QLogic Reviews

Pros

Well respected engineering talent and class-leading technology portfolio.
Operates in a duopoly
Financially stable
Not a huge company, but has a lot of resources
Conservative management style, fairly predictable

Cons

Because is so conservative, tends to miss or delay opportunities to enter or commit to new markets.
For sales people, is not a place you can get much upside. Quotas are adjusted hourly. (kidding...but they do adjust them during the year, which is dirty pool)
Entrenched management and board leaves little room for internal advancement "thru the ranks"
Will be ruthless in cutting entire divisions or culling lots of employees in re-organizations, often spurred only by the arrival of a new executive who changed a bunch of stuff, then doesn't stick around anyway - disrupting the lives of dozens of employees for no reason.

Advice to Senior Management

Reward loyal employees
Don't let new executives "put their fingerprints" on the organization unless they have a commitment (including penalty) to be there long term. Why should they get to fire dozens of loyal hardworking people just so they can bring in all their hangers-on from past jobs, then bail when things don't magically get better (like they had over-promised)?

Pros

Some interesting technologies to work on.

Cons

Very conservative thinking. The management doesn't encourage cross-functional pollination.

Advice to Senior Management

Need to shed that conservative thinking approach and they have to encourage cross-functional pollination. Need to create more growth opportunities.

Pros

good executive and product management team with long experience in industry
high growth product area in storage/datacenter
lots of smart engineering folks making exciting products
sales management is good... experienced/fair
very flexible management culture/philosophy

Cons

benefits package. 401K contribution below par. Need to improve to retain employees
wished company invests in employees better with improved overall benefits package.

Advice to Senior Management

QLogic is a terrific company in a growing exciting space. I've enjoyed working with cross functional peers, management teams. Lots of bright people. Wishing/hoping benefits package will be more competitive in NEAR future

Pros

New comers have a great opportunity for learning and growth at Qlogic, as they have some very good projects at hand and compensate equally.

Cons

Qlogic India is a very conservative company and you may find some of the company policies too restricting. For example, the company doesn't allow you to work from home.

Pros

- Great place to work if you are lucky(depends on department/business group).
- Friendly and knowledgeable HR department.
- if you are lucky, senior engineers willingly to teach the ropes.
- One of the best CEOs in tech period.
- innovative products.
- Strong Leadership.
- Beautiful Campus

Cons

- For fresh college graduates, they dont pay competitively.
- Expensive area to live in.
- Some business groups are notorious for playing politics.
- Small Onsite Gym.
- Very little offered in terms of career development.

Pros

> Leading share in a declining market

Cons

> Company is a FC oriented company with limited vision for InfiniBand or Ethernet

Pros

Only good work, challenging work

Cons

No clear growth plan for employees

Pros

Good products and technology to explore

Cons

No flexibility, Weak management, No cordination

Advice to Senior Management

Should learn management

Pros

Exposure to the latest technology in fibre channel and infiniBand switches and HBAs. Fast moving environment tended to keep things interesting.

Cons

The lack of integrity of the executive staff dictated the leadership style of middle management and negatively impacted the working environment. A culture of fear which translated into a less than family friendly environment. Human resources seemed to exist to recruit and did little (or was powerless) to offset these negatives.

Advice to Senior Management

A company’s enduring strength comes from its employees, not the executive management. Like it or not, investing in your employees is the shortest path to the company’s full potential.

Pros

QLogic had some great talent and good benefits. The pay was okay. The group I worked with was great and very supportive (except for one person).

Cons

Good team with the exception of one person who would verbally attack team members and displace blame on them when she made mistakes. Upper management supported associates stabbing each other in the back, and often took actions without complete information or based on conclusions drawn on flawed information. Also management would look employees in the face and lie to them about strategy, ensuing lay offs, etc.

Advice to Senior Management

Get rid of the vipers in executive management. Replace with more ethical, knowledgeable people.