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Q&A With Pivotal Employees
Working here may not be an actual picnic, but it’s close. Pivots enjoy collaborative workspaces, daily catered breakfast, a fully stocked kitchen with healthy options, ping pong, pool tables, board games, and bicycles, as well as relaxation rooms for when you just need a moment.
How employees describe working at Pivotal
Made four attempts to have a sink ( plumbing) fixed. All four times I took off of work. All four times no call no show. Pivotal had "No" idea what was going on. Could not understand employee on the other end was saying. Terrible way to run a company. I canceled the service. Don't get involved.
Great company to work for.
more a family than a team... truly have each others backs
good experience, company is undergoing some growing pains which I hope they get through.
Review from Engineering Dept
The company is amazing and has some of the smartest people in the world working here.
What it's like to work at Pivotal
- Pivotal employees generally work 8.6 hrs a day
- Employees at Pivotal report the work pace is comfortably fast
- On a typical day, employees at Pivotal have 4+ meetings
- 97% of Pivotal employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Pivotal employees most often take unlimited paid vacation and sick days each year
- 58% of Pivotal employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- Pivotal employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a quarter
- 91% of Pivotal employees call their work environment positive
Q&A With Pivotal Employees
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What is Pivotal's policy towards pets in the workplace?
No pets allowed
Pets are not allowed
What's one thing you wish you'd known before joining Pivotal?
That the company is infested with ego maniacs and delusional leaders. Take the IPO for instance, they lure people on saying it would be 30-40 USD per share, and it ended being 7$. For a small company, the lack of trust amongst the leadership is terrifying, there's an org change every 3 months due political discrepancy between leadership, they hardly agree on a vision, this is manifested on how they completely missed the point with cloudfoundry and how important k8s is, by the time they finally woke up, one may say it's too late. It's not a healthy environment for you to be, not if you seek something more of your career. If you only want to write code every day, they will feed you some breakfast and make you happy, but you get better wages somewhere else.
What project I would be working on.
What unique perks and benefits does Pivotal provide?
The company pays special attention to the quality, style, ambiance and location of their offices. Some of them (Santa Monica, London, NY, Toronto, etc) are some of the best I've seen anywhere.
We get unlimited snacks, coffee, and alcohol. We have 2k per year to go to conferences.
What's the vibe like in the Design dept at Pivotal? How many hours are you working?
Pretty great - Pivotal cares about sustainable pace. People don't stay longer than they should, usually.
The vibe is very different in each office. We have offices all over North America and the world so it's hard to describe a single vibe for all. We typically work 45-50 hours a week.
What are you most excited about working at Pivotal?
Top Employee Response
The people I work with.
CI/CD is good
How's the leadership on the Product team at Pivotal?
Incredibly driven. Seem to be addressing a lot of scaling challenges and getting better at communication and transparency.
What are the team outings like at Pivotal?
Lots of drinking and eating.
How challenged are you at Pivotal?
Depends on teams and project.
How's the morale at Pivotal?
It's different with each office. We have over a dozen so it's hard to gauge morale. It's all depending on leadership and how well the employees are valued and being treated at each location. The smaller offices seem to have better morales and the bigger offices have lower because you are just a number on a long list of worker bees.
How much diversity is there among employees at Pivotal?
Not that much, but again different for different cities and countries. Still, a tech company so the "nerd-bro" culture is alive and well.
What's the office layout like at Pivotal?
Different everywhere but typically open spaces.
What's the Design team like at Pivotal?
It varies from office to office. Some offices have great design culture and thus have great teams with individuals that are talented and driven to contribute and move the needle in the industry. Other offices are severely lacking in design vision and process.
How's the leadership on the Design team at Pivotal?
Ok, but not great. Not forward thinking and innovative.
What's the pay like for Design roles at Pivotal?
It's OK, but not great
How many women are in your team? is it diverse enough?
Top Employee Response
I believe we have a very diverse team. Asian, white, latino, afro americans. Not sure when gender become the only diversity aspect. But yes, we have a decent share of women on our team as well.
How are the benefits at Pivotal for employees in Engineering?
Pivotal's Engineering team rates their overall benefits an A and most of them think the perks are Fantastic. 81% of Pivotal employees in Engineering say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in Engineering also get Unlimited of paid vacation, and most of them believe the cash value of their benefits is $2500+/mo.
How are the benefits at Pivotal for employees in Product?
Pivotal's Product team rates their overall benefits an A- and most of them think the perks are Fantastic. 81% of Pivotal employees in Product say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in Product also get Unlimited of paid vacation.
How's career growth and advancement at Pivotal?
33% of the same employees also feel like Pivotal is invested in their career growth. On average, majority of employees do not have a mentor to help them navigate their career at Pivotal.
How are the managers in the Product department at Pivotal?
Pivotal's Product team rates their manager an A- or 78/100 and the majority believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. The product team (75%) also feels pretty comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.
How are the managers in the Engineering department at Pivotal?
Pivotal's Engineering team rates their manager a B or 75/100 and the majority believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. The engineering team (67%) also feels pretty comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.
What's the pay like for employees at Pivotal?
Pivotal employees rates their pay and overall compensation a C+ or 66/100. 56% of employees believe they are paid fairly and 73% of employees get raises every year.
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Should I work at Pivotal?
55% of Pivotal employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 30% are neutral and 15% would not recommend working at Pivotal to their friends.
| 55% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 30% | Passive |
| 15% | Detractors |
