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4.0

78% would recommend to a friend

(3,203 total reviews)
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Mark Benjamin

88% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Nuance has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,203 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Nuance employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
Jan 14, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

The company doesn't mind remote working. I am living close to one of their major hubs but very rarely come to the office which helps with work-life-balance. I had about 4 roles with the company and never was I micro managed. The closest supervision I had was where I needed to fill out weekly status sheets. That's that. In the roles I had I have yet to find a really dumb person. The people at the working level are generally smart and friendly.

Cons

There is no career perspective and rewards are seldom issued. Compensation is sub market. I did several jobs here. Before my current role I straddled so many tasks that they ultimately needed to hire 3 people to backfill. Conversely I had months where I produced very little. It doesn't matter either way. You neither get acknowledged for the hard work nor punished for doing little. The company just doesn't care either way. If you want to make career you need to align yourself with distinct circles within the company. This is way more important than having ideas or working hard. [ I have no experienced in the medical division - they may be different]. If you want a day job than this is a good company. If you want to move something, get recognized and have a say...not so.

1.0
Oct 7, 2012

Complete chaos

Recommend
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Pros

Good pay Speech market is growing Good at maintaining monopoly positions in markets in which they compete Interesting product set

Cons

Very USA centric company which does not understand or support EMEA well CEO is narcissistic and out of touch Much of upper management are incompetent yes men (no surprise as this is the path to the top in this company) Constant turmoil in the organization, all good sales people are gone in 3 years Targets are set to justify overpriced acquisitions rather than based on reality in the field Regularly employs dirty tricks such as taking away an account or raising a target right before a large deal comes in to ensure that they don't have to pay commission to employees who exceed expectations Low employee morale in EMEA In a state of non-stop reorganization Heavily siloed and territorial Disliked by partners and customers Sales encouraged to stuff channels and cut corners Heavily bureaucratic Very little business intelligence Little focus on product quality Sales people are treated like parasitic infants rather than the experienced gateway to the customer that most of them are

1.0
Aug 2, 2012

Bad management and a very political environment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

A leader in a relatively stable market sector. Has some good technologies - especially in the speech recognition area. Allows for remote workers.

Cons

A very political office environment. Some departments are run by a few incompetent managers who are in their positions just because they are a part of the “in-crowd”. Good work seldomly get rewarded, but, if you are part of the in-crowd, you can pretty much do no wrongs. It is a highly stressful environment both in terms of the atmosphere and the workload. There is no work/life balance.

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