Research in Motion Reviews

Pros

Most people are very dedicated to their work.

Cons

The management system is disfunctional.

Pros

The company has good work environment

Cons

Hard to grow in corporate hiererchy

Advice to Senior Management

create ways for new people

Pros

Product
Solutions Experience
Staff
Travel
Expenses

Cons

Informations
Political
HR doesn't have power
Budget is low

Advice to Senior Management

Better !!

Pros

Very dynamic work enviornment
Ever changing
Cutting edge technology
very challenging
a great place to learn new technology.
Globally recognized company

Cons

Very Waterloo (canada ) focused company. Even stated as Global everything is run via waterloo.
Higher mgmt needs some alignment.
Long term vision is somewhat distorted.

Advice to Senior Management

Meet more - share goals & objectives - create a common goal and vision so the 15000 employees can follow that 1 goal..

Pros

The overall compensation was very good. The people on the research team were smart and interesting to work with. Socially conscious company.

Cons

Senior management can't decide what direction to take the advanced research in. Research turns into incremental advances that just try to match Apple, instead of real research. Director was not technically strong, and that held back the team.

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate better from senior management to the workers. Try to recapture being an innovator instead of an imitator. Let researchers have more responsibility in their work and in the overall direction of the research.

Pros

- good work life balance
- Many perks and benefits
- Autonomy and freedom given in job

Cons

- HR has no power
- No structured career path
- Highly political
- Incompetent management

Advice to Senior Management

Promote people on what they can do as oppose to who they know.

Pros

Interesting work, sometimes on the cutting edge. Working hours are flexible and micromanagement is not prevalent. There are not many non-technical managers.

Cons

Poor management, particularly communication from upper management. The vision of the company, if any, is not shared with the employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Be more open with employees. Less "secret" projects. Share vision with employees, be open to creative suggestions from employees regarding future technologies. Be more creative and independent; stop chasing competitors and copying what they have done.

Pros

god work culture, friendly people

Cons

the decisions are slow and its like a slow moving boat. they have lot of potential but not using them

Pros

growth opportunities
initiatives are encouraged
decent salaries

Cons

difficult situation with Apple and android

Advice to Senior Management

care abt the customers

Pros

Used to be market leader in smart phone. Although it is sinking, the Blackberry brand remains respectful.

Cons

There are 2 CEOs and they do not manage the company effectively.

Advice to Senior Management

If you have made the wealth over the years, please step aside and retire. We need some seasoned, and well-respected crop of senior management team to undo all the wrong.