3.0
Mar 18, 2014
Good work life balance, security annoyances, stuck in the past
Former employee, more than 10 years
Sunnyvale, CA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
As a software engineer, I rarely worked more than 40 hours per week. (can't say the same for all engineers, however; the test engineers often worked swing shifts and extra hours). The slower pace gave me the time to develop as a software engineer, while at work and outside of work.
Cons
Using software technologies that were 10-15 years old. Inconsistent capabilities between engineers. Some aren't very good. Feels really bureaucratic. Lots of annoyances that come with being in a high security environment: my building had no windows (not necessarily the case everywhere, though), no cell phones, firewall prevented access to e-mail sites like gmail and streaming sites like pandora.
