Sandvine Employee Reviews about "work life balance"

Pros

I have been able to grow within the company, and have learned a lot in the process. Processes are now in place to help with work/life balance that weren't there before. The place keeps getting better over time.

Cons

It is a challenging place to work for, where you constantly need to learn to just stay afloat. To me, it's part of the fun of being here.

Pros

Lots of learning opportunities and received plenty of mentorship from my teams. Once you have proven your abilities, your career here is set.

Cons

Still lots of uncertainty. Push to deliver can impact work-life balance.

Pros

- There are attempts to engage the employees with paid/subsidized outings and quarterly team lunches. - There are some genuinely smart people here. - Lots of challenging problems to solve. - Some really engaged people trying hard to make a difference. - Flexible work schedule.

Cons

- Too many managers/directors and not enough people who actually work. The org chart is laughable. (there is literally an AVP of nothing, with no reports and no official duties) - The place is overrun with ineffective meeting-hoppers, bouncing from meeting to meeting looking for a free lunch (literally). - Don't make new friends, because they won't there tomorrow. Attrition is the highest I've ever seen anywhere. - No work/life balance. - Projects consistently understaffed, without adequate resources, investment and usually come with unreasonable deadlines. - Code quality is low, due to lack of skilled programmers doing the actual work. - Productivity is measured in lines of code (which is great for people who don't know how to program). - Most "lifers" are resistant to change and therefor the company is run on seriously obsolete platforms. - Serious disturbing "Bro culture", bordering on sexism. - No respect for family life, work life balance. - Employees are lobbied to rank the workplace highly so that Sandvine gets on the "Great Places to Work" list. - Not many "Engineers" who actually code/work anymore, and those that do get frustrated or overworked and leave. - Management is completely ineffective with too many opinions being given weight and decisions forever in a stalemate. - Projects are dragged on endlessly to the advantage of those whose job depends on it (i.e. contractors). - Politics are surprising for such a small company.

Pros

people make the environment fun lots of things to see and do

Cons

zero work life balance 14h work days crammed into 8hours of pay there are no spurts of work, just more and more of it

Pros

You get to work with very smart people which is a great thing to keep one motivated and on top of one's game. Management respects employees Good work-life balance Good benefits package

Cons

Victim of it's own growth Some groups work like "old boys" club - not easy for outsiders to get in. Controversies surrounding Net Neutrality. Used to be a great place to work, but it's reputation has suffered lately. Employees not appreciated/rewarded for good work