A roller coaster of an experience - Principal Software Engineer Hitachi Vantara Employee Review

1.0
Aug 29, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

The individual contributors are amazing

Cons

Mid and upper management are a mess - they are based in Santa Clara and haven’t a clue what happens in Bellevue or what the products produced there do. Shutting down the entire office in Bellevue, completely pulling out of the talent pool in the area. Everything tends to be set by the sales organization, including engineering deadlines. Ridiculous release schedules resulted from this.

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5.0
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Cons

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2.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

Decent pay, average benefits, some autonomy to get things done

Cons

The entire leadership group that I was hired under was gone within 18 months and replaced but far worse examples. Micro-managing and then threatening corrective action plans as a means to force out those who they didn't like or earned too much. From a technology perspective, the storage products are average and inline with competition, but with far fewer reps in the field and no real marketing or inside sales to speak of, Hitachi Vantara is largely irrelevant in the Storage industry now.

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