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Diverse tech company with flexible, challenging positions, and cool products that make a difference - Linguist Nuance Employee Review

5.0
May 24, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible work hours and adaptable working arrangements in most groups. Management understands, and is willing to accommodate to, changing family situations to offer employees a good work-life balance. Exciting, cutting-edge products that make a difference in millions of lives around the globe (in healthcare, customer service, automotive, home entertainment, etc.). Smart, highly-educated, helpful colleagues all around the world who usually get things done together quickly and efficiently, despite the geographical distance. Lots of opportunity to learn new things. Taking courses and educating oneself is strongly encouraged. There are always presentations, discussions and talks to attend about several interesting topics. An exciting and useful place to work for someone who is just starting their career, but also interesting enough (partly due to the many changes in the fast-paced world of tech) for those who stay for many years. Multi-cultural and multi-lingual. As an immigrant, I feel at home at Nuance.

Cons

Like in most big companies, certain processes and changes take a long time to happen. There is always much more bureaucracy in big companies than small start-ups. But on the other hand, big companies can give a different, more stable setting for innovation, experimenting, and learning. Having worked in both, I can see that both have pros and cons.

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Nuance Response
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We are always happy to see consistent things that we believe set Nuance apart from our competitors. We are proud of our really smart workforce and our cutting edge products. We are always glad to see that our flexible work options are enjoyed and acknowledged. Over the last year, we have been really focused on trying to minimize the bureaucracy and make our processes more efficient. Thank you for taking the time to share your Nuance experience.

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