Vulcan reviews

3.5

75% would recommend to a friend

(175 total reviews)
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Bill Hilf

64% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Vulcan has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 175 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Vulcan 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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175 reviews
1.0
Oct 25, 2013

Think twice

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Pros

good money. not unreasonable hours. relatively central location. nice building. You'll feel like you're living well, but you'll begin to wonder when you took the wrong exit.

Cons

Inward-focused management. High turn-over. Many failed ventures. A surprising number of good people go through here but almost everyone leaves after a while, confused about what they have just gone through. Unfortunately, as word has gotten out about the company, it no longer means that much on the resume. People far away will be impressed. Those who know about it locally will politely smile and move on. There's quite a corps of ex-employees out there now, most of them disappointed.

1.0
Oct 23, 2013

Meat grinder

Anonymous employee
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Pros

If you can navigate the juvenile politics that start at the top you'll have longevity at any other company that has professional leadership.

Cons

Revolving door of good people who didn't know Vulcan's management reputation before taking the job. All staff are regarded as disposable at the CEO's whim, VP's and Sr Mgrs go along with it to save their own jobs. It's not about how qualified you are but how long you can stay under the re-org radar.

2.0
Oct 16, 2013

Mixed bag

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Pros

Paul G. Allen has some great ideas and concepts around multimedia

Cons

Insular management and too many compromises on technical decisions

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