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Pros:
- Nice campus building with outdoor walking track, comfy reception couches, slide between 3rd and 4th floor is cool.
- Decent low-cost cafeteria with good burgers and onion rings.
- Onsite gym for a fee is a nice perk.
- Company-provided mobile phone either iPhone or Samsung  with either AT&amp;T or Verizon.
- Lots of office spaces owing to recent departures and rifs. 
- Only slightly below industry average pay and stock-based bonuses - price dropped when Elliott Management sold off all their shares making stock bonus less valuable (google: "Elliott Management Letter to Board").
- Super dynamic work environment requires only basic skills for most jobs and rarely require specialization in a field to be hired. 
- Once in, if you know how to play the game, by either looking good in front of upper management or staying under the radar, then you’re all set.
- Historically, hard to get fired for incompetence or doing little/no work.
- New executive management is in place recently and that could drive changes over the long-term, but most of the middle management are way past their expiration dates.

Cons:
- 401k matching is minimal at 1% , vested over time.
- Switched to health plans to Optum and that only provides high premiums or deductibles with lower coverage.
- Extremely negative and poisonous culture with very low morale owing to the weekly RIFs and resignations leaving either "show-off-to-upper-management" mode or "hide-and-collect-pay-check" mode.
- Prior payouts of big long-term RSUs bonuses and non-merit annual raises makes up the payroll . 
-Not a collaborative culture among various departments, there is a definitive divide between long-timers and new-comers, which results in a "we-know-it-better-than-you" attitude. 
- Lack of originality for project ideas results in competition for working on good projects and often credit is not given where it is due.
- Somewhat of a sexist sales organization triggered  departure of female account managers. Lack of technology knowledge and over usage of subject-matter-experts in the field.
- Unfriendly reputation towards partners and channels. Common place to undercut a reseller/channel/oem by going direct.
- Lack of commitment towards technical alliances evident by slow delivery of promised quality features. Many features are developed after partner or competitor releases idea. Open source code is embedded minus GPL licenses.
- Despite a decent campus, terrible HQ Location. In the middle of Nowhere, NJ. Attracts mostly locals avoiding commute to NYC. Remote employees must fly to Newark  –  voted worst airport in the US.
- The CMO spent money on south pole trip and has an overloaded  organization incapable of representing technology to customers.
- Every quarterly service pack release dozens of useless features, often based a on single customer requirement, are released due to lack of long-term roadmap or vision from CTO.
- Almost non-existent product management organization. Products reports into development and PMs get fired for disagreeing with development.  This is a cultural norm. Rarely are PMs able to influence product direction as Development runs the roadmap. Take this into account for PM jobs.
- Objection and questions around direction of the the product are not tolerated. 
- Majority of the development staff is on H1B visa with very few local developers, this has resulted in a cultural imbalance where product direction from above is not questioned for sake of retaining status.
- Too much focus on what the competition is doing, which results into a frenzy of hours of pointless short-term work for based on competitive announcements. 
-  No future company direction from the CTO, instead, monopolization of every conversation and imposition of opinions without relevant data points. Many product features are made-up in PowerPoint resulting in disappointed accounts.
- Competition has been stronger recently in terms of market share

Having been with Commvault for the better part of a decade, I've seen a number of people come and go, and started to see some positive change happening, until the new CEO came in a couple years ago. 

One of his first actions within six months of taking the position was to start "voluntary" layoffs, followed by involuntary ones. Jobs were outsourced overseas, allegedly some leadership positions there went to friends and family members of his, and the company started hemorrhaging talent. Anyone who was left or managed to survive has spent the time since doing their best to not get fingers pointed at them. 

Work/Life balance is a fantasy here. If you work in the services arm, be prepared to be overworked for the amount of compensation you are given. Sales chronically overbooks engagements, so you may be working anywhere from a half dozen to several dozen projects at any given time. Time zone differences are NOT respected by management either when they decide they want you at a meeting outside of your normal working hours. Feedback to management is likewise something of a joke in terms of any positive action being taken.

