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Approve of CEO
Mark Hurd and Safra Catz
37 Ratings
Pros
"But Sun was novel in many areas such as company-wide work from home policies before it became trendy" (in 212 reviews)
"Great Technology, Good people, good work/life balance" (in 129 reviews)
Cons
"Senior management never saw the threats to their business model" (in 76 reviews)
"Upper management became disinterested, was spending too much on selling their selves rather than promoting the company for the future" (in 49 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
- COVID-19
Pros
I loved working here it was awesome
Cons
Got furloughed due to Covid
Pros
Was a great place to work and innovate
Cons
Miss it since Oracle is very Sales focussed
Pros
Good Work place great technology
Cons
Salary is good easy to work
"Great Company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookI worked at Sun Microsystems full-time for more than a year
Pros
Excellent training programs, mentoring, leadership coaching
Cons
Does not pay like new age tech companies
"Great Technology, Management woes"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Sun Microsystems full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Great Technology, Good people, good work/life balance.
Cons
Lots of travel, management didn't appreciate hard work, and was to top down focused, didn't listen well to employees or customers
Continue readingPros
Great organization, great people and flexible working environment.
Cons
Sometimes there is an "not invented here" mentality which means, if you're not in an engineering group....then maybe your contributions as discounted
Pros
Good working environment. Mostly friendly people
Cons
Nothing bad to say about Sun
"A Good Place To Work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsI worked at Sun Microsystems full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Great group of smart people to work with.
Cons
Chasing too many business opportunities outside of core business creates a lack of focus.
Continue readingPros
gone, not much to say about
Cons
ok, not much to say about
"Miss a great company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
RecommendsI worked at Sun Microsystems full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
The company believed in growing their employees. There were lots of opportunities to be promoted within job, laterally or upward.
Cons
Some managers needs to look at their employee as individuals with different needs and not group them based on whether peers want same development.
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