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Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Supermicro)

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Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Supermicro) reviews

3.1

52% would recommend to a friend

(1,076 total reviews)
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Charles Liang

56% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Supermicro) has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,076 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Supermicro) 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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1K reviews
1.0
Jun 18, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

- Better than average benefits but no where near those provided by top tier companies. - Competitive product line. - Strong leadership at the executive level. - Job security.

Cons

- If you don't speak Chinese you most likely wouldn't feel welcomed here, unless you're Caucasian. - Work environment can get very uncomfortable. - Asian overtime working culture. - No clear path of career advancement: it's basically based on favoritism, not how good you are at your job. - Family owned business: not necessarily a bad thing until the executive family member(s) screwed up. - It is very easy to feel unappreciated around here. The company doesn't treat its employees as valuable assets but instead we're pawns to do masters' bidding. - Drama among team leaders: CEO encourages competition between teams, but some team leaders took it too literally. Team members have zero chance of switching teams as some team leaders look at it as "losing territory" or "losing face". Limiting team members' career growth potential. - Stone Age grade document control. - Tons of meaningless meetings. - Lots of managers who don't seem to have a clue of what they ought to be doing. - Can't seem to keep young talents. Talented young prospects bolt out at the first light they see.

3.0
Apr 7, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

-Learned my entry level server knowledge here. -Interesting people to work with, colleagues are laid-back, made a lot of friends here. -Job security, didn't need to worry about layoffs. -If you are lucky, got to a team with a reasonable manager, your life should be pretty good here. -If you have a purpose that either 1: knowing what you want, learn what you need, then move on. Or 2. looking for a retirement job. Then this is a perfect place for you. But if you don't know what you want, lazy to learn, it is also a good place for you because you will soon find out that you are forever stuck here and incapable of finding a real job elsewhere lol.

Cons

Upper management - met the worst, shady, hypothetical managers in my life here. They play around with politics, manipulate with the power they have, and so afraid of loosing their authorities. It feels like you are watching high school drama, but the actors are 50+ yrs old men. @.@ You don't need to work hard here, just be obedient and make sure you know how to kiss @ss, boy they like it. And if they don't like you, you bettet run and don't ever think about coming back because they will put you on something called blacklist. Don't think about internal transfer, there is no personal growth here, they rather think you betray them, very narrow minded. Again, not all upper managers are bad, awesome managers do exist here, depends on where you land.

1.0
Mar 12, 2019

Hard sell...

Recommend
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Pros

Very stable business, some good people (majority have left way before my departure). Alright place to start your career. Cafeteria is pretty good.

Cons

Managers over-promise and lie with no shame. Cannot trust anybody, protect yourself. People push work around, which you will eventually learn to do because there's no point in taking responsibility. I've seen people break down at work because the environment was so negative. Most of the good capable people will eventually give up and find something else.

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