Sun Microsystems Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Sun Microsystems full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Vision, Focus, Execution, Culture, Passion and innovation

Cons – Top leadership lasted too long and were very resistant to change

Advice to Senior Management – Too late...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Sun Microsystems full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – It was an excellent engineering company to work with. Management was honest. Opprtunity was truely equal. People were just nice.

Cons – Nothing I can remember or tell.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Sun Microsystems full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – trust in their employees
strive to do the best for their customers
innovative and exciting
no nepotism - unlike most BC based organizations

Cons – long hours and demanding workload

Advice to Senior Management – keep focused on your customers

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Sun Microsystems full-time for more than a year

Pros – low pressure, nice enviornment, good pay

Cons – slow pace, outdated technology, too many meetings

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Sun Microsystems full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Very good working environment.
Employee friendly management.
Expert engineers.

Cons – I don't have any negative comments for this company.

Advice to Senior Management – Management is employee friendly and gives a free hand to engineers. So, keep up the good work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Sun Microsystems for more than 7 years

Pros – Ability to work under preasure

Cons – To develop with good attitude

Former Employee – worked at Sun Microsystems full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – very good teamwork and working environment, great take home pay monthly, excellence learning experience

Cons – a lot of overtime work

Advice to Senior Management – keep up the good management, especially for creating great working environment within the company

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Sun Microsystems as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Nice working enviroment. Lot of activities to enjoy!

Cons – Since Oracle bought this company, many people were fired.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Sun Microsystems full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – . Deeply intellectual and very engineering-oriented culture
. Valued innovation
. Challenging technical problems to work on
. Respect for the individual

Cons – . Loose management
. Some lack of strategic and marketing clarity
. Occasional policy of "drift"

Advice to Senior Management – . Tighten management, while not losing the benefits of engineering satisfaction
. Clarify strategic focus and long-term vision
. Don't drift
. Continue to respect the individual contributor and continue to encourage innovation

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Sun Microsystems

Pros – work is a good thing here

Cons – too much is a bad thing here