Hortonworks Reviews

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No complaints. You have to work hard to keep up with this fast paced environment, but that just comes with success.

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Our customers and the open source community depends on us to deliver results. As a result, there is a significant focus on execution and accountability which may not appeal to everyone.

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Extraordinary amounts of change across departments.

Big Data market fatigued complicates strategy and execution.

Customer demand increases organizational strain but should be used to inform platform direction.

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-Team ran lean with unrealistic deadlines & expectations
-During interview, was told the team had a work-life balance. That was an out right lie
-Hostile, belittling, bullying/abusive environment ran like a sweat shop with no solid support provided by HR. It was generally accepted, company-wide, that the team culture was like this. It was the norm to get 5 hours of sleep or less, even outside of month-end/qtr-end close. You were lucky to get 6+. They joked about it as they passed colds around to the rest of the team regularly
-Team was top heavy with one director, six managers (1 or 2 of which were consultants - rotating), one senior level person, and one AR specialist. Very little support given to staff with no plans to hire staff at the lower level and spread work more evenly so people weren't burnt out. Additional projects were added onto everyone's plates. People were drowning in work
-Mentally, pysically, and emotionally draining. Visited hospital or fell ill and would need to go home early due to effects of stress
-Was constantly requested for status updates between 11 pm and 1 am
-No control over your own life. It was made very clear that your personal life revolved around the team's demands/expectations/the work no matter what time of day, month end or not

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Fast paced environment that isn't for everyone. Our customers know that we will work tirelessly for them to ensure success. Hyper growth is an exciting pace to be at - but you can see exhaustion build up over the years.

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The usual startup stuff -- lack of process etc.

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Wish we had a local office sometimes.

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No company Culture, uninvolved management

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slow adoption, sales management disorganized, high turnover in leading functions such as Marketing and Operations leading to lack of strategy and path, extremely low % of sales hitting their quotas. 8%.. Terrible inside sales, field marketing and support has been non-existent.

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- Extremely awful work culture (the worst I've been part of). People who work here are extremely negative for some reason. Most of them stick around because they are stuck with visa issues, but nevertheless, they don't stop complaining.
- Middle management is full of bad leaders. They just care for themselves without giving any consideration on how to encourage everyone in the team. And to top it off, they feel they are doing a great job.
- You will be treated like a robotic code monkey who is expected to do everything that is ordered (yes in 2016!), without question, and micromanaged to the point of insanity, while people in management positions make decisions - and then reverse them.
- You will work on bloatware. They release like they are a web development company - too frequently and extremely poorly designed, buggy stuff. All solutions to fairly complex problems are either arrived at within minutes of discussions, or never (documented as product limitation). People hardly read anything about their domain (distributed systems, databases etc) and keep reinventing the wheel (albeit in a poor way) and then feel that they are innovating. They start off with an upsold, poorly designed inferior system, and then keep piling features on top of it. This is not a place for sane minds.
- Politics! Oh my god, you have to work here for a day to see how bad it is.