Parallels Reviews
Updated Nov 4, 2019
"Awesome kitchen, mostly great people" (in 9 reviews)
"Fast paced, technology and customer focused, great Dev teams here in Moscow" (in 8 reviews)
"The Russian/Norwegian/Swedish cultures do not mesh with the American culture as well as they think they do" (in 7 reviews)
"some growing pains with processes and tools that need improvements" (in 4 reviews)
"Interesting place to work for"
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Approves of CEOI worked at Parallels full-time
Pros
Good people there, ok pay, got to work on cool projects
Cons
Different executives had ongoing turf battles
Parallels2018-03-29- Helpful (7)
"Laid-back organization, high demands"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Parallels full-time
Pros
- The company is unique in its market niche and provides valuable solutions. - The technical level of RnD is quite high, a lot of talented and highly educated people work there. Possibilities to get valuable experience. - It's not one of those "corpy corps" that treat employees like cogs. The attitude toward subordinates and peers is positive and humane (not talking about higher management here). Issues get... resolved easily, hours are semi-flexible, in case of emergency there's an option to work from home. - The company is young enough to allow for career opportunities.
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- Still lots of growing to do, organization and processes wise. - Employees are always loaded with tasks, sometimes working overtime is highly expected and there's lack of reward for all the hard work. No bonuses, just regular salary which is not above market. - Higher management is not interested in resolving long-term issues with working environment in RnD office, for instance issues with parking and air... conditioning. - They try to promote company "options" as bonuses and are over-promising going IPO "soon" each year, but they never do. When asked, they turn it around and argue that all the company needs to finally go IPO is for employees to work harder.
Show More;Advice to Management
Bring the company closer to world industry standards including compensation, working conditions and business processes.
Parallels2013-05-23 "Excellent Growth Opportunities at Parallels"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Parallels full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
-Excellent life/work balance -Premium/Competitive benefits -Expansive opportunities for internal growth -A clear directive from management/executives -Under Corel, there are constant cross-functional opportunities for those who seek it -Internal culture is friendly and transparent
Cons
Many Parallels employees are high-functioning and have high-output for their productivity. So, a new employee or junior hire who may be entering early in their career may feel left behind without meticulous supervision and constant alignment. Merging of systems with new acquisitions or internal system changes is difficult to keep up with but it's clear the change is always to the benefit of the employee.
Advice to Management
Communication could be improved. Please, continue the deep understanding of employee needs and frustrations. Surveys and follow-ups are great - but over-communicate future change versus after-the-fact to help every employee be prepared on what to expect to ensure the continuation of high-quality output.
Parallels2019-11-04"Adequate IT employer in CIS"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Parallels full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Decent salary, good company culture, interesting job
Cons
Lots of mini-corporate culture nonsense, the company sold out its business units in 2016-2017 to other corporations, so now it's a very different company.
Parallels2019-07-10"Senior Network Engineer"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Parallels full-time
Pros
Good company to grow in depth in Virtualization technology
Cons
nothing to say ..its a good company
Parallels2019-05-10"Parallels"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookI worked at Parallels full-time
Pros
entrepreneurial fast paced dynamic environment
Cons
all the cons that come with a constantly changing environment. Some people thrive others dont.
Parallels2018-10-29- Helpful (1)
"Dint waste your time"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Parallels full-time
Pros
In Bellevue which is a great place to visit.
Cons
Mini Putin running the joint
Advice to Management
Close the doors. You are chasing nascent technology in a declining market and you can't innovate to save your life
Parallels2018-08-28 "Nice place to work"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Parallels full-time
Pros
-very flexible schedule -interesting projects -projects are famous in the Geek world
Cons
-old-school project management, no agile -no bonuses
Parallels2018-08-06"Good software company to work for in Malta"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Parallels full-time
Pros
Great offices in Sliema Free food joint events Free parking
Cons
sometimes lack of communication between departments
Parallels2018-04-27"good company to work with"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Parallels full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
small, lean, fast paced, good products, great teams
Cons
lots going on in terms of restructuring of products
Advice to Management
none
Parallels2018-03-12