Love the company - not the culture - Anonymous employee Greenplum Employee Review

3.0
Mar 19, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Love the way everyone has such a strong beliefe in what they are doing and the products they are producing. There are excellent opporunities for learning and employees have the ability to balance both home and work. The teams take a lot of pride in what they create and they are very proud of their accomplisments. The atmosphere of a start up is energizing and agile.

Cons

The facilities are less than ideal for our part of the organization. We are split between 5 suites and one is set up with call center sized cubes. The culture is very difficult to adapt to and having to get a consensus before implimenting something is not conducive for effective business. Administrative support is limited to one person for all of Engineering (5 suites).

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5.0
Dec 28, 2011
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Pros

Agile, nimble like a start-up - but with the large corporate backing/benefits of EMC. Ability to remain mostly independent and drive our own business. New office space is stylish and like a start up we have lots of free food and drinks - including lunch 3 days a week and 2 nights where pizza is delivered and breakfast bagels, doughnuts on Friday.

Cons

Not all employees are located in the newly remodeled space. Additional remodels are in the works, but the company is still split into about 5 different office suites. Teams not a cohesive as they would be if all were co-located.

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2.0
Jan 25, 2013
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Pros

- Nice first floor - Wednesday hot lunches and pizza 2x a week - Middle and lower management very competent and tallented - Good work/home balance

Cons

- Toxic culture at all levels from administrative to upper management * They compete with each other instead of working together * Too busy fighting for control instead of working together * Good old boys club mentality - Upper management are mainly white males - Minorities don't really gain a whole lot of respect here - Legacy employees treat the new ones differently - they are not old GP and never will fit in - Seemingly sales and marketing focused with limited attention to engineering * Engineering had 1 administrative assistant for 2 years to cover 5 suites and over 100 people * Small cubes with limited privacy * upgraded look and feel to sales/marketing area but not engineering - note the pictures are not where the bulk of the organization was!

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