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"people - technology - benefit - work/life balance" (in 31 reviews)
"Good place to work - Great people - Great career opportunities" (in 18 reviews)
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"Poorly managed transition from HDS to Hitachi Vantara in the UK" (in 12 reviews)
"There is no Work Life Balance & Mental Peace" (in 4 reviews)
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"Great Benefits"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Hitachi Vantara full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Good HSA plan, $500 per year for gym memberships, $500 per year you can expense on anything, and they have a 6% 401K Match.
Cons
There is a good amount of bureaucracy, but that should be expected at most companies this size/age.
Hitachi Vantara 2019-02-01 10:02 PST![Hitachi Vantara Logo]()
"Great team, lots of opportunity to create."
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Hitachi Vantara full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Effort equals respect ... work hard, you will be appreciated.
Cons
Too many shiny objects, not enough focus ... everything ends up mediocre.
Advice to Management
Trim some product lines, focus and give priority to making the products more usable.
Hitachi Vantara 2019-03-14 13:06 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Good Pay, Poor Senior Management"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Hitachi Vantara full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Good Compensation, good work/life balance, compassionate Japanese corporate culture.
Cons
Constant Re-orgs, Bumbling Senior Management
Advice to Management
Stick to the knitting - enterprise storage, and related areas
Hitachi Vantara 2019-03-22 08:04 PDTHelpful (8)
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"Lost in Transformation"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Hitachi Vantara full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
A lot of good people, work from home option, great culture up until 2 to 3 years ago.
Cons
Lack of innovation in key growth areas. Lack of cohesive product strategy. Spent the last two years in internal org restructure (aka transformation) rather than focusing on customers or the market. Compensation is way below market. There has been a massive exodus and expect it to accelerate.
Advice to Management
Focus on customers. Wake up to the competitive reality. No amount of internal transformation will make up for the lack of innovation and inability to bring compelling solutions to market. Before hiring senior executives, check their track records. Don’t turn your once great company into a landing zone for those who failed elsewhere. Do some soul searching on what went wrong the last 3 years and learn from it.
Hitachi Vantara 2019-02-24 00:36 PSTHelpful (5)
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"Don't Recommend - People Don't Matter"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Hitachi Vantara full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Great benefits
Great coworkers - smart, driven, and committedCons
The leadership is in their own world and disconnected from what employees are actually experiencing. And with that, they are disconnected as to how their behavior directly impacts the entirety of the company--from their values to their character, from their priorities to their approach. It's clear here: it's all about money; it's all about business; it's all about (individually) getting ahead. Overall, the leadership and management skills of the executive team and high-level management are poor. This trickles down to the rest of the company leading to myriad of issues and increasingly disheartened employees.
Advice to Management
Leadership needs to stop, humble themselves, listen to their employees, and recognize that without them, there won't be a Hitachi Vantara to sell. They need to honestly assess their own shortcomings and model the behavior they want to see. There won't be effective change as it relates to the people or culture at HV (or business for that matter) without leadership taking a good look at themselves and committing, as individuals, to do the hard work as it relates to their own development.
Hitachi Vantara 2019-03-18 13:22 PDTHelpful (4)
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"Too much talk on Transformation- But no action"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Hitachi Vantara full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Good benefits, work from home
Cons
Legacy mindset. People are not open to new ideas or new ways of doing things. Silo culture and employees are not encouraged to share. During cross-functional engagements, employees share very limited information to secure their position. Lack of documentation and holding on to the information are used as a tool by old-timers to secure their job.
Leadership is not engaged with the employees. Leadership is just busy to promote their personal agenda.Advice to Management
The business organization is bringing new blood or leaders from different companies who want to transform and bring change. On the contrary, IT does not have the appetite to support the transformation that is needed. Many IT leaders still have the traditional mindset of "owning" and "managing" the IT assets and not focusing on customer experience or outcome based service. Transformation is a myth in Hitachi. Advice to Management - do something to make "transformation" a real journey and not just words.
