Logitech Reviews

Pros

if you're a gadget geek, then working for Logitech is great because of discounts. If you are comfortable doing the same thing and are good at it, you can have job stability.

Cons

internal communication is terrible. lots of confusion and it feels like the company reacts to what the market is doing instead of forging ahead and looking forward. innovation seems reactionary. there are a lot of people who i would say are weak links that work here. it always amazes me that they can keep their job while some people who are pretty good get let go.

politics are a large part of logitech. if you want to advance, you most likely need to change groups.

Advice to Senior Management

please provide org charts that make sense and show how one might want to advance their career. make job descriptions available and adhere to them. everyone is working outside the scope of what they were hired to do.

Pros

Management shows appreciation through paid lunches, team outtings, off-site meetings. Great profit sharing plan in this very profitable and growing company.

Cons

Some very immature and arrogant employees who need to grow-up.

Advice to Senior Management

Deal with the immature employees.
Be open to new ideas for products and services rather than being dismissive.

Pros

Challenging products, international exposure, good brand.

Cons

Logitech's senior management doesn't value accountability, competence and dedication.

Pros

Logitech has a wonderfully positive environment, where the employees sincerely care about the products and company. In addition, one has a feeling of their responsibilities and valued contribution. The work-life balance is definitely another positive, where managers and peers respect one's daily priorities.

Cons

- Projects not always well defined or thought out from the beginning (though are usually successful)
- Fremont location is not the prettiest for a larger-well known corporation.

Advice to Senior Management

- Define expectations a better
- Help with career planning and advancement
- Provide more insight to opportunities within the company and company resources

Pros

good company culture and a stable environment

Cons

a bit fragmented, and quite many silos

Advice to Senior Management

building your team is as important as building power

Pros

Great co workers
Fun Environment
Great pay
Holidays are a big event at logitech.

Cons

Some employees can be immature and have others cover their shift. Managers tend to only higher employees that have a degree in business. At times the V.P. can make you feel lower than other employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Overall I believe what the managers are doing at logitech are productive.

Pros

People are friendly. Very nice colleagues to work with.

Cons

Company has infrastructure changes since 2009. Positions have been transferred to India to save $$$. Many people were cut off recently. Overtime is usual.

Advice to Senior Management

Please respect your people!

Pros

Global environment. Nice people. Flexible if you get the right manager. Decent worklife balance expectation, although some people are way overloaded. Fun and innovative products. Good balance between a big and small company.

Cons

Poor communication of priorities and vision from senior management. Has become too process-driven - too easy to spend too much time in the muck of navigating the system instead of on the content of your job. Very little cohesive marketing vision to pay off the great work on product. Mediocrity is sometimes ok, and high performers are not always recognized the way they should be. It's also very difficult to tell what the bar should be to get to the next level. Some people without much accomplishment are inexplicably labeled as high potential.

Advice to Senior Management

We need real vision and STRATEGY. Help us connect the dots to where this fragmented company is going. We have amazing products and technologies. We have lots of the pieces. But it sometimes seems as if no one at the top really has a vision for how it all fits together...and when bits of that vision emerge, it can be a letdown. We have a lot of fruitcakes and priority lists, but that middle layer where it's supposed to translate down to execution is missing. Oh, and HR is a liability. Human capital is not seen as strategic; it really feels like we as employees are rather expendable.

Pros

Culture is great. People work hard, but it's a fun place to work so you don't mind. The executive staff are visible and available to everyone. They are not in their ivory towers separate from the rest of the company. Communication from the top down is important and management stresses that.

Cons

Offices could be polished/upgraded. A majority are 20 years old and really show it...a bit embarrasing with customers, etc.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep the culture alive!

Pros

Great benefits, decent corporate culture. Great products.

Cons

Low salary increases yearly, too many organizational changes on a regular basis.

Advice to Senior Management

The long-term goals Logitech has are good -- but the steps to get there aren't. Stop stepping on your technical customer base just to improve the footprint of your 'general' customer base.