Gemalto reviews

3.8

77% would recommend to a friend

(910 total reviews)

Philippe Vallée

79% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Gemalto has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 910 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Gemalto 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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910 reviews
1.0
Jan 6, 2017

Program Engineer

Recommend
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Pros

Great place to work if you are newly hired from college/university and are looking for a first job for a few months to a year. Experience different cultures and nationalities

Cons

Poor working environment and poor management decisions Base employees bear the stress of these poor decisions Understaffed - Continually understaffed and no new employees were ever hired after managers promised to make more hires for over a year. Management then hired employees in foreign locations that caused more stress and problems. Impossible deadlines - Told that we would have to complete a 1.5 year long project in 6 months. Team had worked 80+ hour weeks and weekends, then was blamed when goals were not met. Mistrust - Management and HR would say one thing then do another. HR told us that being an 'exempt' employee means that we would be working at least 40 hours weekly and therefor required to stay extra and work weekends; United States law defines an exempt employee much differently. HR promised to cover certain payments in job acceptance, then attempted to deny these expenses after hired, Management promised to hire more employees (after being given many resumes and resources) for nearly a year, then moved tasks to a foreign location and hired employees... found out it was planned the entire time. Management would continue to promise events and recuperation to hardworking employees, but either cancelled events or made failed promises. On business trips, managers and upper level employees set bad examples by making lavish expenses and breaking corporate policy then denying expenses to lower level employees.

3.0
Aug 6, 2016

Was a great place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Gemalto offers several good qualities. They have excellent 401k matching- the best I've seen. If you like to travel, the opportunities to travel to other business sites or customers are endless.

Cons

They are so short sighted on quarterly goals that they make decisions that will impact long term success. Doing more with less is not optimization if you destroy the foundation that brought you success to start.

2.0
Oct 27, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Easy role, no discernible strategy so it’s hard to mess up, some great people who are too locked in to leave. More focus on checking off boxes than retaining top talent or being truly innovative.

Cons

Way under market pay, unqualified management, tons of politics and unfair/ inconsistent policies, not welcoming to women or people of color. Office administrative staff allowed to act unprofessionally and rude.

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