Hitachi Vantara 2019-03-16 16:59 PDTHelpful (5)
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"Terrible leadership"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Hitachi Vantara full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Great benefits, 401K matching, flex vacation time
Cons
Hitachi Vantara is in a transformation from being a storage company to a digital Industrial IoT and analytics company. The middle management does not have the background or experience to lead the organization through this transformation. It would appear that they are just "winging" it. They recently laid off a large amount of sales folks on an all-hands call. They have gone through numerous restructures in the past two years, and none of these restructures have helped with increasing revenue, hitting sales targets, improved morale, increased operational efficiency or gained market share. Again, the current leadership is solely focused on "managing up." There is a complete lack of trust with upper management. One of the biggest challenges right now is that there is too much "individualism" happening within the company. Everyone is looking out for themselves and not the greater good of the company — no job security.
The company does not live up to its core values of respect, harmony and pioneering spirit. It is evident in their behavior, how they treat their employees and the bad management they continue to hire and let good people leave.Advice to Management
Clean house at the GEO level and bring in management who has the experience to lead the company through this type of transformation. Be transparent to your employees on what is happening and what they need to to do for them as well as the company to be successful. Ensure that every employee knows what their role is and how it plays into the larger picture. Create a culture where people feel connected to the vision and understand the strategy. Do not hire bad leaders. Trust me; they are only looking out for themselves. You know who they are. Get rid of them. They are destroying your company, the culture and are the headwinds to your success.
Hitachi Vantara 2019-03-13 14:47 PDTHelpful (14)
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"Not so great - very old school company"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Hitachi Vantara full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
401k matching, some smart colleagues,
Cons
- Management seems very focused on their bonuses vs long term growth, lack of direction & communication.
- Missing relevant cloud & SaaS offerings - hard to compete against other orgs.
- Lack of modern marketing ideas, big data is dying, on prem is dying, yet......
- Very much an ex jock, booze and schmooze sales culture, "just take them to dinner" , if you dont fit into this world then you are ignored.
- Lead gen is minimal, brand perception by potential customes isn't positive and new product offerings / use cases are poorly communicated. Expect to spend a lot of time just trying to get meetings with clients.
- Benefits are basic, 1 health plan to use (in most areas). Lack of company culture, just a place to go to work.Advice to Management
Leadership talks a lot about change, and the need to be different. But what has happened in the last 12-18 months, NOTHING. People are leaving because they feel like they do not matter and it's hard to understand where the company is going. Force the dinosaurs to retire, and empower new people with good ideas to change the company.
Hitachi Vantara 2019-01-24 12:42 PSTHelpful (1)
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"Undergoing significant change"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Hitachi Vantara full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
I am one of many who have joined the Corporate IT team in the past 12 months. The CIO and IT leadership team are driving a business focused change agenda. US benefits are above industry standard (unlimited PTO, no health premium increases for 5+ years) and there is very good work/life balance. Moving soon to new state-of-the-art HQ in Santa Clara.
Cons
Still slow, legacy thinking in some organizations. HR organization needs much stronger leadership.
Advice to Management
Product strategy and direction needs to be more clearly communicated internally and externally.
Hitachi Vantara 2019-01-13 21:10 PST![Hitachi Vantara Logo]()
"Great Company"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Hitachi Vantara full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Flexible hours and knowledgeable team
Cons
Lack of direction from management
Hitachi Vantara 2019-01-16 16:35 PST
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Hitachi Vantara Response
Mar 6, 2019 – Global Talent
Thank you for providing your candid feedback about our benefits!
We strive to have our benefits work for our employees, no matter where life takes them, and we are so pleased to hear that you are enjoying what we have to offer. We are always working to keep our benefits competitive and to continually add new offerings that support our employees. Feel free to check out our Americas benefits website at benefits.hitachivantara.com to see what you can enjoy next!... MoreLess