NortonLifeLock Employee Reviews about "upper management"
Updated 9 Nov 2019
"Work life balance can be maintained easily" (in 650 reviews)
"Good benefits, pretty stable company" (in 270 reviews)
"No clear direction from the upper management" (in 121 reviews)
"Senior management doesn't have clear directions" (in 103 reviews)
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"Great pay, great work/life balance and ingenuity is fostered."
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at NortonLifeLock full-time for more than a year
Pros
Great work/life balance, though this may not be the case for all. Ability to work from home, though this also may not be the case for all. Innovation and collaboration is fostered, as well as open communication with management.
Cons
Upper management consistently fails to make effective or timely decisions. Individuals that are not pulling their weight are allowed to continue with no consequence.
Advice to Management
Focus on the real issues and stop "fixing" things until they are broken. The most blatant and obvious issues are never addressed, and the most insignificant items are what are changed.
NortonLifeLock2014-01-21"Directionless and don't care about the individual"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at NortonLifeLock full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Pay can be decent but it depends on the day. This fluctuates for the same job quite a bit. Since the acquisition of Blue Coat they now have the best comprehensive vision of cyber security (on prem and cloud) with the best secure web gateway in the business (ProxySG). Product portfolio includes SWG, Virus and malware scanning, central management, SSL visibility, sandboxing, web isolation, content filtering and cloud... offerings such as web security services and CASB.
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Symantec struggles with direction and execution of their vision. Direction from the top down continually changes. It seems they just can't figure out what to do next and jump from program to program experiencing one failure after another. They are very numbers and money oriented and the customer experience suffers because of it. Upper management makes uninformed decisions behind closed doors and then pushes poorly... thought out programs down the line for execution and are not open to others opinions no matter how experienced those opinions might be. Huge number of layoffs in the past few years that creates a culture of insecurity. It's been quite a roller coaster ride. Frustrating and you are left knowing that Symantec doesn't really care about the individual. The workforce is becoming somewhat watered down, brain drain due to highly skilled and experienced engineers leaving a company. Engineers are commonly overwhelmed and work/life balance is a real challenge at Symantec.
Show MoreAdvice to Management
Value your people! Invest in keeping top talent. Seek the advice and suggestions of experienced engineers in the field that understand the nuts and bolts of premium customer support for their products before making process and program changes. Break away from the one size fits all approach to premium support and embrace diversity of customer and product in order to provide real and valuable support services to... our customers. Data can help drive program direction but understand what data to use when making decisions about utilization and value of the service. Case counts are not the measure of a premium support experience.
Show MoreNortonLifeLock2019-11-09- Helpful (1)
"Good company with troubled leadersip"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at NortonLifeLock full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Co workers and lower to mid management has been great Allows you to take risks Has been very supportive
Cons
Upper management unstable Poor communication on strategy
NortonLifeLock2019-10-12 "Sunken ship"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at NortonLifeLock full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Sadly there no longer are none. The previous pro were Good benefits, flexibility and good work culture.
Cons
Poor upper management and leadership.
Advice to Management
N/a the damage has been done
NortonLifeLock2019-09-30- Helpful (1)
"Symantec going through major changes"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at NortonLifeLock full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Great cultural and diverse environment to work.
Cons
Executives and upper management made a mess. Currently undergoing through be acquired, which means lots of RIF coming.
Advice to Management
no comment.
NortonLifeLock2019-09-24 "too much instability"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at NortonLifeLock full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
- Smart people - Challenging work
Cons
- No clear direction from the upper management
NortonLifeLock2019-09-04"Symantec"
StarStarStarStarStarI have been working at NortonLifeLock full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Good products and tools to work with.
Cons
Upper management failing to do its job
NortonLifeLock2019-07-25"Lots of Perks, Which Team you work for is Important"
StarStarStarStarStarNo opinion of CEOI worked at NortonLifeLock full-time for more than a year
Pros
Enjoyed working with smart and competent coworkers
Cons
The team I was assigned to lost executive backing after upper management changes. This removed all direction and purpose from the team. RSUs are golden handcuffs. Can make it harder to leave
NortonLifeLock2019-06-01- Helpful (3)
"Pre-Sales Engineer"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at NortonLifeLock full-time for more than a year
Pros
Loved my customers, Loved the fp;ks I worked with.
Cons
Upper management is a revolving door.
Advice to Management
Massive layoffs because a new CEO comes in are ridiculous but if they are necessary perhaps they could be carried out with a little more panache. Having my boss's boss (whom I had only ever fleetingly met once) call me on a Friday afternoon while customer is sitting alongside me as I am mod-install of a PoC when I already have plane tickets in-hand for next week's sales kickoff in Vegas is not cool. It's... humiliating, embarrassing, and unprofessional. Especially when you consider it was I, along with my AE who brought in the largest-ever (USD $M) deal of the products we were selling. Not cool.
Show MoreNortonLifeLock2018-12-31 "Awesome place to work!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at NortonLifeLock full-time
Pros
Competitive pay, hands-off management. Employees regularly socialize outside of work. Risk-taking is encouraged and management recognizes the often stressful nature of dealing with customers.
Cons
You sometimes hear big news from CNBC or The Motley Fool before you hear it from upper management. Draper office is inaccessible by public transportation.
Advice to Management
Keep doing what you're doing!
NortonLifeLock2018-12-07