Gemalto Reviews

Pros

It was awesome to be there

Cons

Still a pretty great job

Pros

People in some other departments seemed happy - possibly engineering? People who like to go-with-the-flow, like to work for big corporations, don't make waves, toe the company line... they seemed happy. People who are either immune to office politics, good at it, or aren't bothered by it... they seemed happy. A few select people who have worked at Gemalto/Thales for a long time seem happy. They usually have managers overseas and have a lot of freedom here.

Cons

Americans don't have many growth opportunities. It's a European company, and that's where the leadership opportunities are (given to Europeans). Marketing leadership is especially horrible. Employee time isn't respected. It's very sexist - even the company President and VPs aren't shy about making sexist comments against women the "marketing girls" as they call them. Toxic in-fighting and competition amoungst team members was actually encouraged. Lying and backstabbing were tolerated by HR and encouraged by management. We have been told that it's "healthy" competition, but it's not. It's backstabbing and people taking your projects and lying and hiding information. Sales guys seem stressed, tired, and overworked. Many people complain of being overworked, except for some chosen, privileged few, who are mostly French. Morale is low overall. It's an old boys' club. HR is not discreet. They regularly gossiped and told private information that should have been confidential. In the USA, talented and ambitious people seem to be driven to find jobs elsewhere.

Pros

1. Good products 2. Good on-line education system

Cons

1. People have to work much longer in terms of hours because of global organization.

Pros

Good company culture and values

Cons

Lack of diversity and inclusion

Pros

Small company feel, but overtaken by overzealous larger acquisition THALES.

Cons

Too many silos. Too many indirect decisions impacting everyone locally.

Pros

Work life balance was great

Cons

Overlay position: not owning your own book of business

Pros

Thales is the best place to work, the load between work and life is normal, the management cares about the staff and the technology that they are using are the latest modern technology in the world.

Cons

the internal ticketing system is not the best one, and sometimes you will be confused and miss the SLA.

Pros

No pros for this job.

Cons

Management wasn't truthful about job responsibilities when hire.

Pros

technology is good offices are convenient

Cons

internal promotion is difficult to get atmosphere with colleagues not always great

Pros

Good company, good people and good work-life balance

Cons

They can work better at retaining talent.