Sr Manager - Anonymous employee BMC Software Employee Review

4.0
Dec 24, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Culture is very proactive and supportive for anyone who wants to improve products or processes. You can talk to anyone at the company without going through channels, if that's the most effective way to accomplish improvements. But if you don't go through channels, you need to be able to show business value - not just with a business case, but with metrics and data that support your idea. Creative, proactive, energetic people with great ideas thrive at BMC.

Cons

Company expects you to work a lot of overtime and to sacrifice personal time, including around holidays. Thanksgiving and Christmas are always times for big releases, so you have to be willing to take as little time as possible. Very little is offered in N. America for corporate or major release celebrations. Much more care is taken to accommodate Israel and India holidays, and much more is provided for celebrations in those locations. Layoffs have happened every 6 months for the past 15+ years.

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