BMC Software reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(2,881 total reviews)
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Ayman Sayed

83% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

BMC Software has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,881 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BMC Software employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
4.0
Mar 11, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Company growing fast - stable job and good chance to advance career. The company got into the whole BSM story very early, and has had a lot of success at selling this to customers. Our customer base is constantly growing, and that makes for a lot of work and stable product development jobs. The possible risk to a job here is that there is a trend to move work to the India office, and I would estimate that in another 3-4 years most of the work will move there. So existing employees need to create a place for them in a leaner environment.

Cons

Outdated technology. Very IT specific work. if you understand how IT organizations work, or have good working knowledge about datacenters and all it takes to manage them, you will enjoy this work. Otherwise you will have to forget about all the neat stuff being done out there by companies like Google and Facebook. No place for that in this company. No work is done on the cutting edge. The perspective is to gain customers, not to lead on technology front.

2.0
Feb 28, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Your work makes difference to very large number of users Decent development processes that let you concentrate on doing the job (relatively) Industry leader in several areas Very flexible (home\office) time Decent work environment

Cons

Less innovation Immature product management - what software are you developing? Limited opportunities in advancing career Growing emphasis on india development center Collection of acquisitions

3.0
Nov 4, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

BMC is Ethical company that puts an emphasis on doing things above board. BMC offers a good work/life balance and respects the fact that its employees have lives outside of work. The people at BMC are friendly and helpful

Cons

Unclear strategic vision Not enough focus on driving results Too slow to execute Mired in the past Not agile enough Difficult to get things done in the company Fragmented silos No marketing leadership or vision - chasing PR over substance Too tops down focused - not enough initiative at the grass roots levels

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