Savi Technology Reviews

Pros

Flexible work hours
Telecommuting
Good coworkers
Interesting technology
I had an excellent boss from whom I learned a lot
Good benefits

Cons

Lack of job stability
Lack of corporate mission & vision
Spreading resources too thin so it is difficult to do a good job; have to spend so much time being reactive that there is no time available to be proactive

Pros

Not sure if there are any now - perhaps the free snacks.
The Mountain View office was close to restaurants and the parking was abundant.

Cons

Very political, CYA environment
Command and control style - Lacks a collaborative environment.
Poor management, then replaced with even worse management - No respect for people
Management focused on the wrong things...non-strategic and low level issues
Really depressing environment even before they stopped making any money and laying people off.

Advice to Senior Management

Probably best if you left Savi and the organization could replace you with better leadership. There may be a hope for the company, but with you in charge, it went from bad to worse.

Pros

It's a job for now.

Cons

In September the Savi executive leadership cut the last of the muscle out of the company to make the books look appealing to prospective VCs. All of our tribal engineering knowledge is gone. All of the product management capability is gone. We have no product road map nor any real ability to produce one. Our ability to innovate is severely hampered because we lack the resources with the proper experience. Pretty much every major business process is broken or no longer followed. Because of the lack of history, people and process, everyone is in firefighting mode. Executive values are suspect and morale is very low. The general consensus is that the guys at the top have no clue what they are doing technologically and are only out for themselves. Anyone thinking of buying this company should look very close. Buyer Beware.

Advice to Senior Management

To LM Management - Your first mistake was putting a salesman in as CEO in 2006. You didn't learn from that mistake and put another salesman in charge with the current CEO in 2011. Everyone in Silicon Valley knows you should never put a salesman in charge of a technology company.

Pros

great people (excluding new senior management), great brand, great potential. Unrivalled market knowledge and customer intimacy within the military logistics space.

Cons

last one out, turn off the lights
the "new" leadership is killing this once great company. On the one hand laying off another 50 people, whilst on the other boasting success with structuring efforts. Forget the false boasts of "first increase in pipeline since XYZ"; look at the $'s month-on-month 2011 versus previous years and ask yourself if the new leadership is succeeding. Astonishing that Lockheed Martin haven't seen through failure!

Advice to Senior Management

Lockheed Martin: Please open your eyes to the bullying by senior management and HR's denial of a problem. LM, please look into why so many have complained and why so little has been done.

Pros

Great people
Great products
Good teamwork on the line

Cons

A once great company run aground by poor leadership at the top
A dysfunctional sales organization that can't close deals
WIth a RIF every year since 2008 and another looming for 2011, doesn't look promising
Until they fix the leadership issues it is best to keep moving and don't look back.

Advice to Senior Management

LM needs to get in and take charge if they want to retain any of the value that remains in this company.

Pros

Some good people there and the benefits are decent. If you have a clear understanding that is documented up front, one can get some good experience there.

Cons

Since the aquisition by Lockheed, Savi has struggled to find its place and has lost its small company feel. Also, the technology has fallen behind and is no longer exciting.

Pros

Nice coworkers
Nice working enviroment and flexible schedule
OK compensation package

Cons

Lack of company direction
Too many re-org and RIF
Frequent change of senior management
Old school style, minimum training overall.

Pros

Free snacks and sodas
Great People
Above average salary
Flexible hours/work from home

Cons

Constant reorganization
No clear plan from upper management.
Management does not consider the humanity of employees, one would never know when arriving for work if this is the day they would be layed off. Management seemed to relish this power over employees and in turn it fostered a culture of paranoia. Ca. is supposed to notify employees of impending layoffs, I don't know how Savi gets away with this.

Advice to Senior Management

Consider the humanity of their employees.

Pros

Ability to take part of a lot of programs and ability transform processes
Senior management taking active role to have all hands to show transparancy
New Hires are proactive in making change

Cons

A lot of processes for a small company
Layoffs has left low moral
Outsou

Pros

Interdepartmental growth opportunities, competitive salary, and free sodas.

Cons

Downhill decline due to heavy reliance on Government spending and lack of commercial marketability led to significant loss in revenue. This directly impacted the company's ability to hire quality people who could offer new, innovative ways of achieving the same goal.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't let your good people walk away... retain those that offer significant contribution to overall company and culture.