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    Tyco Reviews

    Updated 15 June, 2017
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    Tyco CEO George R. Oliver
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    1. "Software Development Review at Tyco"

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      Former Employee - Software Developer in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Software Developer in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Tyco full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Very caring and stress free environment
      Friendly and supportive team leads and managers
      Embracing educational and technical development
      Payment was always on time
      Very flexible on work time and team leads almost always trusted developers
      Strict on core values

      Cons

      Each year you may expect termination with no or almost least meaningful reason (According to colleagues)
      Sometime you may feel number of members in team are more than enough which can slowdown overall speed
      Some projects were at risk because of weak time estimation and management
      There were some complains on performance evaluation

      Advice to Management

      Use professionals for marketing and system integration. They are core to right project definition which should be delivered on time to market.

    2. "National PM"

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      Former Employee - National Project Manager in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - National Project Manager in Toronto, ON
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook

      I worked at Tyco full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      can't seem to find any

      Cons

      hired to fix an issue with client
      once client relationship was rebuilt
      company eliminated your services

      Advice to Management

      doesn't matter, it seems majority of the senior management, no longer works there

    3. "Merger cost me my job"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Montreal, QC
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Montreal, QC
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Tyco full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      I had a great boss, great teammates, great work environment.

      Cons

      I was laid-off because of the impending merger, and my job was moved overseas to Ireland. I had to train my replacement, who was incompetent.

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    4. Helpful (2)

      "Terrible training, poor morale and workplace culture."

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      Former Employee - Customer Service Specialist in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Customer Service Specialist in Toronto, ON
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Tyco full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Pay. That is the only "Pro" I could come up with.

      Cons

      Terrible training; no one cares if you complain or have feedback to give since they're a Unionized company; terrible workplace culture and morale; no room for advancement so whatever you get hired for is what you'll be doing the entire time; company keeps getting bought and sold so upper management constantly changes every few years.

      Advice to Management

      Train, and give your Trainer some training at your Toronto location to gain better people skills to administer better training!

    5. "System Level Test Specialist"

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      Current Employee - Systems Level Test Specialist in Concord, ON
      Current Employee - Systems Level Test Specialist in Concord, ON
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Tyco full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Very flexible with working hours and friendly staff

      Cons

      do not pay well and lay off employees every year

      Advice to Management

      Please think about the employees' salary as well.

    6. Helpful (2)

      "Good teams but poor management"

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      Former Employee - Embedded Software Engineer in Concord, ON
      Former Employee - Embedded Software Engineer in Concord, ON
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Tyco full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Easy going. Feels like a government job. Good technical experience.

      Cons

      Low pay and no room for advancement.

      Management always tell you what to do instead of taking feedback on what the product should be. They try to please everyone and make the product more complicated filled with useless features. Sometimes it feels like there is no vision. When layoff cycle comes, they lay off people who they don't like.

      Only people who suck up to management or people who are good friends with them seem to get ahead. Lots of favoritism, even though they say they don't favor people.

      Advice to Management

      Listen to your employees. Keep your good talent and weed out the bad apples.

    7. "Great, fast paced and challenging, easy to go in to work"

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      Current Employee - Service Technician in Grande Prairie, AB
      Current Employee - Service Technician in Grande Prairie, AB
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Tyco full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good pay, great perks, I like the work.

      Lots of different tasks to break up the day.

      I get the support of management needed

      Cons

      Benefits could be better but they are still okay.

      When I get the support of management I get the minimum, nothing more

      Advice to Management

      Good job

    8. "not too bad for a beginner"

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      Former Employee - Bilingual Field Tech Support in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Bilingual Field Tech Support in Toronto, ON
      No opinion of CEO

      Pros

      they have good benefit as long as you enjoy the job

      Cons

      the company is in restructuring process, needs time to shape up well

      Advice to Management

      take care of the good talents you have and stop stressing them out they may leave.

    9. "Great company with a bright future but plague me with political agendas as with any growing company."

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      Current Employee - Software Developer in Vaughan, ON
      Current Employee - Software Developer in Vaughan, ON
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Tyco full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great team support environment and hard working staff. Lots of new technologies being explored and never a dull moment. Open door policy so directors are always available for support.

      Cons

      As with any big company with lots of growth, there are lots of growing pains and political agendas being forced down to the lower ranks.

    10. Helpful (1)

      "Its just a job and not a career!"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Montreal, QC
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Montreal, QC
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Tyco full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Friendly coworkers which is all I can say about this company! Team leaders understand the problem but have their hands tied because management don't care! This is why we have a good relationship with only the few people in our department only and not with the company!

      Cons

      Too many red tapes preventing anyone from exceeding or even meeting their development goals! When the goals are meet their either eliminate the salary increase or put the bar even higher so that it would be unreachable! The company does not care about its employees or their customers! All the upper management sees are numbers and $$$ from shareholders!

      Advice to Management

      Retain your employees and not treat them like tools that are replaceable at anytime!

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