NEC Corporation of America Reviews

Pros

Good company which has a decent work/life balance. Very high quality products.

Cons

Most of upper management is based in Japan which makes it difficult to explain the U.S. market. Also, product lack features and are quite pricey which prevents massive sales.

Advice to Senior Management

The game must be played in America with a U.S. focus. For storage, NEC is the dominant player in Japan, but it is EMC here.

Pros

Very smart employees - they have some very good engineers who are dedicated to their customers
Good Benefit packages

Cons

People do not want to work together. Most of the people at NEC have been there forever and do not want to change. They like to keep everything to themselves as they are afraid of change and afraid of loosing their job.

Does not give cost of living increases

management only does what is best for them

Advice to Senior Management

appreicate what your employees do. Move old employees into new roles, create career development paths. mentor employees

Pros

benefits and pay was ok

Cons

Communication was not good and a very manual system processes

Pros

Friendly atmosphere, dedicated employees, great benefits, good facility.

Cons

Japanese management turnover, little 'skin in the game' before rotated out. Consistent direction and marketing vision needed.

Advice to Senior Management

Establish brand identity for NEC in the U.S. Separate Cisco sales channel under another name...to confusing to be selling a competitor on one hand while promoting NEC on the other. Support the Channel with serious marketing dollars nationally. Bring NEC innovation from Japan and establish reputation for great technology in North America.

Pros

- Friendly people
- Good benefits
- Many breakthrough technologies
- Access to excellent global partners

Cons

Organizational structure is ineffective:
    1) No US executive serving as CEO, CFO, COO, or CTO (Roles filled by Japanese expats or roles don't exist) resulting in decisions made by those with limited US market and US customer experience.
    2) Expats only remain in the US for 2-3 years which is just enough time to learn the organization, market place and set out a strategy before the Expats are rotated out and a new batch brought in. This process results in delayed response to the market and incomplete execution with each change in leadership.

Advice to Senior Management

Recognize that if the goal of NEC is to grow revenue outside of Japan to 50% then the mix of executive leadership will need to draw on a global mix of talent.

Pros

Benefits are still pretty good

Cons

Not stable anymore. Sinking ship

Advice to Senior Management

Try treating employees like people again instead of just a number.

Pros

Small company - access to management -decisions can be made quickly. NEC is a mature company, and needs to quickly transform if it is to survive growth in the 21st Century. There are many smart, capable and aggressive customer-facing people; some talented engineers, and fair managers.

Cons

some disadvantages of a small company - limited critical mass of colleagues in a geographical area to collaborate with..... some disadvantages of a large company --- convoluted order management processes; limited alignment between sales and delivery; unclear direction from senior management resulting in confusion over what products and offerings to sell.

Advice to Senior Management

Ensure the "packaged" solutions and offerings (eg for Higher Ed or Health) are adequately covered by trained and knowledgeable (pre- and post-sales) engineers who know how to design, install and support the solutions critical to NECAM's success.

Pros

good potential
backed by large Japan parent company
some good people
decent pay and benefits
some good products
many business areas

Cons

poor senior management with no concrete plans for growth
highly inefficient organizational structure
terrible HR
not enough resources
too much politics

Advice to Senior Management

focus on practical businesses with sustainable profitability and growth
reduce and eliminate excessive corporate overhead and policies
clear long term strategy, plan and investment

Pros

Great quality products, good benefits and great place to be if you don't want to make decisions.

Cons

Continue to be poorly managed, no leadership, upper management is not willing to take any risks, loaded with politicians looking to retired at NEC.

Advice to Senior Management

If you really care about the company, hire new talent and fired the old politicians. They are sinking the company in deeper waters.

Pros

NEC is great. a well established brand name, relatively good hours, and nice managers. The company picnic is tops.

Cons

Sometimes difficult to interface with remote business units.

Advice to Senior Management

Communication, communication, communication. We want to do a good job for you.