Parallels reviews

3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(171 total reviews)
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Birger Steen

77% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Parallels has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 171 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Parallels 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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171 reviews
3.0
Nov 27, 2016
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

1) A well-known brand 2) A lot of skilled professionals (but it depends on the department) 3) An OK work/life balance (but it's totally up to you!) 4) If you're a novice, Parallels is a good opportunity to see how serious IT companies do their business with a decent amount of bureaucracy and learn a lot about processes

Cons

1) A lot of managers can't stand if you dispute their decisions, even if they are obviously wrong 2) Salary depends a lot on your relationships with your manager - you might get extra bonuses or you might permanently stay underpaid 3) Coworkers mostly are nice people, but if you are an introvert it will be hard for you to do your jobs as a lot of tasks require social communication 4) Company is very caution about decisions and stick to outdated technologies and processes - you won't learn a lot of new technologies here 5) Considering a large amount of offices, it's almost impossible to get a relocation 6) Company is not multicultural, as all offices are isolated from each other

4.0
Apr 2, 2016

Good place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lot of interesting people, talented engineers, new office is pretty nice. If you want to become a star - all in your hands, company definitely help you to learn and reach planned results. Work time very flexible.

Cons

Compensation (in case of USD troubles in Russia...), very unclear annual review system.

5.0
Sep 10, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This company is a leader in its field. Good choise: 1) If you have some IT-experience and want to grow up (company will pay for your Microsoft and Red Hat exams); 2) If you want to work in a world-wide comany (most of the engineers are from Russia, but customers are from all over the world); 3) If you want to gain experience in working with a large service providers and want to understand their internal IT processes (Hosting, VPS and many other services).

Cons

1) High barrier to entry; 2) It's difficult to combine work in Support Department and studying at the University.

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