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4.1

84% would recommend to a friend

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96% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

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4.0
Sep 2, 2012
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Pros

Smart and competent colleagues. Interesting and challenging projects. Open atmosphere with lots of opportunities to make an impact. Abundant compute and license resources for most jobs. Reasonable work/life balance with flexible hours. Good telecommuting infrastructure.

Cons

The company has been struggling financially the last few years. Unpleasant actions such as layoff rounds, salary cuts, and mandatory vacations have occurred at various times. Bonus payouts have been low or non-existent due to poor financial performance. Road map has been unstable with project cancellations as a result.

2.0
Aug 21, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

They pay above average base salary for many positions. Baseline benefits are very competitive. If you really want to live south of the river in Austin, they are very convenient.

Cons

In a world of flattening organizations, they are opting for increasing levels of hierarchy and power distance. Not much of a future...they could not successfully leverage being the only second source for x86 processors, now they are stuck being an incumbent in a mature/declining industry with none of the perks that Intel has. Completely unreliable bonuses (goes with completely unreliable profits). Stock that used to be marginally cyclical but is probably stuck in the tank, that's not a perk, either.

2.0
Jul 26, 2012
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Pros

It can be very relaxed. Get your job done and you can count on promotions and raises. The work can be very cutting edge. The managers for the most part let you do you thing and don't get into the mix too much. Unless there is a lay off it is VERY rare for anyone to get fired.

Cons

Relaxed also doubles for no real movement. They don't change things and when they do it seems to frequently be in the no right direction. I won't say wrong because often the choices seem to just neutral. The promotions are few and far between and seem to be heavily based on who senior management sees most, not necessarily who is doing a good job. You boss also has to like you because it appears they need to burn political capital to get promotions for non-senior management noticed people. Management lets you do your thing, but that means when the poop hits the fan you can get fried too. They don't really know what you do or how involved or difficult it is. Raises are small. Bonuses non-existent. Stock options have been worthless for sometime now. .

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