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
4.0
Nov 11, 2017

Software Engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Benefits, 401k plan, good health insurance

Cons

Some Managers yell at you if something does not work out.

1.0
Jul 23, 2017

"Tech" Company that outsources IT

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ample opportunity to travel the world and learn new skills. Large company so the possibility of being acquired is low.

Cons

Not really a tech company. Their products are all acquisitions. The company then turns around, trains someone making much less money and lays off the engineers and support staff responsible for creating the product. The result is techs and support staff who aren't too knowledgeable in the product they support. Not only is this frustrating to the support engineers but think of how the clients must feel! The IT staff for the most part is 90% outsourced. Unqualified and overpaid it's easy to say if you have the slightest problem with your computer you might as well just reinstall your operating system before it actually gets fixed. The remaining 10% are incompetent. No one has an original idea or wants to make the company or processes better. People are content just to come into work and collect a paycheck. The company is French based, so get used to being wrong all the time. As stated earlier there are no original ideas just acquired companies that knew what they were doing. You get the ability to learn new skills, but it's often at the cost of the company performance and the hatred from your peers. You have 10 years of experience in software development? Let's put you in a manager role of HR. You are a senior Finance member? We have the perfect position for you in R&D. If you happen to get promoted from a senior member to a management role you get the additional privilege of learning out how much more your pervious peers make more then you. Yes, make. HR won't do a thing, as far as they are concerned this is what you agreed on so who cares if the people under you make more. You should feel privileged to be promoted.

2.0
Jan 28, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This is a good place to work for IF you are not in the GGS group. Pay is good, 401k matching is great, stock options are good.

Cons

The below cons are applicable for GGS team only: Micromanagement at its best. You have to know french to move up the management. A lot of politics and thread pulling inside the GGS group that doesn't fit ethical workplace standards. This is not a kid friendly or women friendly place. Expect workweek to hit 60-ish hours and if you plan to leave at 5pm, you will invite a lot of stares. Maternity leave could be interesting. Zero paternity leave.

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