Sun Microsystems Reviews

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

Pros – Smart and motivated team, good IT management, good benefits, Work from Home,

Cons – outsourced application support model is not agile and increases time to delivery, no sabbatical for long term employees, vision for company not consistently communicated, travel limits due to cost constraints, uncertain future for company as it was acquired by Oracle

Advice to Senior Management – don't out source core knowledge of apps

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 7 years

Pros – Sun offered developers and engineering staff independence, a creative environment, intelligent colleagues, access to high-end technology, and a great campus and working environment. There was a real commitment to quality software design.

Cons – The development process was often driven by marketing and engineering managers working at cross-purposes to one another. There was little support or fulfillment working on products that got cancelled. Ultimately it burned people out.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Sun was a great place to work in it's hey day. Great benefits, lots of team building and the all hands were always something special. They spared no expense, with guest speakers such as Dana Carvey.

Cons – Hard to get promoted from within as an Admin.

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 full-time

Pros – People are nice and company benefits are good.

Cons – The sad news of company being acquired

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Sun Microsystems

Pros – Incredible talent: extremely smart, very dedicated, hard-working people who believed in what they were doing.

Cons – Inability to adapt, alter course and make difficult resource decisions.

Advice to Senior Management – Learn how to say "No."

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

Pros – Smart people, latitude to do great things, flexible work environment, collaborative culture (for the most part). Scott and Ed were great leaders, JS was not!

Cons – Politics abounded. Jonathan Schwartz drove the company into the ground all by himself and fired anyone who disagreed with him. CMO was a joke and just sucked up to management rather than lead a marketing function.

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 8 years

Pros – Encourage 360 degrees job. Exiting extended teams. Excelent comunication within all areas. Good career oportunties.

Cons – Doubts related Oracle future (in that time) aquisition.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Love working on various equipment

Cons – Lack of parts and distance is too great to drive

Advice to Senior Management – Get rid of the middle management

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

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

Pros – Ethics, hardware chops, java engineers

Cons – Inability to convert the corp. DNA from hardware to a (profitable) software company. Or simply ran out of time. Bad acquisition strategy.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Technology focused company, good environment

Cons – Account department is not friendly