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Symantec Company Culture
Symantec Culture
This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews3.2/5
Symantec's Overall Culture is rated C
Top Rated Culture Dimensions
Perks & Benefits
ACompensation
B+Team
BHappiness
BEnvironment
C+Symantec CEO
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Greg Clark
63 /100
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Mission, Vision, & Values
Symantec Corporation, the world’s leading cyber security company, allows organizations, governments, and people to secure their most important data wherever it lives. Enterprises across the world rely on Symantec for integrated cyber defense against sophisticated attacks across endpoints, infrastructure, and cloud. More than 50 million people and families rely on Symantec’s Norton and LifeLock Digital Safety platform to help protect their personal information, devices, home networks, and identities at home and across their devices.
Symantec Culture At a Glance
Symantec has 12500 employees. 91 employees at Symantec have reviewed Symantec across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was months ago.
Overall, the 91 Symantec employees give their leadership a grade of C-, or Bottom 35% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.
Employees at Symantec are generally satisfied with their total compensation at Symantec, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.
Overall, employees at Symantec are pleased with their team. 91 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers a B. The majority believe the meetings at Symantec are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.
The majority of employees at Symantec believe the environment at Symantec is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Symantec is moderate. About 57% of the employees at Symantec work 8 hours or less, while 2% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.
Overall, the employees at Symantec are not very happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.
A Day in the Life
A Day in the Life
Symantec employees generally work 8.8 hrs a day
Work Hours
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Employees at Symantec report the work pace is moderate
Work Pace
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On a typical day, employees at Symantec have 3 meetings
Meetings
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90% of Symantec employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
Coworkers
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Symantec employees most often take unlimited paid vacation and sick days each year
Perks & Benefits
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67% of Symantec employees report they are happy with their work life balance
Work Life Balance
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Symantec employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a quarter
Feedback
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76% of Symantec employees call their work environment positive
Environment
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Anonymous Q&A with Symantec EmployeesMost Recent Q&A
How's the vacation policy at Symantec?
It's unlimited vacation policy. You'd have to coordinate this with your manager for time off and they're generally flexible.
What benefits does Symantec provide?
great benefits. Medical, dental, vision, life, pet insurance, 401K, all the standard stuff
What time do you typically get to work and what time do you leave?
I get to work at about 10:30am and leave at around 8pm
how accessible in the management team?
not really
How's the feedback proccess at Symantec?
Depends on the manager. "systems" are so so.
How's the vacation policy at Symantec?
It's unlimited vacation policy. You'd have to coordinate this with your manager for time off and they're generally flexible.
What benefits does Symantec provide?
great benefits. Medical, dental, vision, life, pet insurance, 401K, all the standard stuff
What time do you typically get to work and what time do you leave?
I get to work at about 10:30am and leave at around 8pm
how accessible in the management team?
not really
How's the feedback proccess at Symantec?
Depends on the manager. "systems" are so so.
Gender Score How positively women rate their overall experience at Symantec
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50%
Symantec currently ranks in the Top 50% of similarly sized companies on Comparably
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Diversity Score How positively minorities rate their overall experience at Symantec
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30%
Symantec currently ranks in the Bottom 30% of similarly sized companies on Comparably
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eNPS
Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"Bottom 45%Bottom 45% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
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eNPS Score
| 31% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 28% | Passives |
| 41% | Detractors |
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