Symantec Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Symantec full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Open, kind, helpful and hard working culture. There is a ton of great talent working at Symantec, you can learn a lot have have a great opportunity to progress within the company.

Cons – Endless layers of management. Lack of consistent goals setting and importance to meeting deadlines.

Advice to Senior Management – Symantec needs to eat more of their own cooking. It's embarrassing how few of our own products we use.

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

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

Pros – Great team; excellent mid-level management; very accommodating schedule; remote work with moderate travel; great benefits; competitive salary

Cons – Not much bad to say. There was some shakeup at the top levels of the company shortly before my departure, but they must have been for the best, as I've watched the stock price rise.

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

Current Employee – been working at Symantec full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – New CEO making big changes. Security industry is good place to be. More streamlined future company may be much better place to work.

Cons – Unbelievably slow decision making history. Fiefdoms. Some poor managers/leaders..

Advice to Senior Management – Weed out the poor managers and leaders. Make them 100% accountable. Bring in better people.

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

Current Employee – been working at Symantec full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – This is a very vibrant company to work for. There are lots smart people working here from best universities. They have nice technologies they use and office space is very nice.

Cons – The company makes some bad decision on investment of time and effort in development. Promotions are hard to get.

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

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

Pros – Great benefits - health, dental, vision, disability, etc. ESPP program with 15% discount on purchase. Money for education. Depending on your position, free iphone and plan coverage. Generous time off starting with 19 days per year and growing based on time with the company.

Cons – Hugely bureaucratic. Very difficult to get new programs implemented and bring in appropriate vendors as needed. Some poorly skilled executives who were promoted based on securing the right connections.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't take your productive individual contributors for granted.

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

Current Employee – been working at Symantec full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – - Takes good care of employees
   Good overall benefits package with better than average health care coverage.
- good career path options
  Started my career in consulting and moved up the ladder to lead architect and then moved on into product management with help and support of mgmt along the career path.
- great group of talented people with good mgmt in general

Cons – - until recently was to focused on the short term and didn't consided long term implications of decisions. Current upper management is working to reorganize and refocus the company on the long term vrs yearly reorgs soly focused on drive more profit next year.
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Advice to Senior Management – Keep going the direction you are going.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Symantec full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Plenty of opportunities for advancement.

Cons – None at this time to report.

Advice to Senior Management – Be sure to continue to stay close to the customer.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Great place to work, loved every year

Cons – management was confusing and bad timing

Advice to Senior Management – na

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

Current Employee – been working at Symantec full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Working conditions - lots of employee interaction - activities - lots of communication of what is happening

Cons – lots of hours - need to do a better job of correcting individuals.

Advice to Senior Management – need to exhibit more consistancy in decision making regarding training and promotions

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Symantec full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Better oppotunity to grow
good work culture

Cons – unstable higher management and Bad compensation

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