Not strong culture, no general vibe - Senior DevOps Engineer Guavus Employee Review

1.0
Sep 16, 2018
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Pros

I heard that it was a good place before, maybe two years ago, but a lot changed.

Cons

More than five people left the company in a very short period of time !!!!!! I had to resign because there were conflicts in management (up levels) and I could not convince them of changes that I thought were necessary. The problem is that everyone is so ego-driven that does not even listen to others. The culture has changed, new employees are just not aware of any new shared values/goals that they can contribute to, nevertheless, it might have never existed in the first place! Too risky for seniors, no options to explore, no rewards for innovation.

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5.0
Jun 6, 2023
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Pros

Pioneered big data analytics for 5G, which would have a great potential in the next five years.

Cons

Change of the stakeholders brought Guavus to cyberdefense world, which did not match its core.

1.0
Sep 25, 2015
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Pros

The original vision was good, and the CEO has his heart in the right place. The engineering product is very good and they have some great (but wasted) talent.

Cons

Where to start? Sales team sucks big time. Endless sales cycles with multiple teams working for nought. Can't figure out what they want to be; a platform or a product company and it's too late now. Middle management is full of highly incompetent people; some directors don't know the basics of analytics or technology which is shocking and would be comical, but is downright tragic. Not transparent at all; at least in San Mateo office. No long term vision, work is strictly just to do the bare minimum to please whatever little number of customers that exist, and presumably to appease the investors by making quick money. No investment in people, and as such you are treated like another warm body till someone else takes your place. You get hired and put to work on pointless, mind numbing work. Options are diluted as hell, so no one is making money out of this endeavor. Compared to other valley companies, zero perks.

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