Teradata Reviews

Pros

The people are great to work with. They constantly offer assistance whether or not they stand to gain anything. The companies that you get to work with provide excellent experience in a varying array of fields.

Cons

The opportunity for advancement is limited. HR prevents large moves within the company, so your almost forced to look externally for a significant pay advancement.

Advice to Senior Management

Create leadership development programs, allow for pay advancement to accompany title advancement, sales is important, but you should also reward the people that make the company what it is after the sale has taken place.

Pros

Top technology in the EDW space, growing into the 'big data' space.
Technical talent highly respected, top talent treated very well.
Consultants need strong communication & customer management skills, generally solo engagements as the expert, or on very small teams.
Excellent access to training and detailed technical information, R&D pipeline, etc..
No hassles on expense reports.

Cons

No regional salary differential, compensation not fully competitive on West Coast.

Industry alignment of PS teams causes more travel than necessary. Staff in New York flies to Dallas, and Dallas to New York.

Travel, but depends on account. Some allow 2 of 3 weeks remote, some want you on site.

Pros

Great People, Great Product, flexable work hours

Cons

No advancement
pay is below what other companies pay

Pros

Good compensation
Flexible working hours
Strong product hence plenty of opportunities if you want to grow in EDW
Excellent training facilities
Very friendly working environment

Cons

Lots of favorism
Lack of leadership.
Even though pay package is better compared to other organisation but salary structure is not beneficial to people at lower level.
Poor medical benefits

Advice to Senior Management

Delivery model needs to be changed like IT service companies. Upper management should look into problems at the employee level.

Pros

In office time fairly lenient subject to showing up a bit early.. (10am).
Paid sick leave separate from vacation up to 3 wks.
Remote desktop.

Cons

Archaic and monolithic processes.
Innovation somewhat stifled.
Management wastes meetings for patting engineers on the back without sharing fiscal rewards.
Very few in office perks..
They charge for the gym.. Really? Let's remove incentivize our employees to be healthy.

Advice to Senior Management

Best of luck, sirs and madams.
If you don't get with the times, other companies WILL pass you by and take your talent.

Pros

Balance between work and family

Cons

Low salary and bad career growth opportunities.

Advice to Senior Management

Allow us to grow with the company.

Pros

I t is a stable company and work culture is very great. Even people from other departments help you in solving the problem if you ask for help.

Cons

I cannot see any downside other than the employees are not very enthusiastic for adapting new technologies.

Advice to Senior Management

none

Pros

Great Compnay with Multiple client engaments and growth oppurtunity

Cons

All Teradata Jobs are 100% travel - Any promise during hiring will not work you have to travel

Advice to Senior Management

Account Manager should continuously talk at least once a week to all resources assigned for him

Pros

Highly experienced workforce, fast moving company

Cons

Sometimes career minded individuals are not satisfied with progression,like in most compa ies it leads to attrition

Pros

Business Domain,Good compensation package,work environment

Cons

Old technology,weird code base,limitations in learning/applying new technology