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Blue Coat Systems Reviews

3.5

64% would recommend to a friend

(242 total reviews)
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Greg Clark

78% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Blue Coat Systems has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 242 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Blue Coat Systems employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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242 reviews
5.0
11 Apr 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits Great culture Management is experienced, skilled, and kind Solid direction

Cons

Working in the security business means you have to make sure your product is rock solid, which can be a challenge

2.0
16 Mar 2016

Stock options for management and select few

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good company, benefits, and other perks. Good product line.

Cons

If you are mid career and have skills, other places might be better. The company has momentum but you will not be included into success. You will not be granted stock unless you are in management. If you have kids and need to live in good school district, it is next to impossible with the pay. Management has their own goals in mind, not yours.

1.0
2 Apr 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great skilled employees. above average pay in most areas since there are no stocks.

Cons

Absolutely evil and incompetent VPs and SVPs. The majority of senior management team are brought in from E2Open or Mincom or Mercury. Many of them are promoted to VP with no prior experience in managing people or organization. Since they have no technical knowledge, they operate on lies and fears. Their focus is to sell the company and pocket the proceeds as they have done in the past companies. They don't care about employees and have created absolutely horrible environment to work. They are nervous about entries in the Glassdoor so they have a team who monitors the entries and submit bogus positive comments to up their ratings. don't fall for it.

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Glassdoor has 257 Blue Coat Systems reviews submitted anonymously by Blue Coat Systems employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Blue Coat Systems is right for you.