Compensation is all right, but still well below market rates for equivalent positions on paper. For what you actually end up doing in terms of work load, the discrepancy is even worse. Medical benefits are basically focused around saving the company money and the insurance provider (UHC) will deny whatever they can if you need a procedure done until you either lawyer up or file complaints with your state's insurance board. Raises are almost never much above 3%, UNLESS you are in upper management.

Unless there are significant changes made to the leadership and overall philosophy, this company will continue to be a revolving door for anyone below management levels.

Commvault was a great fit for me and came along at the perfect time. 
For a small to mid-size company, I found they have impressive technology, which says a lot coming from someone who came from a fortune 500 company.

I had the opportunity to learn, a new technology called "Connect" used for team collaboration. It can take the place, of SharePoint, and it offers so much more than a repository for document storage. 

I tremendously enjoyed supporting three sales executive leaders and their teams.. 

The door closed for me, as a contract employee, when the company decided to close the Plano office. Now it's time for the next door to open. Always eager for new learning opportunities.

Thank you Commvault for everything! 

You will be missed.

Disorganized Management - Commvault software is an enterprise-level data platform that contains modules to back up, restore, archive, replicate, and search data. It is built from the ground-up on a single platform and unified code base.

Data is protected by installing agent software on the physical or virtual hosts, which use operating system or application native APIs to protect data in a consistent state. Production data is processed by the agent software on client computers and backed up through a data manager, the MediaAgent, to disk, tape, or cloud storage. All data management activity in the environment is tracked by a centralized server, the CommServe, and can be managed by administrators through a central user interface. End users can access protected data using web browsers and mobile devices.

Commvault is such a unique place to work, especially for a first internship. From the very first day it is clear that the company truly cares for their employees. They seek to make each work day enjoyable with comfortable work spaces, activities and workshops, a fully equipped gym, cafeteria, barista bar,multiple game rooms, and even a slide. They encourage collaboration from all employees at all levels and a proper work life balance. In fact, as an intern, I have been able to speak with both BEOs in place during my time working for the company. Although they are a global leader in the industry, each location still takes time to make local impact. They are constantly hosting volunteer and donation events to help those in need in the local area.

The company went through a transformation 2 years ago (the Indeed rating shows it) and it's been an extremely positive change. New and winning leadership has attracted talent - hard working and successful individuals from other competitors in the tech industry. Commvault is just getting started.  With a refreshed and new Marketing campaign, we're poised to take the market.

The company offers all the perks, flexibility, and benefits from any tech company.  Commvault is operating with the energy of a startup, but with the wisdom of an established, publicly traded company.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Commvault is a remote first company and this leads to greater flexibility in the work day for working parents, or for needing to get errands done. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The teams are VERY lean, which leads to a lot of work and long hours. Working on the weekend is not unusual. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
There is a lot of work, but the culture is very good and people are friendly. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
LONG - as it's a global company, meetings are throughout the day and into the night. Add to that, getting daily work done and some days don't allow for sleep.

Work/life balance is very good.  You usually only bring home what you want to - if at all.

Compensation needs serious work and raises need to be completely overhauled.  Within a couple of years, you'll find yourself at the low end of the pay scale while being a senior in the environment.  The other benefits aren't bad at all but there are better out there.

There are some really bad managers in place who only promote people that will not outshine them - which wouldn't be hard to do.  So you have a management tree of below average individuals.  Some departments need a complete overhaul.  The Dilbert principal is in full effect here.

The job culture isn't that bad - at least on the technical side.  Your mileage may vary.

After never ending layoffs and massive outsourcing of jobs to India campaign, there is nothing left of great culture and team spirit of Commvault.  Everyone is in the survival mode, finger-pointing and backstabbing are latest trends.  People are scared to oppose their managers dumb decisions, there are more managers than workers, nepotism and favoritism are flourishing like never before.  If you are a female, you will be suppressed by members of the boys club in every possible way.  Freedom PTO is the only good thing left, benefits are regular and getting progressively worse each year.  All this new management cares about is price per share.

We talk about company culture, and if you work in one of the offices that seem to be true. however, if you are remote or an overlay forget it. 
I have been this year 4 months without a comp plan, little to no guidance on what our roles are supposed to be. 

If you are a core product account rep it is a great company. if you are on a special team be prepared for a struggle.

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