NETGEAR reviews about "upper management"

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11 reviews
1.0
Nov 5, 2019
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Pros

Good experience, great colleagues, good local management.

Cons

Almost no benefits or perks, the break room is so small it may as well not exist with only a single seat for 30+ people. Upper management listens to problems but never acts on them, so problems never get solved. You will not feel like a valued employee, and most people are counting the days untill they find a better job so they can leave. Sales staff next door look down on support staff, leading to a bad atmosphere.

1.0
Sep 5, 2023
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Pros

- Interesting and Challenging Projects - Some really good engineers to Work with. - If you want to experience how bad and toxic a company can be, this is it. - Almost all the positive reviews are fake. Those are paid reviews and not by actual employees or contractors.

Cons

- Some employees are highly toxic and racists against me because they thought I am Muslim even though I am Sikh from India. This also included the people from upper management. - Even people at EECO and DFEH were appalled. They said they saw these type of incidents only at McDonalds, Walmart etc. or other blue collar job sites. - Whole HR department as well as UX department was involved in it. - It is the worst place I've worked in my entire career and I've worked for 8 different companies. - All the positive reviews are fake and paid reviews. - This is not a place for talent. - Incumbent self-promoting management misrepresent employees just to fire them. - As an Indian/Sikh, I went through constant Anti-Muslim harassment at the hands of several employees and contractors at the behest of the HR and management. - They were using contractors and facilities employees as their foot soldiers to harass me so as to make difficult to be sued. Current California/Federal discrimination laws give more weightage to harassment by the supervisors or managers then to the employees who are your peers or below you. Company has almost negligible liability in case of contractors so that's why they used them to harass me. - All these perpetrators always had Realtime knowledge of all the managerial level decisions. So people in management were providing this information to them directly. Including, the information about my termination. - Notoriously bad and racist upper management. - Totally hostile work environment. - It might be usual scene for some but in my life I have never lived in ghetto or kept any contact with these type of people. Neither I grew up in these type of toxic environment. So, It does affected me negatively and I try to avoid living as well as working in ghettos. - If they have planned so meticulously there strategy to harass someone who they think is "Muslim" then obviously law suits doesn't matter them. Those are part of the plan. They are willing to endure few lawsuits to show it to Muslims or someone who they think is Muslim. - Only thing they try to mitigate was there cost of the law suit by using contractors and facilities people to harass me. They never tried to stop the harassment and only tried to mitigate the cost of the lawsuit. - I never even asked them to fire anyone only for them to stop harassment so that I can better concentrate on my work and not get distracted by all this harassment but after the complaint they become even more aggressive and bold. - They made my life extremely stressful and difficult. - These kind of things can never occur until the management gives free hand to the perpetrators to do whatever they want as long as the victim is Muslim or looks like Muslim. - So, you are already working these long hours sometimes even 14-16 hours and over that you have to prove at every moment that you are not "Muslim". - Lot of people stopped harassment once they realized that I was not Muslim but what would have happened if I was actually Muslim? Would they have physically attacked me like so many anti-Muslim hate crimes happening against browns especially Indians and Sikhs. Some Examples as below: ○ Indian engineer killed, another injured in U.S. hate crime Navy veteran shouted ‘get out of my country’ before opening fire in a bar - February 24, 2017, Kansas Shooting. ○ An African American Iraq War veteran intentionally ran down a family of Indian descent in California thinking they were Muslims, according to police. - April 28, 2019, Sunnyvale, CA. - Obviously, These incidents are not isolated and happened in the spurt of the moment but were well-planned and coordinated. Similarly, Anything could have happened to me at these two companies since they were also emboldening and supporting these racists individuals by not taking any action against them, standing with them including the HR and other employees from the management, hiring the people who were fired for the same behavior earlier and then trying to stick it to me that they re-hired the "the same facilities contractors". - Soon, I will be releasing the full details to the public including the perpetrators involved in the racism and harassment.

2.0
Apr 12, 2016

I would avoid

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Pros

Decent benefits: Health care is completely paid for individuals and low cost for families, bagel and fruit Fridays, nice employee purchase plan for products and decent espp. It really depends on what you group you are in here at NETGEAR. Some groups have nice employees and managers.

Cons

In general, upper-management has been here awhile and it's the same old thing over and over. Promotions are not based on merit but instead given to people who are friends with upper management. Bonus % seems very attractive if it pays out (doesn't happen often). Change here is extremely slow. There have been numerous employee surveys and only minor changes have resulted. Additionally this company is spoon fed everything from the CEO. They outsource damn near everything and as a result product quality has suffered. Product firmware is god awful, I wont even purchase our products at a 50% discount.

2.0
Mar 8, 2016

Stay away!

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Pros

Great products, most people are friendly and willing to help and collaborate. Good benefits.

Cons

Upper Management only focus is on numbers. CEO very controlling and everything must go his way. No room for growth. Understaffed for most projects that company commits to with very aggressive deadlines . No work/life balance

1.0
Jul 11, 2015

Scary place to work

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Pros

Free coffee and sodas. Espresso machine in lunch room great. B-ball hoops in parking lot helps for burning off stress. Decent pay, although bonus program keeps shrinking. Good location in center of valley, easy access to freeways, etc.

Cons

People are hired into upper management with no product development, sales or marketing experience, and no idea how to treat engineers. Management is verbally abusive to engineers and many are now seeking new jobs so headhunters are calling here first. If you want a product marketing job flirt with management and you'll be hired here - no experience necessary. Others with experience or internal candidates won't even get interviewed. The company management preaches ethics but it seems rules don't apply to them.

3.0
Jan 5, 2016
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Pros

Flexible work environment, good pay.

Cons

Ever changing targets make it difficult to focus on the task at hand. Upper management changes goals before the previously set goals were attainable.

3.0
Oct 18, 2018

Software Engineer

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Pros

Great co-workers. Good salary and benefit package.

Cons

Decision-making is too centralized. Lower level managers have little or no decision-making power. Upper management lacks a culture of innovation. There is too much bureaucracy.

1.0
Aug 2, 2015

Practice what you preach

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Pros

Good insurance, free soda, free oatmeal, coffee, tea, popcorn and sparkling water. Sometimes free bagels. Decent workout room.

Cons

Sub-par pay for worker-bees. No opportunities for advancement and/or rewards based on merit. There are no ethics in the company. CEO allows upper management to openly fraternize with subordinates, and enormous increases and new job opportunities given to unqualified, provocatively dressed employees with no experience. Inside, non-advertised jobs with no competitive interviews. Promotions based on genuine merit and skill are non-existent. You need to leave to get paid what you’re worth. No new innovation. Cheap products that are not well-thought-out and rushed to market with bugs and lousy packaging. CEO allows notoriously bad behavior in upper management.

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