Sun Microsystems Reviews in San Jose, CA Area

Pros

No brainwash, no cubicles, engineering centered overall.

Cons

Sometimes it can be really slow.

Advice to Senior Management

Way to go.

Pros

Great for engineering, good people. Very open work environment and good work and family balance. They have good perks like ESPP, 401k, health insurance.

Cons

Senior management seemed to have very little insight on how to run the business aspects of the company. Missed many golden opportunities.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep some perspective on the business side of things. Keep track of chanign trends in the industry. Do not micro manage.

Pros

Flexible work environment, Respect for employees

Cons

improvements needed in Decision Making, Leadership, accountability

Pros

work from home
work/life balance
lot of new technologies to learn if you care; time will be there

Cons

slow pace
no growth and salary hike

Pros

Compensation very good and good growth opportunity

Cons

Exec mgmt vision and ability

Advice to Senior Management

Can't make money without monitizing technology

Pros

Collective knowledge is amazing, lots of bright people.
As an employee you inherit the aura the company has among technologist

Cons

Lack of clear vision for the company's future and inertia of middle management.

Pros

- Structured organization
- Encourage use of new methodologies
- Encourage work/life balance

Cons

- Poor management
- Need to have focused with active closure on enterprise goals

Advice to Senior Management

Need to have better management in place for productivity.
There should be an continous effort of maintaining standard and work output.

Pros

Friendly environment
Work from home options

Cons

Not much growth path.
Never skip hierarchy.

Advice to Senior Management

NA

Pros

Advancement Opportunities
Telecommuting Possibilities
Fairness in Compensation
Great Bonus Plan

Cons

Lack of holding people accountable at times

Advice to Senior Management

I wish Sun had taken bigger staff cuts earlier in existence

Pros

Innovation was key. People was pushed to look for out of the box solutions that would bring value to our customers. It was great while it lasted!

Cons

Senior Management in some cases neglect the changes that the market was demanding. It was not agile enough to adapt to te new requirements.