NetQoS Reviews in Austin, TX Area

Pros

The company culture is based on putting people in jobs that align with their strengths. It sounds like an obvious thing to do, but I have never seen another company embrace this philosophy so completely. When people are in jobs they are naturally good at, they are highly productive, happy (not stressed) and able to achieve great things. This culture is directly attributable to Joel Trammell's leadership.

Cons

Network performance management software isn't the sexiest sector of the IT industry, so NetQoS and its products don't get the industry attention they deserve. Having "NetQoS" on your resume doesn't have the same impact as "Google."

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to expand the product portfolio through organic development but also look for complementary technologies that can be picked up cheap, especially in this economy. Hire more developers as the current team is maxed out.

Pros

Salaries and benefits good. Growing company in terms of hiring and revenues. Good products with satisfied customers. Managers are open to ideas. CEO is very hands-on and interested in every employee and their role in the company.

Cons

Not much room for growth and advancement. Small company culture is being homogenized as the company grows. Too many people drinking the kool-aid of how great we are vs. looking at things realistically. We do try to hire the best and brightest, but we are not Google.

Advice to Senior Management

Company meetings are rare. This is detrimental to culture and morale.

Pros

Everyone else at the company loves being here and wants to come to work everyday. That attitude promotes a great environment to work in. The experience here is still personal since mostly everyone is in one building. Since it is a relatively small company, NetQoS is quick in its turnaround in both customer and internal demands. The work you do here is highly valued and will quickly become obvious to you with both pressure from peers and management.

Cons

NetQoS is still a small company suffering some growing pains -- some departments are overworked and internal tools are not adequately developed. Everyone -- and I mean everyone, from HR to marketing to sales -- is required to know the family of NetQoS products. It's not too bad since there is regular training, but there is a steep learning curve. This small company is starting to walk and talk like a big company and with that comes some regulations and bookkeeping that most people familiar with NetQoS's start-up nature are not used to.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep things personal. Joel still tries to interview every new candidate but that practice is starting to slip with the size of the company. But NetQoS is not huge yet, so I encourage more company events.

Pros

Some departments care about their teams and make the effort to keep everyone happy, engaged, and feeling fulfilled through their work. If you are in sales, the technology departments, or any position that is customer-facing, you are valued and respected as an employee and have great career advancement opportunities.

Cons

Other departments lack leadership from management, where one or two teammates are respected and favored, while everyone else is neglected and treated unfairly. Departments such as Marketing also have bad reputations with the rest of the company, so respect is low from all fronts. Communication is nonexistent in some departments, and management doesn't know exactly what the team mates do or don't do.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire managers who know how to manage people, not just the logistics of running the department.

Pros

Fast growing company that encourages growth, both personal and team growth. The atmosphere is really great, for the most part, everyone is extremely easy to work with and encouraging. There is way less corporate non-sense than other companies I've worked for, even smaller startups weren't this cool.

Cons

It's still in somewhat of a start up phase, so working extra hours is sometimes called for... people that have a problem with that might not go far at NetQoS

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work. Hire more developers.