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Lloyd Carney
294 Ratings
Pros
Good work life balance in Brocade (in 98 reviews)
Good Salary, nice work environment (in 46 reviews)
Cons
Hard driving team work hard play hard good work life balance (in 33 reviews)
No room for career growth, very difficult to move up in the organisation (in 15 reviews)
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"HPE Alliance Manager West & Tola Regions"
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RecommendsApproves of CEOI worked at Brocade full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Brocade was outstanding to work for great team and great work environment. The company got bought by Broadcom and my position was eliminated.
Cons
Hard driving team work hard play hard good work life balance.
Advice to Management
none
Brocade 2017-09-11 06:29 PDTHelpful (4)
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"Senior Systems Engineer"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Brocade full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Brocade was a great place to work, great / smart people, work / life balance
A few good people still left. Brocade has done well to those how have been RIF'd.Cons
Brocade's leadership team just finishing up what started 5 years ago, a plan to sell out below market of 13 dollar mark... shame... dismantled a once appealing product portfolio which if deal doesn't close can not be saved.
Advice to Management
Just finish up and shut the doors.
Brocade 2017-09-16 09:38 PDT![Brocade Logo]()
"Great Ride"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Brocade full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
The people were the best part. Good diversity. Fast-paced and rewarding along the way.
Cons
Company being acquired, so teams were split apart.
Brocade 2017-09-06 15:39 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Used to be great!"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Brocade full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Compensation is very good. Benefits are excellent. Overall allow you to do your job and not interfere on a daily basis. Some members of leadership were excellent and empowering and motivating you to succeed.
Cons
Absolute train wreck since early 2016. Ruckus acquisition was handled poorly, management teams were assigned for groups they had no interest/experience in managing, no plan on how to leverage new product line with existing. Once BroadCom acquisition was announced, things got worse as management was trying to hold on to their positions and not caring one bit about the workforce.
Advice to Management
From the CEO down, when you focus on lining your pockets vs. providing vision, focus and drive for your company, you will lose.
Brocade 2017-09-15 08:59 PDT![Brocade Logo]()
"Great company, unfortunate they are being bought"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Brocade full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Leader in networking, strong products, a lot of good people.
Cons
Slow decision making, remaking same decisions.
Brocade 2017-08-23 15:31 PDT![Brocade Logo]()
"It was a great place to work"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Brocade full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
I had a great job, with great management all the way up to the SVP level.
Cons
Who knows what the new culture will be under Broadcom? Or ARRIS? Or Extreme?
Brocade 2017-08-23 15:43 PDT![Brocade Logo]()
"Great job while it lasted"
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Pros
Fair compensation, good execution on core business
Cons
Spent a lot of money acquiring companies that went nowhere
Brocade 2017-08-21 21:16 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Account Executive"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Brocade full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Fantastic Product Portfolio for Datacenter prior to acquisition.
Cons
Acquisition caused company to sell off individual business units
Advice to Management
Be transparent with changes through acquisition process
Brocade 2017-08-30 18:53 PDT![Brocade Logo]()
"Transition Review"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Brocade full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Dedicated
Continuous work
Supportive in terms of piersCons
Unorganized
Internal communications errors
Duplication of efforts
Stressful environment at timesAdvice to Management
Be transparent
Brocade 2017-08-31 22:59 PDT![Brocade Logo]()
"Good work environment"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Brocade full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Great manager and good team
Cons
no bright future for the company
Brocade 2017-08-29 11:44 PDT
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