be manager to grow.