Brocade reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(886 total reviews)
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Lloyd Carney

48% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Brocade has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 886 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Brocade 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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886 reviews
1.0
Oct 2, 2017

A Sinking Ship

Recommend
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Pros

No real positives to work at this place. All of my experiences with this company were negative.

Cons

*Politics interfere with even the smallest of projects *Important corporate level policies are not in place, leaving downstream groups to flounder in ambiguity while they try to solve company level problems *Legal is monolithic in creating new policies *Corporate culture does not reward "Breaking the Status Quo," in fact management would prefer you remain a cog in the machine *You are a number to this company. You are not a person. I had the pleasure of sitting in a meeting with a Senior Director during a hiring phase. To paraphrase what he said: "I want to squeeze those students for what they are worth, because they are going to leave in a year anyway. Pay them as little as we can." *HR is not able to act effectively Examples: - A potential employee who was to be flown on-site to interview was once left in the lurch. He had to call someone outside of HR the night before his interview to frantically figure out how to get to San Jose after his recruiter forgot to purchase his flight. - Scheduling to recruit at a university career fair. After the fair was over, and at the wrong campus location. *There are forced breaks in the work year that require you to use PTO if you want to get paid. This equates to almost the full amount of your starting PTO at the company if you are a new hire. There will be little time left over for vacations, or personal days. *Little room for growth or opportunities for advancement. Career paths end up being more horizontal than vertical.

1.0
Aug 23, 2015

Bad management practices

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good work life balance. Good benefits.

Cons

Very poor selection/recruiting of Managers with no proper management trainings and so managers are allowed to treat their employees very bad. I went thro' harassment from my manager. Even after reporting to HR and upper management, they would not take any action and advised me to fix it. NO protection to women. I will use these lessons learnt to coach women on how to protect themselves. My exit interview was also tailored to not even ask me why I was leaving.

1.0
May 4, 2015

Brocade HR Organization

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great team. Very collaborative environment. Nice facilities. Competitive benefits. Compensation is ok. Good bonus program. Great university and intern program.

Cons

Rigid management, very traditional. Working remotely is not supported. Accountability is a big issue. While some work extra hard, others do not pull their weight and they still somehow manage to climb the ladder. Also, due to the lack of knowledge by some members of the 2nd tier mgt team, its difficult to find the leadership and support needed within the team.

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