GeoEye Reviews

Former Employee – worked at GeoEye full-time for more than a year

Pros – Small company provided opportunities for individuals to learn breadth and depth of knowledge
Good freedom for individuals to establish themselves
Excellent technical information involved in day-to-day work
Good benefits

Cons – Lack of training / development
Some departments had no career paths
Critical employees were overworked

Advice to Senior Management – Clearer decision-making and prioritization
Better communication from upper management to employees
Treat your primary customer better

– I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at GeoEye full-time

Pros – Made efforts to ensure salaries were in line with similar positions. Willing to work with employees schedules to allow for personal needs, including self-improvement through classwork.

Cons – Occasional slow periods between work. Lack of career opportunities and ease of access to knowledge of career opportunities. Closed door politics with minimal communication regarding information relevant to employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Give straight answers to employees, they will respect you more for it than dancing around the truth of issues. Increased improvement regarding implementation of projects. On many fronts employees knew certain ideas management wanted to implement would not work, instead of investigating and listening to employees the management proceeded only to fail for not listening.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at GeoEye full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Flexible hours, relatively small with good opportunities for folks willing to work hard, benefits package was better than competition's. Company experience varied greatly depending on what department you were in.

Cons – Was predominantly understaffed, lacked organized priorities and consolidated vision when executing projects.

Recently acquired by Digital Globe, its primary competitor. Several offices are being closed or repurposed. Go elsewhere until the dust settles.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at GeoEye as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Friendly people, caring bosses, lots of positive feedback.

Cons – Nothing. I just wish I would be put on Permanent.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at GeoEye full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Interesting work for some departments. Great people. Good facilities from which to work. Good benefits.

Cons – Due to years of poor managment decisions and a culture of aggression toward the biggest client, this company was bought out by DG and no longer exists. NO work/life balance for "critical" employees. No telecommuting policy (Thanks to the CEO). Some departments did not believe in training their workforce.

Advice to Senior Management – Please learn to make decisions, then take ownership of them. Do not throw your employees under the bus to take the fall for your bad or inconsistant direction. Don't abuse (verbal) and neglect (no training or direction) your employees and expect them to stick around to work for long.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at GeoEye full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great people. Fast paced environment.

Cons – Recently merged with DigitalGlobe. Major layoffs of talented people and no clear indication of what the future holds for VA employees.

– I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at GeoEye full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good people that have same goal

Cons – management does not care about anyone other than themselves

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at GeoEye full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good people. great industry. captivating imagery

Cons – Some of the people going through a merger

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at GeoEye full-time for less than a year

Pros – flexible schedule
fun con workers
challenging and interesting work
allowed to work independently

Cons – shift work can be tiring

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at GeoEye full-time for less than a year

Pros – Flexible with time, interesting work, good compensation and benefits. Smart and friendly workforce.

Cons – Directors and Managers with no Project Management experience leading projects.

Advice to Senior Management – Communication is key.