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TIBCO Software Chairman, President, and CEO Vivek Y. Ranadivé

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Vivek Y. Ranadivé

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Updated May 21, 2013

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Current

Pros – The good stuff - a very agile environment, with down to earth people looking for the next spurt of growth so you can grow with the company. Top of the class products and forward thinking - Spotfire is a great win for TIBCO.

Cons – The bad stuffCan feel like a fragmeneted organisation and not meritocratic - bonus pool i smainly retained by senior management and the employees get a very small bonus.
Sales strategy - focus on existing accounts...now new pipeline despite hiring hunters...very strange?
Very lean back office who are th hardest working lot in TIBCO.

Advice to Senior Management – Now the Ugly - Pull your socks up and start thinking about your workforce and not just yourself. There is either too much fragmented process or too little of it - find the middle ground please an reward your staff as they are getting very disillusioned.

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Good place to learn and grow.

Current

Pros – Lots of room to grow if you work hard and position yourself correctly in the organization. Traditionally the field organization has solved very complex problems. There is a history of outcompeting larger companies such as IBM and Oracle through hard work and intense customer focus.

Cons – Increasing bureaucracy. Political atmosphere. Lack of mentorship or clear career path. For field organization work/life balance is nonexistent.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on clients. TIBCO is fundamentally a software company. The focus should be on making software work for our clients. TIBCO is at its best when client driven.

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Great to work for!

Current

Pros – Fantastic opportunities and general recognition
Interesting work
Most colleagues are highly talented and great to work with

Cons – Sales pressure can be high
Sometimes way too much work to do
Recruitment process very slow

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It was a nice experience

Former

Pros – Good work culture and really talented people work here.
Its good to work in a really dynamic enviornment with really smart people here.

Cons – Pay is comparatively less here. I was expecting to have good raise in salary. But I ended up getting less. So salary is the one thing one should consider before making Tibco as a long term career choice.

Advice to Senior Management – Pay attention to the employees.

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Good

Current

Pros – 1. good work life balance
2. excellent benefits

Cons – 1. everything is good about the company

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25 year old software with zero cloud product or roadmap

Former

Pros – They will probably be out of business in 5 years

Cons – they will strand many customers who invested in the infrastructure that grew outdated and obsolete

Advice to Senior Management – Hire good laywers because your middle management is violating every law in the book

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TIBCO Software

Current

Pros – Has a nice mid to start up feel and everyone works well together.

Cons – Large turn over due to politics in the offices. Salaries need to be revisited and moved up for A and B employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Get more involved with the day to day aspects so that you can make better informed decisions.

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Wants to be cool, but really isn't

Former

Pros – Good products! Good vision people in MGMT

Cons – Personal views over good business make this a difficult place to be.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work in innovation, but look deeper into how you manage your people

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SR Member of Tech Staff

Current

Pros – Good place to work
Good balance Life

Cons – Need Vision
Need clear Direction

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Tibco Software - Still a Startup

Current

Pros – Flexible Working hour
Lot of work
Good productsand training material available to learn from.
Onsite Opportunities for 3-6 weeks (Best Onsite experience)

Cons – No particular yearly goals decided
Manager is everything (HR /MENTOR/ God father) you can't pass him to the next level
Don't see people staying in company after a certain years of experience (4-6)
No Architects or Principal Engg only SMTS is the highest level given to indian developers next is technical manager
Lot of recruitment - but only in quantity and not in quality.

Advice to Senior Management – Try to keep talent , as you can get better output from them rather than bringing new people and training them from next 6 months.

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