software engineer

senior consultant

consultant

manager

senior manager

Hitachi Vantara

For the past few years morale has dropped considerably due to:
*Lack of recognition
*Lack of respect amongst peers and from managers
*Frequent restructuring 
*No direction with defined actionable goals
*Reductions in staff that happen multiple times a year
*Job advancement rarely occurs
*No mentorship program or process in place to grow skills
*Managers do not collaborate with teams; do not enable success for employees
*Inconsistent policies for work life balance and benefits

Observations during employment:
*Restricted by sales skill set and education of current solutions and value; not enough focus on competitive analysis and being aligned with the marketplace
*Solutions cannot complete with current tech and costs from competitors
*Excessive praise and rewards for sales teams and corporate officers but no budget for advancement, promotion, or salaries for support teams
*Teams waste efforts combating each other and processes instead of collaborating to be successful
*"Improvements" lead to extra work instead of expediting sales cycle
*Development teams for system changes do not involve or interact with appropriate departments to ensuring functionality is consistent or improved
*Unnecessary and inconsistent restrictions on flexibility in work arrangements based on management bias
*Not attracting current demographic of job seekers; misleading information of what job will entail and potential for career advancement

I worked from home, which always impacts your work/life balance negatively. Initially they were a great company to work for with decent benefits. After 3 rounds of layoffs, and now org changes in management they just aren't the same company anymore. The PM's and technical people are a great bunch of folks to work with; easy going, but hard working. New management has come in recently that have made it just miserable to stay there. The company is in the midst of a rebrand and that always is stressful.

Added to that they do not have a formal PMO so they have no direction regarding quality management or risk management which leaves them very vulnerable.

I worked in professional services delivery, which in a way was satisfying as you get to see the end results of a customer's storage implementation. The hard part was the lack of direction I ever really got and the fact that I'd been told I was promotable, but was never told what I needed to improve on to make that happen.

They also will NOT negotiate with you on starting salary. Their line is "take it or leave it".

As with all great places to work there are elements that do (or can) bring it down. First off the people in my immediate team were fantastic.  They would support me in any way, shape or form.  They truly wanted me to succeed and to make sure I wasn't left out hanging when I needed additional technical support. However, business in the tech industry survive on one thing and that is revenue.  If sales doesn't get the job done then employees in the maintenance/installation/service sections are impacted. This is the case at HV and it does seem like a vicious cycle generally in all storage companies.  They cut the FSE's when a predicted budget looks like it won't meet the numbers and then realize after the fact that they still need someone on the ground to install/maintain/service the products... and serve as the front face to the company for customers. I do recommend HV to get your feet wet in the industry, but I also recommend that you prepare yourself or at least make really really sure you set yourself up to find another job(even in a different field) when there is even a slight hint that the company is not getting its accustomed revenue.

They take forever to hire on. If you are looking to just work somewhere and not have a job there, Hitachi Vantara is the place for you. A year of temp work is considered to be the least you can do before they'll consider hiring you for real. In the meantime, no vacation days, no company insurance, and you are a nobody to the company. If you have any problem as a temp, last thing you do is go to HR. Maybe other places need the people they have on hand, not Hitachi! They will look at your problem and say: "We don't have to deal with it." Next thing you know, you're getting a call from your temp agency saying your assignment is over at Hitachi Vantara. If you are looking for a place that fosters fun and good vibes, and then does a 180* when you take any of it seriously, this is the place for you. Don't bother unless you love wasting your time, can deal with toxic people (because HR loves to ignore them) and keep your head down with no prospect of a proper job with the company. 

Getting a promotion or raise was very difficult. I went foe 5 years without a raise and that was common within the group I worked in.  The most enjoyable part of my job was the team I worked with. Everyone on the team was supportive of each other. Upset management seemed to be out of touch with our team however. 

During my tenure. It was not unusual to send jobs and whole teams to other countries that provided lower wages and less quality. Because of that, positions and groups that were performing well would still be dissolved and moved. It was obvious in those moves that quality of service suffered.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Pay and benefits are the only great thing about Hitachi 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Terrible management, teammates are not teammates and refuse to work together. They closely guard all information to themselves including projects. No direction from the poor mangers and no opportunity for growth. Lots of lies and misleading information about joining. Oh and raises? Dream on. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Terrible. The absolute worst company I ever worked for.. never ever again 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Team meetings, customer meetings, day to day tasks and attempt for work on an in progress project. The on going projects are usually by one person who refuses to allow you to help to keep themselves employed.

What was once a great company to work for is being destroyed by terrible middle management. The management refuses to pay yearly cost of living adjustments or performance raises, this has been going on for years.  In this same period of time we have seen downsizing measures take place repeatedly, despite sales teams bragging about record sales and profits. This downsizing has forced more stressful working conditions on those that remain employed.   Middle managers that have very little understanding of how the job needs to be performed promote/force a negligent work ethic, valuing quantity over quality. 

They will ask for advice on how to improve their half baked processes, if you do happen to provide constructive feedback they dismiss it and then target you for retaliation. A hostile work environment. 

Do yourself a huge favor and find a better job elsewhere.

Currently the company is going through some changes merging HDS, Hitachi Insights, and Pentaho to form Hitachi Vantara.  With those changes brings some uncertainty about the future and its workforce.  Hitachi offers excellent benefits and compensation.  Work life balance is uneven with many hours spent on engagements away from family but you're fairly compensated for this.  Some management are not engaged with their employees and a true employee development process is lacking, but to Hitachi's credit an employee development process is being created.  Under the right manager and circumstance this opportunity could provide longevity if you are capable of dealing with the uneven work/life balance. I would recommend this company to someone else.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Company Culture and Attractive Benefits combined with work flexibility

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Its a Consulting company so you get a lot of exposure to different Clients and Technologies which is the good part and helps in individual growth. Down side would be change in customers and technologies is inevitable and need to keep up with flow

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Ambient - Employee friendly 
Motivation - Lots of employee initiatives are available that bonds the employees and management 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy in the morning and more relaxed by the evening. Lot of interactions with peers, customers

Company is moving away from consulting in attempt to compete with the big offshore BPO and product engineering companies. Capabilities are not fully developed in these areas other than product engineering through a recent acquisition. Leadership struggles to balance this shift while still trying to sell services and bring in revenue which leads to frequent priority changes and strategy shifts in the short term. Job satisfaction mostly based on project and team with compensation low for consulting and maybe commensurate with the offshore and product engineering model they are seemingly trying to achieve.

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