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Riverbed Technology

The half empty offices can't be explained by the number of people who are working remotely. The company and its revenue has been declining for years and management tries to keep people distracted with constant organizational changes. Some of these are probably sold to management as consolidation and cost saving. People are fearful because of the threat of layoffs.

There are some good teams to work for. Unfortunately the team I am in is dominated by insecure, jealous old-timers who can't stand to provide information which they think might enable someone else to do something that they do. They like to justify this by pretending to be extremely busy, but they find time to show up with random criticism of your work. One of these insensitive, arrogant creeps even tried to blame me for something that happened on the day I took my dying mother to the hospital.

The old timers take care of each other, and generally ignore everyone else. If you are looking for team spirit or a compassionate corporate culture, look elsewhere. Their idea of bang for the buck is to install your work on the last day of your employment.

I work as a Consultant for Professional Services in Riverbed.  Professional Services is the department that handles the "heavy lifting" within Riverbed, and we work with the entire line of Riverbed products.  Consultants work remotely, meaning that we often interact with clients from our home office environment.  Therefore, I have had a lot of experience with working in a professional manner from home, and our group has been very successful at it.  However, there are times when we simply can't accomplish our goals from home, and we often spend weeks or even months on-site at customer locations.

The only down-side to Riverbed is that it has been growing and changing at an extreme rate, and it can be very challenging to keep up with the new products, management, and company goals that arise from every change that happens.  That said, Riverbed is a fun company, with great products.  My co-workers are smart, easy to work with, and interested in their field.

I did not have good experience there because they were dishonest in telling me about having to go to San Francisco HQ office to work for certain number of days per week.  This was not communicated from the start.  Then they overloaded you with way too many work loads and refused to pay over-time.  The head-hunters were apparently cooperating with them from the start on this issue as well.  They locked you into a contract of no overtime but with the knowledge that you would have to work your butts off...  There are quite a few aspects of these issues which made it very shady in my opinion about the company's recruiting strategy and management's dishonesty.

I was a Sales Support Specialist for 2.5 years. In the beginning, it was exciting. There was always something to do and new to learn. Unfortunately because we were understaffed, there were only two of us and a lot of times we had to work long hours. Sometimes till midnight at the end of the quarter, but I knew this before I joined the team. On the flipside, there were a lot of team outings. Towards the last few months, I was transitioning into a new position but it wasn’t much of a career growth type place. It was either low level or pivot to sales. Make sure to ask what types of opportunities and pathways for growth are available during the interviewing process.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Pay is about average…never any raises however. You’ll have a new manager roughly twice a year. Some are good, others aren’t. You could be laid off at any time. Products are dated. Upper management only cares about sales, and not their people. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
You could be gone at any time. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stressful, but you’ll be working with very smart people


What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Most people work remotely, so, although  stressful, you’ll be working from home.

I have had a wonderful time working at Riverbed Technology.  Between the efficient, productive professional attitude throughout the office and all of the kind, hard-working people I've interacted with during my time here, I have loved coming into work every single day.  I interact daily with clients and potential customers, and work to maintain customer confidence in our extensive line of technology products and services.  I love working with others, and I have a fantastic eye for design and detail, and though Riverbed has offered me some opportunities to develop these skills, I would greatly appreciate an opportunity to progress in my professional career.

This is the C team.  The company has horrible management and culture, unprofessional behavior abounds, and racism and sexism is rampant (white (women) need not apply).

Titles are used to attract talent as they have a very difficult time hiring and they are not reflective of the actual job at all. If you want a title jump, it may work, but you are unlikely to learn anything to actually help you success elsewhere at that elevated title.  

If you are an A or even a B player, this is not the company for you.  Anyone remotely decent leaves very very quickly.

Riverbed used to have great culture and people and was a fun place to work. However, it quickly turned into a sinking ship after the large acquisition and missing back-to-back earning reports. Management did not provide much of a guideline and the product roadmap and envision seemed to be not going anywhere. There were challenges in corss-functional product integration projects but generally teams liked to help each other to accomplish bigger goal. 

What I enjoyed the most of my almost three-year tenure at Riverbed was the team atmosphere and very balanced work and life.

Riverbed 

•	Direct sales and marketing campaigns at the enterprise level within the Mid-Atlantic region
•	Present and articulate advanced product features, and benefits from the Riverbed Performance Management Suite 
•	Conduct value add, and product demonstrations at the executive level
•	Manage and promote Professional Services Engagements
•	Formulate weekly sales and marketing strategies with the inside team in order to generate new pipeline within the RPM division
•	Maintain and deliver an accurate quarterly forecast 
•	Manage a $2.2 million quota for the region
•	Consistently ranked among the top 50 Regional Sales Managers in 2013
•	Facilitate and negotiate master license agreements

I worked remotely form my house with a company provided laptop. The company provided expense reimbursements for my cell phone and internet at my house, which was a huge plus! I rarely interacted with co-workers or clients, and only traveled twice in the two years I worked there. The day I was hired was the start of a reduction in force, one of 3 that I would see while I was there, and ultimately became victim of. There was a lot of turnover in our Professional Services consulting and project management staff. Stability lacked.

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