Informatica Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Informatica as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Good environment, good food, nice people

Cons – No obvious cons as I think

Advice to Senior Management – increase salary!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Informatica for more than 3 years

Pros – Great benefits and pay, probably the best package I've ever had. The engineers I worked with were some of the best in the business.

Cons – Some of the worst management I have ever experienced. The company seemed to be intent on growing their offshore unit rather than addressing the issues at hand. Others have commented on the weight of personal relationships rather than results as a driver, an observation I would have to concur with.

Advice to Senior Management – Take the time to get to know your direct reports and treat them like the professionals they are.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Informatica full-time for more than a year

Pros – Talented coworkers, willing to pay for talent

Cons – Hard to advance in a remote R&D role

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Informatica full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good compensation and some really technical talent.

Cons – I have never worked in a company with so many people in senior management positions with small people syndrome. The attitude is not what you know but the clique you belong to. It was uncomfortable and felt like I was in high school again. The management team has been together so long and act like the popular kids that bully you and can do no wrong. They preach a work culture of embracing and rarely follow their own advice.

Advice to Senior Management – Break up the clique and get some new people to lead some great technical talent. Get some leaders the are honest and real.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Informatica full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – many great people still work at the company

Cons – culture is definitely changing at Informatica

Advice to Senior Management – you get what you hire

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Informatica full-time for less than a year

Pros – great products and good tech folks and all in all it was ok till mgmt. decided they want it to sell all as i was in training and let u know on eday left in the 2 weeks we are there .

Cons – Let go all o fteh overlay sales guys after only 6 mths of being there and all in the same time i could of been still at th esame place they pulled me out of .

Advice to Senior Management – Get your stuff together

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Informatica full-time

Pros – Such a comfortable experience from the beginning, interview process was very smooth. The recruiting team are so accommodating and professional.

Cons – Maybe more interaction with the different departments.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Informatica full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Healthy teaming environment with most people in similar roles giving most. The field technical personnel has an all-in attitude that should be the model for company as well as others.

Cons – Executive management team sometimes makes decisions in a top-down approach from past experiences instead of bottom up with knowledgeable research.

Advice to Senior Management – Look to understand the breadth of problem before reacting and creating policy.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Informatica full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Company overall is fine. Fast-paced.

Cons – Environment at certain department can be very toxic and stressful - lots of politics, lack of respect from management to employees, and a waste of money on unnecessary deliverable/resource.

Advice to Senior Management – Respect employees and recognize them based on their efforts and the work actually being done.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Informatica full-time for more than a year

Pros – Smart people, many passionate developers and architects
Good pay and benefits
Many old-timers still with the company providing continuity

Cons – The most relationship-oriented culture I have experienced (rather than results or accomplishments oriented)
Frequent (every 6 months) major reorgs
Very political R&D execs - almost exclusively managing up
Most planning discussions rotate around what CEO, CPO or other execs want to hear, and what will make our exec look good, not around what the market or customers need
Many great people have left, especially senior people who joined recently
Many old-timers are great, but there are too many over-promoted old-timers resting on their laurels

Advice to Senior Management – Get new senior management in R&D

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend