Where did it all go wrong? Stop thinking WAP gateways are the future!! - Manager Unwired Planet Employee Review

1.0
Aug 22, 2008
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Pros

Excellent quality of engineering and knowledge of groups of individuals - the code produced was of a very high standard and great working environment

Cons

Seeing the senior management drive it into the ground. No direction at all and no innovation from the Product Management side - they are still trying to bang out WAP gateways ffs! The Senior VPs don't care - they are getting paid too much to and the upper management below them are next to useless.

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4.0
Oct 28, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Fascinating industry of mobile where growth is guaranteed. Global reach so you can really learn a lot about wireless carriers, their business needs, and see where real innovations in mobile messaging, applications, and infrastructure will have impact on services. Deeply embedded in many carriers around the world. Ability to travel to many other offices. Great to work with strong European counterparts to learn more about advances in mobile. Possibility that new management that comes on board could turn company around. Good salary and benefits especially for long timers but stock is in the crapper. Morale is wonky so watch for that.

Cons

Constant changes in management team makes it hard to feel real leadership. Also, culture of many acquisitions means not much culture to grab onto. Workforce is distributed, lots of folks work from home so accountability is not well managed. Leadership has been lacking for years and this has impacted morale of workforce. Stock has been very low from years after being really high so that also impact morale and reputation amongst other mobile oriented businesses. Competition is significant and growing. Not clear if the company can adapt to changes in the market. Loss of client software business means less interest in the company overall.

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