Informatica reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(3,424 total reviews)
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Amit Walia

72% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Informatica has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,424 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Informatica employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Jul 16, 2016

Incompetent Leadership

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Pros

Great product portfolio, good people and healthy finances until we got acquired.

Cons

Post acquisition our top brass has left and new leadership is incompetent and simply does not have enough depth in data space to deliver results. What we see now is a gradual decline in team morale and a desperate leadership taking knee jerk decisions.

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Informatica Response
9y
Sorry to hear you are unhappy with the changes that have occurred. We are one year into a multi-year transformation. Sometimes change can be difficult, but it will make Informatica a better company. It’s a tough call to say leadership is incompetent. Our executive team have long records of achievement in enterprise data software, and come from blue-chip employers such as IBM, Oracle, SAS Institute, and other successful companies. They chose the new Informatica precisely because of the opportunity and vision in our promise to put the potential of data to work.
1.0
Mar 22, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Depends on your aspirations. 1) If you really want to build products from scratch . this place is not for you. Do not be fooled by what manager and HR tell you at the time of joining. They just want you to get into grind. 2)70 % work is maintenance and support in all R and D teams irrespective of what you are told. 3)Regarding work life balance, some teams have it, but there are teams where you have to work from 9 in the morning to 12 at mid night and this is not for support team. This is work profile for R & D team in informatica . So If you really planning to join a team here, get in touch with someone who actually works in that team

Cons

1) Place is about just get the work done.. Code quality does not matter. No discussion about any design and architecture. 2) Too much legacy code of really low quality. 3) Nothing to learn at all 4)Work involves only bug fixes

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Informatica Response
11y
Hi There, Thank you for your feedback . We appreciate you taking time to share the same. Your comments indicate that you seem to have had a different experience than usual and we are concerned about the same. Is there a way we can reach out to you please to address this with more details. It would really help if you could please call me and we can discuss. Thanks. Regards Yasmeen Shaikh Director Human Resources, India
1.0
Dec 29, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Loved working at Informatica for many years. It was a place where people were well treated and part of a team. Great solid products, a lot of resources to draw from, has the latest technology in place to perform your job (salesforce.com, Marketo, Work Day, etc) The company even let's you use Facebook during work hours. Whatever devices you need, you just ask and get.

Cons

Many people have quit in the past 2 years or got fired based on unrealistic work objectives. Informatica is struggling to get passed the $1B mark and is only focused on the financials at the expense of employees. They have shifted from a healthy employee culture to a military style culture exactly like Computer Associate. Management all the way up to senior management are new and have no concept on how to manage employees. Many of them lack education and respect by using intimidation tactics to get the job done or else!!! Many of them are bullies and will yell at you just like a hockey coach would do. Very unprofessional and old fashion way to use scare tactics towards employees thinking they will get the job done. They think they can own you and expect you to work a lot of overtime without any appreciation or compensation. Stay away from Informatica!

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Informatica Response
11y
We appreciate you taking the time to share your views and experiences with Informatica which show two very different ends of the spectrum. We are very much focused on a culture and leadership style that reflect the Pros you listed and will continue to strive to ensure the Cons listed are not represented at Informatica.
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