“The grass isn't necessarily greener on the other side”

Pros:  “When I look at the reviews, I have a difficult time understanding some of the complaints. Pretty petty. As far as start-ups go, you will be hard pressed to find better…”

Cons:  “It's not perfect. With a new VP of Engineering on board, things have improved.” – Full Review

“Best place I have ever worked”

Pros:  “I have worked at 5 companies in my career; Glassdoor is clearly the best for multiple reasons. 1) Great culture and energy - the people are amazing! 2) We are growing…”

Cons:  “There are a lot of changes with startups, territories/ positioning/ etc... I don't think our new marketing team communicates enough with sales Although…” – Full Review

“A Great Group of People, Making A Big Difference”

Pros:  “OPOWER is executing very well on a tremendous opportunity to make a big difference in how we think about energy conservation in this country. Everyone is tightly focused on…”

Cons:  “The San Francisco office (new engineering practice being built) is a little isolated from the DC office (headquarters), but that should be mitigated as we gain…” – Full Review

“Overall a good Co. to work for, but with many of the flaws of most large companies”

Pros:  “They go out of their way to make employees feel part of the company. There are perks, such as paid volunteer, sabbatical, and nice offices.”

Cons:  “Rounds of layoffs during stressful economic times not unknown. Benefits could be better.” – Full Review

“They know enterprise”

Pros:  “Despite the IT geekiness of VM products as a whole, I've met some really good people who cares for the company and each other as individuals. At VMware, senior mgmt tries…”

Cons:  “Still a very large company mentality , hard to move fast and implement change.” – Full Review

“Good science & tech people---but kept in a constrained box.”

Pros:  “In the technical/scientific side, the intelligence and friendliness of most of the co-workers. Hiring for good personality (lack of aggressive arrogance) and high ability…”

Cons:  “Internal computer support for scientific needs is woefully underdeveloped (hardware and software) far worse than even basic academic labs, much less a Yahoo or…” – Full Review

“Great company”

Pros:  “A lot of opportunity within pharmaceuticals”

Cons:  “Low salary in the industry” – Full Review