Wind River Reviews

Pros

Management is good in allowing work/home life balance and maintaining open door policy. Smart people.

Cons

Some people have just been there for so long and feel sense of entitlement. This puts a strain on working relationships and getting work done in best possible manner. Cliques exist among certain departments.

Pros

You work hard, but are treated as an adult. Not a micromanaging company. As an international company, you could be working at all hours of the day, but you have the flexibility to work you hours so you can maintain your private life.

Cons

Once you are known as an expert in one area, it is difficult for the management to have the vision to see you working in another area, even though most people there are some of the most capable people I have worked with. This makes it more difficult, for example to move from one technology to another, or (to some degree) from engineering into management.

Advice to Senior Management

Even your best people are looking for ways to grow. Find those ways.

Remember that we can tell when management is making decisions that favor their personal goals, like eliminating the sabbatical, or forcing vacations, to improve the bottom line enough to make your personal bonus. You are asking the troops to sacrifice so you can make a bit more. Fairness is important! Another example of this is when we merged with Intel, the employee had to absorb the cost of selling our vested shares/options. It was a trivial amount (about $30 in my case), but the principle involved is important: it shows how senior management is looking out for themselves, not the employees.

Bottom line: we are not fools and we can tell B.S. when we hear it. Wind River is actually better at this then most companies, but everyone can improve.

Except for that, my experience at Wind River is one I greatly enjoyed and would recommend the company to anyone.

I marked Ken's leadership as "I approve", because he has basically done a sound job, but the above selfishness that I see on his part needs to be addressed.

Pros

My coworkers are knowledgable, proficient and fun to be around.
There is a lot of exciting work being done.
Management is results oriented, and gives the employees necessary leeway to get things done.

Cons

The pay could always be a little better.
The pace is sometimes a little too hectic for too long which can be stressful.

Pros

Some really talented and nice people work here
Great benifits package

Cons

Unclear vision from the top
lack of new products hitting the market

Pros

No.1 in embedded industry, still leading position.

Cons

Too complicated management system, too many managers.

Advice to Senior Management

Reduce people, make it more efficiency.

Pros

agile, startup-like environment, good work environment

Cons

unclear corp vision. compensation not par with industry

Pros

You will have your own office. You get responsible work and new challenging work. Good working environment and nice campus in Alameda.

Cons

Intel acquire the company back in 2006. So you have to deal with Shutdown and other strict issue that was enforced by Intel. Even though company is doing very good, you are not getting much appreciation unless its visible to Intel.

Advice to Senior Management

No more shutdown and force holiday. We need to expand bussiness in mobile and auto market, and also hire more people.

Pros

Nice facilities, intersting marketplace. Like every company there are pluses and minuses to it. When embedded was a hot and growing space WR had a great position. They had a difficult time transitioning and integrating technologies with the consolidation in the market and then the magnetic pull of Linux in the space. Don't know how things have changed since they hae been acquired by Intel.

Cons

New CEO management came in... the excitement and culture of innovation, etc. started to leave as the old guard was moved out and replaced with the new. Don't know how things have changed since they've been acquired by Intel.

Pros

Individual contributors are generally very pleasant people
Flexibility with time off
Some upper management ok

Cons

Not much chance for advancement, unless you're based at HQ.

Pros

Some great talent at the lower levels. Some really good managers. Lots of efforts at innovation.

Cons

Efforts towards innovation often stymied. Too many layers of management, no room for growth. Not enough worker bees. Operationally top heavy with Engineering getting the shaft most of the time. Tail wagging the dog. Executive management apathetic and ignorant to the foundation of the company. Years of an unofficial attrition policy have left large pools of survivors with most of the talent and information stores exiting the company. Elimination of the Sabbatical helped the rest of the good ones go. Senior executives out of touch with the reality of the company and should never expect the kind of company they wish for with the way they treat the underlings.

Advice to Senior Management

Biding my time... Your condescending tone and laissez-faire attitude will serve you well when you bury one more good company... No one can follow you if you are stepping on their heads.