| Unix systems administrator |
When I first started at Cadence they were an excellent employer. They
always ensured that the salaries they paid were at or near the top of
the industry range, training opportunities were widespread and
encouraged, and the management structure was clean and efficient.
Nearly four years on, things have changed a lot. Pay rises have been
frozen for the past two years and are likely to be so for the next year
at least. Training has disappeared altogether (despite the executive
staff's insistence that we train, there is no budget available),
opportunities for promotion are and will remain zero, and -- worst of
all -- the company has turned from a medium-sized business into a huge
corporate monolith. This is a cultural shift, so even though the number
of employees has decreased, the company's culture is now one of visions,
strageties, goals and faddy management tricks.
On the plus side, there is no dress code, and the attitude to hours
worked is "as long as the work gets done, we don't care" -- a healthy
and sensible viewpoint.
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