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Bob Flynn
Current Employee – been working at Novell full-time for more than 3 years
Pros – Upper level management is down to earth.
Cons – New products are in infant stage
Advice to Senior Management – View every position as revenue generating.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-04-24 14:15 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Novell full-time for more than 8 years
Pros – Great coworkers, and beautiful campus.
Cons – Tough market position, and questionable leadership.
Advice to Senior Management – Run it like a business.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
2013-05-03 19:12 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Novell full-time for more than 7 years
Pros – Great technologies. Great managers and leaders.
Great people to work with.
Cons – Mobility and growth problematic. Business model bad - can't make money when you're product is free. And even with superior technology, if you can't market it.....toast.
Advice to Senior Management – new marketing. new pricing.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-04-10 21:14 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Novell full-time
Pros – -Has a long history
-Attachmate Group has been a good thing for the company in making changes for the better, but it will take time
-Working on new product innovation (finally vs. OEMing someone else's product)
-Many fantastic and solid products that can compete with the best ones (need to get past - history & name concerns)
Cons – -Has a long history...many companies view technology as old, outdated, or not relevant.
-Corporate marketplace reluctant to re-consider great products simply due to name
-History of failing to execute - from new product innovation/delivery to marketing
-Not sure if Attachmate Group is 3 years too late in this turn around (I hope it turns around, but still has a ways to go)
-Benefits are worse under Attachmate, their plan is not as generous (medical/dental)
-Raises. It's rare to get a raise. (company has been shrinking, so promotions are few and far between)
Advice to Senior Management – Put in place - NEW - marketing and engineering leaders from outside the whole company (never worked at the company type vs ex-employee returning). Need a fresh perspective and let them execute on a plan without too many restrictions.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-04-08 20:06 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Novell full-time for more than 7 years
Pros – - Good salary
- Good benefits
Cons – - Not growing that rapidly
Advice to Senior Management – - Innovation should be the focus
2013-03-25 17:15 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Novell full-time for more than 10 years
Pros – Lots of great employees.
Good work/life balance.
Cons – Not great prospects for the future.
Annual layoffs not great for employee morale.
2013-03-26 13:44 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Novell full-time for more than a year
Pros – free food is a pluss
Cons – novell is a dying company
2013-04-22 16:49 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Novell for more than 7 years
Pros – Stable, great benefits, nice building
Cons – Work life balance, no raises
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-03-06 20:39 PST
Current Employee – been working at Novell
Pros – Good work environment great people
Cons – Long hours and don't get over time for working
Advice to Senior Management – Over time
2013-02-16 22:30 PST
Former Employee – worked at Novell full-time for more than 7 years
Pros – Recently acquired in 2011 that allows Novell to be competitive in industry. Parent company Attachmate is commited to success
Cons – Rebuilding image; informing high tech industry that Novell is still a great company with opportunity and can be a player in the software space
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-01-28 08:09 PST
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