BMC Software reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(2,876 total reviews)
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Ayman Sayed

85% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

BMC Software has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,876 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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2.0
Nov 1, 2016

Has lost its heart

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Pros

The employees have each others' backs and work collaboratively across organizational lines. There are many opportunities to move into different roles to broaden experience. There is a ton of innovation happening with the products as the company focuses on delivering a great user experience.

Cons

Management. There are bright spots, but for the most part, the owners have placed dictatorially-minded bullies into leadership roles. They place unreasonable deadlines on staff and expect employees to give up their personal lives in order to meet those deadlines. And many have the "my-way-or-the-highway" mentality, which means employees are not encouraged to be creative, but are simply expected to follow orders. Long-time employees are heading for the doors and nobody seems to care.

3.0
Oct 16, 2015

A few bright spots

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Pros

BMC has great products. The IT Service Support Management business is innovative and exciting. Robin Purohit and the leadership team he has put in place are driving growth that is restoring BMC to a leadership position in the market. Bill Berutti is also driving innovation, but has a steep hill to climb. Mainframe and Workload Automation businesses continue to deliver solid results.

Cons

BMC is no longer a great company because it has lost sight of its people. Cost cutting continues in many areas, making the "do more with less" mantra more true than ever. People are burned out. Lack of confidence in many leaders is also contributing to attrition, which is no longer a cause for alarm for upper management, since it helps the bottom line.

2.0
Oct 15, 2015

Big Motherf'n Clawback

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Pros

Relatively good enterprise level software, executive relationships at some of the largest enterprise companies in the world. Relaxed work atmosphere - no one's working hard enough to make you feel bad about hiding. You can work there for a long time without doing a whole lot as long as you don't need to feel good about yourself. The pay is pretty good for the amount of work you have to do.

Cons

Field Compensation organization is absolutely incapable of paying people appropriately or in a timely fashion. Large portions of the company have unresolved negative credits (clawbacks) for unknown/inexplicable reasons from deals booked over 12 months ago. Employees are told to just wait until next months cycle and it will be fixed - but it isn't, starting another one-month wait. God help you if you leave the company and expect to be paid commission for your final quarter. Random layoffs have been happening since the company went private without rhyme or reason - regions with 150% quota attainment were forced to cut heads while also doubling quota the following year out of retribution. Company keeps hiring outside senior management from bigger fancier companies just to fire them 1 year later after it didn't work out again, while internal talent abandons ship with lack of advancement opportunities.

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