Pros
Free iPhone, a few nice employees, and a spectacular view of Austin’s hill country if you have a desk next to a window.
Cons
The office and overall work culture in Austin, TX is uncomfortable. I’ve never worked in an office setting where employees are so unhappy and quick to take out their personal frustrations on each other. Team collaboration is encouraged, but there is rarely a willingness to help each other out. Most teams are extremely overworked and certain employees will simply ignore emails to avoid getting anything else added to their plate. The company is always cutting budgets and asking for everyone to make a conscious effort to do so; however, when effort gets put into saving money, you’ll be criticized for the way you have tried to do so by other employees. Several employees in management at Siemens Intelligent Traffic Systems should absolutely not be. My manager for the majority of my employment at Siemens slowly stopped touching base with me, eventually leading to a total misunderstanding of my day to day. He became my marketing manager due to a lack of resources, then claimed to be the director of marketing simply because of acquiring me on his team, but the man had no marketing agenda and it was quite clear. Going above and beyond is not rewarded, it goes unnoticed.
