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    3.2
    52%
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    67%
    Approve of CEO
    BlackBerry CEO John Chen
    John Chen
    643 Ratings
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    1. Featured Review
      Helpful (1)

      "Great people and team atmosphere"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Security Analyst in Waterloo, ON
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at BlackBerry full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      People are wonderful, very welcoming. Very diverse set of skills and abilities within the organization. Never short from learning on a daily basis.

      Cons

      Work-life balance is very difficult. It may be unique to my role given I'm in security and monitoring. BlackBerry has a hard rule from working from home which has only gotten more extreme. Before it was casual and if you had a good reason, I'm thinking some people abused the freedom we had. Unfortunately this has stifled my family life and I feel like I'm always in the office.

      Advice to Management

      Discuss hours of operation, work from home capability again. Competing organizations are well advanced in comparison.

      BlackBerry2019-09-28
    2. Helpful (1)

      "Excellent place to work"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at BlackBerry full-time

      Pros

      There are a lot of great people at Waterloo. Just an amazing bunch of folks that can do anything their minds come up with.

      Cons

      Management needs to realize that the people are what makes the company.

      BlackBerry2018-08-22
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    3. "So many great people to work with"

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      Former Employee - Director 
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at BlackBerry full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      You get to collaborate with very smart and capable people

      Cons

      The "market" not giving you a chance

      BlackBerry2019-11-10

    4. "Decent"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 

      I have been working at BlackBerry full-time

      Pros

      Get to work on various new projects

      Cons

      The public perception or the reputation of this company

      BlackBerry2019-11-08

    5. "Working on a turn around."

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Former Employee - Senior Applications Software Developer 

      I worked at BlackBerry full-time

      Pros

      Good salary, benefit and work life balance.

      Cons

      Culture, work in silos, not much team building activity.

      BlackBerry2019-11-04

    6. "Great COOP Experience"

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      Current Employee - Hardware Engineering Student in Waterloo, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at BlackBerry full-time for less than a year

      Pros

      - Emphasis on coop student development - Free healthy snack program - Hands on experience with new technology

      Cons

      - Testing outdoors in bad weather

      BlackBerry2019-10-22

    7. "engineer"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Former Employee - Engineer 

      I worked at BlackBerry full-time

      Pros

      work environment, nice building, nice co-workers

      Cons

      low salary, over time, bad work-life balance

      BlackBerry2019-11-02

    8. "System admin"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Systems Administrator in Ottawa, ON
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at BlackBerry full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      Pay, friendly, innovative, free phone

      Cons

      Layoffs, unemployment, no hardware manufacturing

      BlackBerry2019-10-09

    9. "OK Company"

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      Former Employee - Software Engineer in Waterloo, ON
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at BlackBerry full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      Good benefits Good culture Good environment Good amount of responsibilities Good locatio

      Cons

      No really cons to mention

      Advice to Management

      Help employees to grow

      BlackBerry2019-10-03

    10. "Different teams, different environment"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Senior BI Analyst in Allan Water, ON

      I worked at BlackBerry full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      Good management and lots of training opportunities in some of the teams.

      Cons

      Bad management, stressful environment, zero training opportunities in some other teams. It all goes to individual managers.

      BlackBerry2019-09-24
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