Pros
Working with Brilliant People (except for "blind spot" described below)
Cons
As an employee, shareholder and a staunch supporter of Viasat, I’m writing this Glassdoor review in hopes of highlighting a “blind spot” that needs immediate attention. Viasat owes its success to the brilliant people that continually push the envelope and create innovative solutions to solve tough problems. The company culture of fearless innovation can only thrive when people are encouraged to bring their best ideas forward. Viasat has been building the infrastructure and leadership team to allow for exponential scaling up, but has chosen to ignore a critical business function, HR. The HR Sr. Leadership has risen well above the level of competence and threatens the very culture of the company that they have been entrusted to foster. With a team of approximately 100 people, HR is responsible for the highest turnover in the company. The self-serving management style is MANAGEMENT BY FEAR with no accountability, no goals and no process or business standards. Due to ineptness, anyone that has an opinion is pushed aside, ridiculed, coerced into leaving or eventually fired. HR engages in dishonest, illegal tactics, to hide behind the fact that the top HR Leadership is grossly incompetent. Actions are taking a toll on the business and threaten Viasat’s future ability to scale up and succeed. One has to ask, why does Viasat allow this to continue?