Hitachi Vantara reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(3,750 total reviews)
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Sheila Rohra

59% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Hitachi Vantara has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,750 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hitachi Vantara employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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4K reviews
1.0
Nov 12, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are good along with so called unlimited vacation

Cons

Current management team is 100 % lost and has no pulse of the business. They have no clue what the company actually does anymore and the culture is terrible. The only one is that you must fall in line like a good little solider and do as they say and not ask questions; otherwise you will be put on a list which most likely in termination when they get you in a layoff. The culture is one of unethical behavior, retribution and fear. It continues the company is either going out of business or will be sold.

1.0
Jul 16, 2018

Run as fast as you can from this company!!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It used to be a great company to work for. Great group of people who worked hard and had a sense of pride in what they did. Flexible work hours used to be a great perk, especially with the crazy traffic in the Bay Area. However, all this quickly became a thing of the past with the change in leadership.

Cons

The new leadership in IT brought with it discrimination, favoritism, nepotism and took away all that made Hitachi Vantara desirable. People are mere numbers who are going through the motions. Most of the original team has moved on to other companies and for the right reasons. Whoever is left is only waiting to find the right opportunity so they can get out of the toxic environment at Hitachi Vantara. Don't be fooled by the fake positive reviews that have suddenly flooded here. The company is struggling with hiring and retaining good talent for quite some time now. People have either been rejecting offers after accepting them or quitting within days/weeks after joining. If you are a talented individual who is looking to work for a company that respects and appreciates good talent and provides you a positive environment to work and grow in, then this is not the company for you. Run!!!

1.0
May 2, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Vacation is unlimited, but recently some teams started to mandate management approvals to get it, previously you would submit the request ahead of time and all set to go. Company matches 6% of your 401K contributions vested immediately.

Cons

The culture of indifference at many levels - most managers do not see you as a person, but rather as a replaceable resource, Most products are legacy ones with a lot of questionable code, a lot of time you will patch issues instead of developing a new code base. Many managers are grown from within and are skilled developers without soft skills to manage people, many old-guard people managers just care about their own growth and will throw you under a bus to step up. Engineering culture is very strange - managers cultivate backstabbing by requesting a regular anonymous feedback on other employees in 1-1's. You will be shuffled between projects on a quarterly basis instead of focusing on a specific area and deep dive into it.

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