Symantec Reviews

Pros

Never lacked for tools or resources to get my job done; Symc always willing to send me to classes; talented and dedicated colleagues. I was always proud to say that I worked at Symantec, bringing world-class Norton products to the masses.

Cons

Nimble, they are not. Symc is very process-driven and they operate with minimal staff. Because of this, it was extremely difficult and time-consuming to get simple stuff done.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire some people... you have a good number of really talented, devoted employees who are overworked and underappreciated. Nobody wants to work 50-60 hours per week ALL THE TIME.

Pros

My hiring manager gave me a great opportunity and salary
The company supported work life balance and telecommuting
Unfortunately I was moved to work under two other managers within the next 12 months

Cons

Poor leadership in middle management
Bad communication

Pros

it has a very good culture, great products, and good benefits. Overall the company is focused on growth and is dynamic.

Cons

It focuses too much on being inclusive to the extent that it hurts aggressive and new thinking. Also, relationships matter way more than they should at times.

Advice to Senior Management

Focus on hiring the best people for the job and not who have been around and have good relationships. Be aggressive and make bold moves...in general gun shy approach doesnt work.

Pros

* Good people who are talented and smart generally
* Flexible work environment and good remote working program
* A company that is trying to make a positive different in the world through online security

Cons

* I did not see a lot of people move up, only sideways at best in the org
* People often identify with the company they came from (e.g. Verisign, Veritas, etc.) and not Symantec even after a very long time
* Some product groups are not innovating fast enough
* This vision and strategy is often right on, but execution lags

Advice to Senior Management

Focus on executing your strategy and having something to deliver in accordance. The lag between announcing a vision and starting to deliver is to long and hurts credibility.

Pros

Socially and environmentally responsible company; many opportunities if you are organizationally aware and are a top performer

Cons

Nothing that any large company doesn't bring to the table.

Advice to Senior Management

Enterprise support has lost nearly all credibility for most products. Stop "dumbing down" support, stop shipping support jobs overseas and hire qualified individuals. Feedback from roundtable discussions with the support engineers may surprise the executive leadership.

Pros

work-life balance is good. Probably depends on your manager. Good benefits. Many opportunities to challenge yourself and learn about technology

Cons

Wish they have a work from home program.

Advice to Senior Management

Overall a good place to work.

Pros

Security based
Great benefits
Very smart people

Cons

Communication of vision
Communication to employees on org changes
Not as agile as a smaller company

Advice to Senior Management

Let your employees know what is going on.

Pros

good learning opportunities...new technologies...talented people to work with....good infrastructure...lot of facilities...free lucnh & breakfast..exposure to latest technology

Cons

work-life balance totally screwed up atleast for some business units...management lacks clarity of vision..difficult to perform simplet tasks..as the softwares keep changing

Advice to Senior Management

have a more clear vision ...focus on core things...be better at people management....provide a better work life balance

Pros

Fast paced work environment. at Symantec

Cons

Lots of challenges in core business and no clear way out. Benefits are average. Work life balance is difficult for managers.

Pros

good work culture, market leading technology and decent pay. If you are in good team, you go places.

Cons

No career path, getting stagnant in work.

Advice to Senior Management

instead of always painting a perfect rosy picture, accept the facts as facts.