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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

(258 total reviews)
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Charles Liang

56% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

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1.0
Apr 10, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Discounted gym membership. Accepted my salary request after negotiating.

Cons

The atmosphere at Supermicro is extremely negative. I worked here for one month as a Product Engineer and was trained in multiple departments as a new hire. Throughout all of my training, I met new people each who would tell me that I need to watch my back at the company and if I wanted to know how bad it could get, to study glassdoor reviews. A senior engineer advised me: "stay late on weekdays even if you are not working - that's how you will be recognized for hard work." This is no joke. My direct manager would tell me that most of the time, reps on our sales team will have a lot of drama fighting over accounts. He laughed talking about how most of the time, our team will already know who won the account long before our sales reps find out because we work directly with the customer. Then he proceeded to say that I should stay out of the sales "drama" as much as possible. This was one of many signs that told me how unprofessional the teams are. During my exit interview with HR, the HR coordinator asked me why I wanted to leave so soon and so abruptly (I did not give a two-weeks notice). I gave her my reasons and her response was, "Oh yes. Those reasons also seem common on Glassdoor, and we have a lot of turnover with younger new hires. We read the reviews and are trying to fix it. Right now our priority is trying to get a 401k match." If that's their first priority, there's no way this company will retain good talent. Since then I've worked at a much better Silicon Valley tech company. If anything, Supermicro was the place that taught me exactly how a company should NOT operate and made me appreciate my new job so much more.

1.0
Mar 29, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

* Free Saturday lunches (yes, Saturday) * Not much work to do even though everybody seem to work overtime

Cons

* Low pay- I have since moved on to other companies, but considering how low I and my peers were paid, I was bewildered why any engineer would want to work for Supermicro * Long hours- my entire team works EVERY SINGLE SATURDAY, and we regularly work till 8PM during weekdays * Toxic culture- I have seen my manager retaliate subordinate for HR reports, employee jump ranks to back-stab immediate lead, and nasty office romance fallouts

4.0
Feb 22, 2017

Interesting company

Recommend
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Pros

The company is quite flexible and flat. You get to engage variety of individuals without too much care to their titles. Key decisions always go back to the CEO and senior executives, which means you have the opportunity to meet with him often. Just make sure you have the right ideas.

Cons

Still got some traditional Asian culture here. Time management will depend on the teams. A lot of the SOPs are still very manual in nature.

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