BMC Software reviews

Way too much overtime expected. When quarter-close or year-end close comes up, be prepared to work 18 hour days. And yes, they do feed you dinner for your efforts. The most frustrating part was that OT was mainly for 'face time" and the job really didn't require that amount of time, it was all about being seen at your desk. Environment of martyrs to see who could work the longest hours. No pay raises even budgeted, bonuses were ok but didn't make up for the lack of raises and overtime.

Very sales oriented culture is also their biggest drawback, where management is so focused on making their quarterly sales that they are missing out on some of the biggest innovations in the industry. No thrust on innovation to differentiate their product. Using old school sales model of selling enterprise IT is not working anymore when you are up against new shiny toys that speak for itself. No sound strategy to compete against SaaS model but more of FUD and denial. With average employee being around at BMC for 12+ years, there is a sense of entitlement among them . Product releases take over a year with no major changes. Everyone (mgrs and employess) is pretty laid back doing business as usual, maintaining status-quo. While new nimble and smarter companies are innovating and getting to market faster, while BMC comes out with half baked me-too products or just acquire another company to get into market place. All acquisitions are milked dry and no new investments are made to sustain and grow these investments. Funnily, the senior management are living in denial and keep patting each other's back on small short term deal wins and have no long term vision.