This is a hidden gem! - Software Engineer Guavus Employee Review

1.0
7 June 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Join if you want to foray into politics because that is all you will learn here.

Cons

This is a hidden political gem . The CEO should probably shut down this so called 'analytics' firm and launch a political party given the kind of management that he has gathered who have absolutely no skills and all their energy is focussed on making life miserable for the employees. That is the only way for this firm to succeed. HR is a group of extremely incompetent folks who are a disgrace to the profession of Human Resources. They probably dont even know what they are supposed to do. Just taking hefty salaries home for working 9-3. Perfect job isnt it ! The company has absolutely no vision , the product is in a extremely bad state . Its as if nobody here knows what exactly they want to do. Absolutely no innovation . Dont remember last when something new happened. There is absolutley nothing to motivate here. Almost all the time most of the guys are integrating things that someone else has worked on so if you are thinking you are going to get to learn here , dont become a fool. The firm earlier had the advantage of being a good pay master in NCR but now there are many options so make your choice wisely. If you a young person just starting your career and have multiple options in hands , just stay away from here. This will be a career destroying move.

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5.0
6 June 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pioneered big data analytics for 5G, which would have a great potential in the next five years.

Cons

Change of the stakeholders brought Guavus to cyberdefense world, which did not match its core.

1.0
25 Sept 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The original vision was good, and the CEO has his heart in the right place. The engineering product is very good and they have some great (but wasted) talent.

Cons

Where to start? Sales team sucks big time. Endless sales cycles with multiple teams working for nought. Can't figure out what they want to be; a platform or a product company and it's too late now. Middle management is full of highly incompetent people; some directors don't know the basics of analytics or technology which is shocking and would be comical, but is downright tragic. Not transparent at all; at least in San Mateo office. No long term vision, work is strictly just to do the bare minimum to please whatever little number of customers that exist, and presumably to appease the investors by making quick money. No investment in people, and as such you are treated like another warm body till someone else takes your place. You get hired and put to work on pointless, mind numbing work. Options are diluted as hell, so no one is making money out of this endeavor. Compared to other valley companies, zero perks.

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