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Crossbeam Systems

Acquired by Blue Coat Systems

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Poor Management and Misguided Leadership - Anonymous employee Crossbeam Systems Employee Review

1.0
Feb 24, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Working in the city is beautiful.

Cons

Working with a manager who bases your performance on whether she likes or dislikes you makes it difficult to work. Throughout the duration of my employment I was directed to complete tasks that were assigned to another employee (a superior) and the manager was told by my superior that I was not completing my own tasks (because I was being assigned things he was told to handle).

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5.0
May 12, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good product with a great name in the industry. Environment was fantastic. Flexible in the organization. Dynamic, with good relations with other vendors.

Cons

Just one solution, that was a limitation to grow. Support for third part vendors was so complicated. Poor channels development.

3.0
Dec 5, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people at Crossbeam were all very conscientious, were very good at what they did, and worked together as teams. There was opportunity to grow there when I first started. They have a very interesting, technically complex product.

Cons

Business model that depends on independent software vendors IP is a non-starter. Company cannot grow as currently configured, and growth opportunities disappeared for employees. Investor buyout has triggered severe austerity measures, including downsizing by >25%; company stock options vaporized as part of buyout.

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