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    BlackBerry CEO John Chen
    John Chen
    617 Ratings
    Pros
    Cons

    • "Blackberry was dying at the time" (in 119 reviews)

    • "Senior Management had their own views and didn't listen to middle/lower management and engineers" (in 59 reviews)

    More Pros and Cons
    1. Featured Review

      "Beta Software Test Student (Co-op)"

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      Former Employee - Beta Software Test Student in Waterloo, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at BlackBerry full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Absolutely loved working there, the environment is very ripe with opportunity and the support provided by my immediate leaders was great. I was able to pitch an idea and see it come to life within my tenure which was awesome to witness. John Chen was always very welcoming and honest about where the company stood and thats what I loved the most, honesty with a gameplan.

      Cons

      None, I absolutely loved it,

      Advice to Management

      Keep doing what you're doing!

      BlackBerry2018-10-15

    2. "Senior Director"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

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

      Pros

      Compensation, work environment, great people

      Cons

      In the midst of a rebuild / turnaround means many changes

      Advice to Management

      Less hierarchical decision making

      BlackBerry2019-03-19
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    3. "Great company to work with"

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      Current Employee - Service Specialist in Waterloo, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at BlackBerry full-time for more than 20 years

      Pros

      benefits package is the best, yearly bonus and merit increase.

      Cons

      too much process that slows down productivity

      BlackBerry2019-05-22

    4. "Cool place to Work"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Waterloo, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at BlackBerry full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Learn at your own pace. No micromanagement. Best managers.

      Cons

      Salary is low. Not much future opportunities.

      BlackBerry2019-05-14

    5. "A nice Canadian tech company"

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      Former Employee - Principal Architect in Waterloo, ON
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at BlackBerry full-time for more than 6 years

      Pros

      Big company, formal processes everywhere, leading-edge tech

      Cons

      Shrinking, a lot of uncertainties, company in transition

      BlackBerry2019-05-11

    6. "Sr. Program Manager"

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        Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
        Recommends
        Positive Outlook
        Approves of CEO

        I worked at BlackBerry full-time

        Pros

        - Had a great manager. - Great product.

        Cons

        - company was struggling back then. Many rounds of layoffs.

        BlackBerry2019-05-10

      • "Senior Software developer"

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          Current Employee - Senior Software Developer 

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

          Pros

          Management and the HR process is good

          Cons

          nothing to mention specifically regarding the cons

          BlackBerry2019-04-11

        • "No future for Blackberry under current manamgent"

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          Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Mississauga, ON
          Doesn't Recommend
          Negative Outlook
          Disapproves of CEO

          I worked at BlackBerry full-time for more than 6 years

          Pros

          Still some good people left to learn from. Not so many by now.

          Cons

          Leadership is so poor. John Chen cares only on making the numbers look better, no product leadership, and no work is done on how to achieve any goal, and long term success is sold to make another penny on each stock. HR is the worst. They don’t see any employee as a person, just a budget. A good friend got fired while battling illness with zero regard from HR.

          Advice to Management

          Replace John Chen, HR and all Product leadership.

          BlackBerry2019-05-13

        • "Disconnect Between Upper and Middle Management"

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          Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Waterloo, ON
          Recommends
          Approves of CEO

          I have been working at BlackBerry part-time for more than 2 years

          Pros

          - The people I worked with were great. - Flex-core hours. I could start work anywhere between 7am - 9:30. - Moral is on the rise as BlackBerry makes its return into the software world.

          Cons

          - Upper management doesn't really understand what developers do. - Seems like they all got promoted from marketing and most of them are "yes men"

          BlackBerry2019-04-15

        • "Snr. Director"

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          Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
          Doesn't Recommend
          Neutral Outlook
          Approves of CEO

          I have been working at BlackBerry full-time

          Pros

          Great learning opportunities and opportunities as the company transforms from hardware history to software future.

          Cons

          As with any public company, it can be hard to balance short term requirements for the quarter and long term needs which can create difficult situations and lack of focus.

          BlackBerry2019-03-22
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