Sun Microsystems Reviews

I worked at Sun Microsystems full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good benefits and opportunities for career advancement if you are able to navigate the hyper competitive culture.

Cons – At every level of this company you will find backbiting and gossip. HR representatives are often the worst offenders. The gossip mongers are typically slackers who target the highest producers and try to harass them out of the company.

Advice to Senior Management – Lots of dead wood in the rank and file, wasting major time on gossip. Lots of political maneuvering in management.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Sun Microsystems

Pros – benefits were good and salary ok

Cons – arrogance + incompeteance = failure

Advice to Senior Management – oracle will weed you out!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Sun Microsystems

Pros – The good people were great and professional.

Cons – At the end the established management just circled the wagons and looked out for themselves.

Advice to Senior Management – Work on recognizing talent. There was a lot there when I left.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Sun Microsystems

Pros – somewhat good r employee benefits package

Cons – dumb management plays favorites protects each other

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Sun Microsystems

Pros – technology and the way the company innovate

Cons – salary and the way the company is managed

Advice to Senior Management – focus on business

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Sun Microsystems

Pros – Flexibility Flexibility Flexibility Flexibility Flexibility

Cons – Lack of loyalty to current employees

Advice to Senior Management – employees are #1 asset

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Sun Microsystems

Pros – flexible work schedule, telecommuting and remote offices, health benefits

Cons – micromanagement at its worse, teammates unsupportive and unhelpful

Advice to Senior Management – Set realistic deadlines, and don't hire incompetent people

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Sun Microsystems

Pros – Good technology
Good engineers
Pride in Sun brand

Cons – Miserable morale
Lack of leadership
Poor communication

Advice to Senior Management – Find leadership and communicate

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Sun Microsystems

Pros – - Good exposure to new stuff
- Depending on the boss, you might not have too much micromanagement
- It all depends on the group

Cons – - No pay raises
- No standard compensation strucuture
- Too much middle management
- Upper management clueless of whats going on

Advice to Senior Management – - Upper management needs to understand why the revenue is so screwed up
- Dont take 20 Million home for yourself and lay off 10000 people, its just bad karma.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Sun Microsystems

Pros – Sun is a great engineering and technology company. If you are an Engineer without too much desire in promotion, join this company. It treats engineers well. Of course, I don't think there will be more opportunities now with Sun. Also, very beautiful campus in Santa Clara.

Cons – I don't understand how this company is run / operated. I have no idea how good or bad the senior management is due to lack of direct interaction, but the mid management is terrible as I can feel from my own experience. This company should've already been out of business years ago (latest by 2005) but I guess the sale of real estates / properties to some extent supported the life. Also a lot of good politics players. Terrible operations.

Advice to Senior Management – I think I offered some recommendations and nobody really cared about. Nobody would rebell from within (to overturn himself when he is in a ruling position? no way) and only thing that could change this company is some external force - like an acquisition that is taking place now. I foresaw this long time before the official announcement of acquisition.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend