WinMagic Reviews

2.6

31% would recommend to a friend

(65 total reviews)

Thi Nguyen-Huu

41% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

WinMagic has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 65 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The WinMagic employee rating is 32% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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65 reviews
2.0
22 Sept 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Only for developers, it may be a good transitioning work place for those who is willing to extend their knowledge. Some developers there are quite experienced and talented. But be prepared for dictatorship from CEO and poor standards.

Cons

1) All Departments: There Is NO Value In You. In 2016 in average 5-10% of value-bringing talented hard-workers from all departments were resigned due to what they called "corporate restructuring". And they will keep doing this. The truth is that they are short-cutting: letting 2 people go and hiring 1 new to replace both roles. So be prepared for work overloads no matter what department you are applying for. Also they are gradually moving more and more positions to India, short-cutting costs. Judge yourself about quality of service. 2) All Departments: Poor Corporate Culture. The fake smiles and dictatorship start from CEO and transitions to majority of top managers. And those who tried to "break" the ice and bring some light, freedom and fun to the company were let go. That's one of the reasons why most people are scared, not motivated and even depressed. 3) Development & QA Department. This is where dictatorship thrives. There has been constant complains about poor code quality and standards. And even though there are some bright and smart developers back there, development process and management will not let them shine. As a result the end product is outdated and looks like it is still 1998. 4) Support Department. As a result of what's happening in Development, Support team is being constantly bombarded with requests from unsatisfied customers. And off course the relatively small team is not able to keep up with requests flow and forced to switch to quantity instead of quality. Guess where the train is going. 5) Sales & Marketing Departments. Huge turnover. High demands with no budget to support initiatives. Looking from outside Marketing team used to be (until mid 2016) the most motivated and delivered the best, but then top management fired bright and energetic marketing VP and "dark times" began. In 2016 Marketing department shrunk and became same dull as all other departments. Sales people is under constant pressure by COO. Rarely seen them happy, also maybe because of what is happening in Development and Support as they depend on the product.

2.0
6 Dec 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They've somehow stayed in business this long so there's a good chance the company is stable. The product is pretty decent, not as good as they want you to believe.

Cons

The CEO is SO unprofessional. He's been knows to try to get kisses/hugs by the female staff. He prefers to yell at people in meetings. The COO doesn't really know what he's doing, locks himself in his office to avoid talking to anyone and when he does talk he likes to repeat himself many many times.

1.0
12 Nov 2013

Nightmarish

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good experience for the desperate, good place to meet lots of people, Interesting technology.

Cons

This company goes through people very swiftly so don't get too comfy or develop any friendships. Long hours of work expected. Very little room for growth within the company. Hard work of talented developers and others is undermined by decisions of upper management. The management policy is try to rule by fear, so expect meetings to involve yelling, insults and threats.

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