Endeca Technologies Reviews

Pros

The work life balance is great. This includes the office environment which has short cubicle walls and pretty much no walls within a team pod. You will generally find mature smart young people who can communicate well. It's nice to be working in small teams and seeing all phases of software development cycle. The promise of a potential liquidity event.

Cons

The compensation package is not as competitive as some of the other more well-established software companies.. in certain parts of the organization the engineering teams re-org too frequently but sometimes not soon enough. The promise of a potential liquidity event.

Pros

Great technology
Unique approach and message
Brilliant people
Comfortable office space
Very friendly and helpful internal groups such as HR

Cons

Arrogance in management
Low respect for technical positions
Too much division across the 2 product offerings
Not willing to take a risk through acquisition, merger, etc.
Organizational changes are TOO frequent

Advice to Senior Management

Hire more external people for leadership roles. Promoting from within is a nice approach but shouldn't be the only approach.

Pros

Great startup atmosphere
People are very bright and generally work hard
Lots of outings and team-building activities make working here fun
Kendall Square is a pretty good location close to the city
A cereal bar and endless supply of snacks in the pantry

Cons

The place is run by incompetent managers who once were competent engineers. They place no value on careers of individuals and stifle growth every way they can. I have observed a steady stream of top-notch engineering talent leave the company with the frequency of about one or two per months for as long as I have been here.
Engineers are viewed as robots for building software and are not allowed to participate in defining the product. Instead they get army-like orders from product management who seems incompetent compared with my experiences at other companies yet displays the level of arrogance and snobbery I have never seen before.
To make matters worse, the culture within the company, while young and dynamic in many ways, resembles a union when it comes to professional matters. Everything from project ownership and responsibilities to cubicle assignments is decided based on people's tenure in the company. Those who have been here for a few years develop a clique mentality, while new employees are often put down for trying to provide fresh technical perspective until they submit to "the way things are done at Endeca".

Advice to Senior Management

Stop running the company like a seniority-based union, enable communication between teams, hire capable product management, and try to retain what talented engineers you have left.

Pros

There is no better talent anywhere in the industry than what we have here at Endeca. The development group are some of the smartest people on the planet. I guess that is why we have the most incredible and exciting software platform that I have ever had the priveledge to promote. Sales management is beyond reproach. Solid guidance and great communication throughout the ranks. The product is simply amazing. The fact that we can do what we do simply stuns me on a daily basis.

Cons

Basic growing pains. Like any company growing as fast as we are, there are minor annoyances but no specific item worth noting.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue listening to the new sales mgmt team, they will take this company to the next level.

Pros

You will work with very bright hardworking people. The technloogy is very unique and has a great value proposition for multiple applications.

Cons

Senior management and original employees are set in their ways. Your opinion based on the expereince you bring to the table will not count.

Advice to Senior Management

Develop a culture that allows you to leverage the incredible talent of the people you hire.

Pros

- One of kind technology
- Great people
- Sharp people

Cons

- Flat pay
- No upward mobility
- Frequent change of company/product direction

Advice to Senior Management

Step down and pass the reigns to a seasoned executive.

Pros

Smart people
interesting technology
Fun environment
Opportunity for advancement with the right work ethic
Trying to do right by the employees and the customers

Cons

Sometimes really smart people shouldn't be in charge
Changing direction feel a bit lost which impacted their success
Grew too fast beyond ability to succeed.

Advice to Senior Management

Look at who is leading you where

Pros

Nice place to work, friendly and smart people. Like to balance work and play, it is a fun place to work overall with a nice product and travel opportunities if wanted.

Cons

Lots of product direction changes and lack of choice in career path and career growth. Lofty company goals that are always around the next corner

Advice to Senior Management

Make this place successful!

Pros

Innovative technology that works well and happy customers. Fair benefits and compensation. Entrepreneurial spirit and customer focused. Well run services organization. Senior executive vision focused on the right targets. Market driven. Partner oriented.

Cons

Competitors may be starting to close the gap. Impatient management sprinkled with some unrealistic expectations. Weak marketing, but getting better. Brought in some old school players that may need to update their playbooks.

Advice to Senior Management

Maintain the positive aspects of the culture and protect the reputation of the company as vigorously as the innovation in the product. Go hire a marketing genius so that Endeca doesn't get lost the sea of high tech jargon.

Pros

Hot product, good support personnel

Cons

Intimidating Sales Management. Sales Mgt doesn't understand the market into which they are selling.

Advice to Senior Management

Get rid of field sales management