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John Chen
582 Ratings
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"Work-life balance is really good" (in 133 reviews)
"Flexible working hours, good benefits, challenging and changing environment" (in 73 reviews)
Cons
"Terrible work/life balance due to heavy workloads" (in 43 reviews)
"Senior Management had their own views and didn't listen to middle/lower management and engineers" (in 59 reviews)
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"Excellent place to work"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI 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.
BlackBerry 2018-08-22 07:40 PDT![BlackBerry Logo]()
"Had good potential, but bureaucracy ruined it all"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at BlackBerry full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Great colleagues, learnt a lot from them
Cons
Top-down management style
Too much bureaucracyAdvice to Management
Your employees are the bell-weather to your business outlook. Listen to them and you will be able to forecast your business trends much better.
BlackBerry 2018-09-11 09:38 PDT![BlackBerry Logo]()
"What a ride!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at BlackBerry full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Great work life balance. Free phone but that means always on, always connected to work.
Cons
Well, they blew it when it came to some key strategic decisions but are on the right track now.
BlackBerry 2018-08-20 13:59 PDT![BlackBerry Logo]()
"Nice"
StarStarStarStarStarDoesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at BlackBerry full-time
Pros
Some good friends and smart people but they all left
Cons
Some wishful thinking and dumb replacements
BlackBerry 2018-09-03 03:11 PDT![BlackBerry Logo]()
"Software developer intern"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOPros
Great people, challenge work, flexible work time
Cons
low chance for return offer
BlackBerry 2018-08-11 20:29 PDT![BlackBerry Logo]()
"Great place to work"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at BlackBerry full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
I loved the people I worked with
Cons
Team tend to move around a lot
BlackBerry 2018-08-08 18:50 PDT![BlackBerry Logo]()
"Great experience until politics destroyed morale"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at BlackBerry full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Gained experience working with world-class talent.
Cons
Politics became nastier over time.
BlackBerry 2018-08-03 19:05 PDT![BlackBerry Logo]()
"Software Development Career at BlackBerry"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at BlackBerry full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
A real and fast pace environment, and work with many professional colleagues.
Cons
Good enough, and nothing at all.
BlackBerry 2018-07-31 06:39 PDT![BlackBerry Logo]()
"Software Developer"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at BlackBerry full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Excellent Perks and good snacks
Cons
Everyone specializes, nobody knows the big picture technically.
BlackBerry 2018-08-12 22:18 PDT![BlackBerry Logo]()
"not bad, but no real growth"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at BlackBerry full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Good pay and benefits, great people to work with
Cons
turn over in sales is a huge problems, new reps last less than a year, management makes poor hires, multiple sales hires looks bad to customers and sales cycles lengthen out or go away.
Advice to Management
stop being cheap, pay for performance. Sales would be much higher if management actually paid people what they are worth. When you never get a commission check, there isn't any motivation to sell. You would save a lot of money paying more to your employees to encourage them to sell harder. No incentive=no sales
BlackBerry 2018-08-09 09:01 PDT
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