Trimble reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(1,635 total reviews)
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Rob Painter

88% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Trimble has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,635 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Trimble 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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3.0
Apr 14, 2021

Great work, poor employer.

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Pros

The work is fun, and I enjoy what I do.

Cons

Healthcare plan is literally the worst allowable by US law. Merit raises are lower than inflation. For a software engineer, this is insane. Recently gutted most bonuses. PTO was removed and replaced with a supposedly "better" plan where I get a hypothetical unlimited days off - but my boss has to approve any time I take off. Instead of choosing when I can take a break, now my boss chooses for me.

3.0
Oct 27, 2016
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Pros

The 3D Warehouse was initially a fun group to work for. The team consisted of smart, talented and good people. This was back in early 2013. Then most of them left. There were a lot of opportunities to do different kinds of development work at SketchUp which makes the place dynamic and creative. People were generally open-minded and there was a sense of camaraderie there. People wanted to help others. Generally speaking, SketchUp has good coding practices, but it depends on what team you work for. I've met some great people working there and created some friendships too. But, it's a mixed bag.

Cons

SketchUp can be a great place to work but it depends who you're working with. I suppose that's true of all companies. Code Reviews: I have mixed feelings about this. We used to adhere to our style-guide, but that changed in the last few months on 3D Warehouse. We used to value quality over quantity, but that changed too. Unit testing was a priority, but not so much anymore. We also had a pretty close-nit team but that didn't last. I worked there for just under 4 years and in that time I had 5 tech leads, and 4 managers. A lot of turnover. It seemed the longer I worked there, the more office politics and power struggles came into play. It's unfortunate, because I used to be a very happy employee there and believed in the company. Not anymore. My team came under its most recent new management change sometime around the early part of 2016 and I really don't think these guys know/knew what they're doing. They had never been in management positions before. As a result, they certainly didn't foster a good team vibe and they really took on a dictatorial management style which didn't work for me. They threw our style-guide on the floor and ignored the collaborative culture we used to have. Not cool. Maybe this has to do with the Trimble acquisition as well. SketchUp used to fly under the Google banner. But, upper management made some pretty bad decisions about who would lead the 3D Warehouse team and things really deteriorated as a result. I hope they can figure things out.

2.0
Aug 10, 2016
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Pros

Good work/life balance Flexible schedules Good place for road warriors. Opportunity for international travel. Great technology

Cons

Under market salaries. Executive management lacks solid understanding of software, marketing and core business strategy. Growth through hundreds of acquisitions with no plan in place for integration = tons of redundancy and waste. Glass ceiling for woman. Absolutely no coaching, training or investment in employees. Tend to promote sales staff into senior level business managers. Culture of contempt and disrespect.

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