Jive Communications Reviews

Pros

Awesome company environment. Good Vibes

Cons

No cons, its a good place.

Pros

Hours are good so is management

Cons

Answering a lot of calls and questions

Pros

Growth opportunities were always available

Cons

I guess you can say growing pains

Pros

Probably the best reason to work at Jive is the culture. Jive lets employees grow by giving them a bit more free reign to think independently, act independently, and work cohesively as a group by letting them make decisions about how they work. They encourage employees to get more education, paying for things like industry certifications like the CCENT and CCNA, as well as providing plenty of tools and opportunities to learn by allowing for hands-on training. Jive pays well, promotes often, and pushes people to be the best, as long as you go in and work. The one thing the company asks is that you come in and work. They'll help you improve and grow as long as you come in with that attitude. It's been great, i've been here about a year and a half and it's been the best place i've ever worked at, with the best company culture. It feels as fun as a start up without the money woes of one. It is a great place to work, i have recommended this place to all my family and friends.

Cons

The only real downside is that i don't really take vacation because i like coming in to work.

Pros

There were a lot of good, hard-working people at Jive. Jive was also very good at giving people chances and opportunities to grow. I was able to transition to the Development dept. as a junior despite not having any previous professional coding experience under my belt at the time. The benefits are definitely a plus.

Cons

Many of the good, hard-working people at Jive were let go without any real notice. Jive continues trying to push forward with new platforms and features without getting what they have fully stable. While working in Tech Support, we were constantly having to talk with extremely angry customers who were upset due to the constant disruptions in service. It all could have been avoided if Jive had slowed down enough to get their feet under them again instead of focusing on continually doubling their revenue every year. Many other poor executive decisions have been made, including letting go the entire UA team. Poor decision making, training and lack of communication are Jive's biggest problems. When I was the quality assurance over Technical Solutions, I was constantly being told different things by different supervisors. When trying to ask for further guidance or help on instructing the techs about all the new policies and procedures, I would get vague answers, when management would even respond to my questions at all.

Pros

I love JIVE and I love and appreciate the family oriented atmosphere I've grown to love within the walls of our office with my new family away from my family. A few other things I love about JIVE is how appreciation is shown for the employees by small gifts, pancake Fridays, retreats, DELICIOUS onsite daily lunches, flexibility, great hours, free insurance, work parties, movie nights, 7 peaks get togethers, summer picnic days, Christmas bonus's, PTO, free snacks, 401K opportunities, (That's just me saying THANK YOU JIVE for being so good to me while I spend time away from my family). Recently JIVE hosted an event for a friend of a wife of an employee (: to raise funds for medical bills, and even more recently I read an email and JIVE will be matching it's employee's to raise funds for a very sick family member of a JIVE comrade. Back to being family oriented, it helps that I have a manager who lets me rearrange my schedule to meet the needs of my family, as often as I need. JIVE is my second favorite place I've ever worked and this past 18 months has been a fun ride! As long as you pull your weight, JIVE will take care of you!!

Cons

Of course there is going to be the political junk in the back ground, but what company does not need a little help?

Pros

Brand new building with awesome amenities. Full benefits offered.

Cons

I use to Love Jive and everything it stood for. I could have spent the rest of my life working for Jive. And now, sadly they are a shell of who they once were. I loved the (CEO), what an amazing man with a huge heart who treated everyone of his employees like true family. Somewhere along the way after selling the company to LogMeIn he lost all compassion and wisdom for the people who put their sweat and tears into the company for him. I still think there is a great man in there somewhere but he is simply just doing his last couple years via his contractional obligation after the sell. With any “take over” there are lots of changes. I understood this and held on as long as I could hoping things to get better. After many months and the horrible conditions in which management was treating people I decided to resign. Before giving up; me along with many others, professionally addressed the bad treatment to Jive’s original CEO, VIP’s and even LogMeIn corporate offices in Boston. The refusal to do anything about the conditions in the end was my cue to walk away with tears in my eyes. Tears for such an amazing company that had sold its soul.

Pros

Jive has an awesome product with a great future. The people that work here are, in general, looking to improve, and they work like crazy to make it happen. The location in Utah Valley is great in all seasons. The company has great health benefits and offers a lot of flexibility. Many departments at Jive have a steep learning curve, but the VoIP industry is interesting, exciting, and Jive has potential to make a big impact.

Cons

There are very few downsides of working at Jive, but I would note that to be successful at Jive, you have to be willing to work hard and sometimes navigate through poor internal communication.

Pros

- We live as a start up. We work hard and we play hard. - Strong family atmosphere/collective ownership of challenges and opportunities - Great ideas are encouraged and tested out - Open culture. Leadership shares info and encourages us to do the same. - Subsidized lunches, free snacks and drinks for development, paid insurance, equity opportunities - The opportunity to drive innovation, lead the market, unlimited growth opportunities - The chance to define your dream and live it

Cons

- Fast paced environment requires quick decision turn around. Sometimes we make mistakes, but we learn from them. - Subsidized benefits are great, and with growth, hopefully new choices will become available. - Crazy fast growth means we have to be continually learning and adapting. Sometimes internal communication suffers, but its getting better. - Not everyone is a great fit for this kind of culture and pace. Sometimes, the only way you can determine that is when you try it out.

Pros

I am so grateful I found my home with Jive, as this is the best place I have ever worked and I see myself here long term. Jive truly cares about its people and they show that by the way they give back to us generously through competitive benefits and awesome corporate events. Because of the way I have been treated, I feel a strong loyalty to Jive and have a true desire to help the organization succeed. I love the people I work with because of the type of people Jive hires. They look for the best and have established a motivating culture. Egos are checked at the door making any idea is a good idea—regardless of who it comes from. Though we work hard, I feel that I have a nice balance between work and personal life. I would highly recommend Jive as a great place of employment.

Cons

Jive is a fast growing company, so most of the cons are just growing pains. I don't really see them as cons, but as challenges we get to solve together. That just makes work exciting as you get to learn new things everyday!