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Embarcadero Technologies

Is this your company?

Some really great products, but company vision is all over the place. - Anonymous employee Embarcadero Technologies Employee Review

3.0
Jun 20, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Generally good people within the company. They have some really great products they should put more energy and focus on in order to ensure they stay great and get even better.

Cons

Change directions too many times as they have too many differing product lines that pull focus and energy all over the place. Focus on database tools or focus on developer tools; one or the other. If they insist on keeping both product lines under one roof, get rid of the duds and focus on the top performers. Give R&D the proper resources to focus on putting out a handful or so awesome products, rather than dozens or more so-so products. Invest in proper and creative marketing, and enable the sales team to be successful. The marketing and sales teams have had so much turnover in the last 1-2 years from management down to the reps, that its likely going to take quite a bit to get that going again. The new Austin sales office (and office of the CEO) has become a frat house. It is a shame and is embarrassing as Embarcadero is supposed to be a professional enterprise organization.

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5.0
Dec 3, 2014
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Pros

Embarcadero has really re-engineered their model and weeded out a lot of employees within the past year. Great work-life balance. Plenty of smart, hard-working people working dedicated to making the company great. I was lucky enough to work with a truly amazing manager. I did not notice it to be a "fraternity environment" as others have mentioned.

Cons

Pay is well below market rate for most positions. Advancement is limited. There is a training program in place, but it is lacks structure and organization.

4.0
Sep 16, 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great location, best of industry tools used, and fairly good sales and marketing processes in place. Great Product Managers and Product Marketing Mangers who work closely to produce good content for marketing programs/campaigns. Good sales, developer and support teams. I worked with some brilliant people and learned everything that helped make me successful in the market. As with any situation you have to eliminate the noise and concentrate on how you want to use the opportunity to grow and exceed expectations. I was thrown into situations that helped shape me as a profession. I would never trade the experience for any other opportunity.

Cons

HR seems to like to use intimidating tactics with their employees. Managers are ok with letting certain people in their team work from home (from time to time) but they are asked to not let HR know openly. HR seems to like to give people write ups as a punishment tool. Are we really in high school? HR is not friendly, you have to guess what mood they might be in before you approach them.

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