Brocade Communications Employer Reviews

Fun place to work with helpful and cooperative colleagues and management.
No company direction and no/ little growth within the company

The pace of the conversion work from PDF to Word, then fitting the format of the EMC networking guides into Brocade's documentation style was very fast-paced. Unfortunately, the final review never took place since the project was put on hold due to differences of approach between EMC and Brocade.

Because the project was never completed, I feel I am – more... not in a position to give a truly fair and balanced assessment of Brocade from a technical writing perspective. – less

Fun place to work.

Confusing company direction and no/ little career development opportunities within the company.

Many changes in the Top Management.

My typical day starts with contacting old candidates, network, communicate and partner with them – this helps me be a better Staffing Rep and a better person.

Busy everyday. Worked with great people which made it my second home. Went above and beyond to help others and was awarded monetarily. Most enjoyable part of it all was travelling to tradeshows which was not often but felt like a treat.

What I liked about working at Brocade was the people, culture, and environment. I went above and beyond to help other departments with my graphic skills which was not in my initial job description. I coordinated schedules for 11 Global Architects and executed requests that came in from the field. I did quarterly reports for our Sr. Director and contacted – more... requestors and discussed their needs for our Global Architects. I also assisted in tradeshow events when needed. That too was not in my job description. The challenging part of my job was creating graphics according to the client's needs.
Although challenging, it was also the most enjoyable part of my job. – less

There's a huge split between older employees, and a small % of young workers. One day, Brocade realized that 90% of their employees are 45 years+ and then they went on a rampage of university hiring. It's hard to work with both genders, when you're don't belong in either groups.

A typical day at work involves supporting a territory with all their sales needs including: customer prospecting/cold-calling, constant communication with the local team, managing accounts, passing leads, setting meetings, working towards hitting your quota. I have learned mostly to be self-motivated to come in everyday and continuously pursue new customers – more... even when being told no over and over. This has taught me perseverence. The environment as far as co-workers go is amazing and I get along well with all my peers.
We are all very supportive and motivate each other. The hardest part of the job is keeping your motivation after many let-downs. Also, the stress and anxiety can be pretty high. Most enjoyable part of the job is the people I have met and get to work with. – less

Very strong company in SAN Market excellant compensation package

Brocade is a fast paced, ever-changing environment that has sucessfully acquired several companies to build their product portfolio. Salaries are fair market value for the industry and there is opportunity for growth.

When first arriving to Brocade, I was entered into a 9 Month rotation, that introduced me to 3 different engineering organizations within our department.

Along with that, I went through a 3 week course for newly hired college students. The course offered valuable information about the work environment, how to professionally hold meeting, and how to – more... strive to be a better employee.

People may not know a lot about Brocade, but the culture and management offer a lot of experience a a great place to work. – less

Was able to work closely with IT and other departments, had fun with local and remote coworkers, testing

Managing helpdesk, desktop support, telecommunications, my days were very rewarding. Learned to deal well with agitated customers, service delivery programs while managing telecom and video operations.

Here is where I learned everything about government sales.

This is a small company learning to be big as they grow within its industry. They are going back to the fundamentals and beginning to implement best business practices. The company is still small enough for employee access and experience multiple aspects of the business. My only concern is personnel/ employee expertise; you'll often find square pegs – more... in round holes in key positions troughout the organization. – less