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Blue Coat Systems Reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(242 total reviews)
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Greg Clark

78% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Blue Coat Systems has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 242 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Blue Coat Systems 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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242 reviews
1.0
7 Apr 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

In the end there we no pros only some very unprofessional people around our team..

Cons

Bad Management who lost a lot of good staff. Favoritism is allowed to win out, regardless of who can do the job better, If you face fits and you keep your head down and don't give opinions, you night still be there.

1.0
13 Feb 2015

Where to start:...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

It pays OK and colleagues / peers are genuine and helpful

Cons

-Incompetent managers who rule by fear, -Complete lack of communication as to what is really going on, just Google Blue Coat Systems it brings up all sorts of news articles, that dare not be mentioned, -Unless you work in Sales or engineering don’t expect to get rewarded or get a thank you, -There is a small percentage of people who work hard, and they are over worked to breaking point. The ones who get away with doing little or nothing are rewarded, hard workers aren’t, it is just expected of them, -Decisions are rarely made, just passed round and round to the point you give up, -Cronyism is rife, a new senior manager or VP starts, expect to see a lot of previous colleagues of that manger appear, whist the old people are managed out. -Under funding in some departments, whilst others appear to be over funded, -Constantly moving the pay review time frame, so you are never too sure when the next pay review will be, -Core values, they would be ok if Senior Managers \ anyone in charge took the time to understand them and apply them to what they did, instead there is a do as I say, not as I do mentally, which you daren’t bring up or else your cards are marked. -Moral so low, it long ago crashed through the floor,

1.0
21 Jun 2016

Stay Clear!!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great working hours - flexible Good Benefits

Cons

Management - No back bones, do not take ownership, treat staff with lack of trust & respect, they all stick together & have no time for the true workers Gossip city & lots of unnecessary office politics Policies & procedures are rarely followed, very hit & miss People are favored & certainly a company 'if your face fits'

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