Had Potential, But Ruined by Management - Anonymous employee Unwired Planet Employee Review

2.0
3 May 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

In very early days (1999-2001) a good to very good place to work. Once merger of Phone.com and Software.com was completed, went straight downhill. Every CEO since has been only marginally competent.

Cons

Absolutely no respect for contributions from the mid-level managers who built company. Newer management does not care if institutional knowledge and skills are lost through attrition, lack of motivation, poor management. Each new senior level person throws out the previous contributors (or makes them want to leave) and brings in marginally competent people with no respect for those who built the company. Their most recent CFO and interim GC were (imho) not qualified but ran others out due to their egos and inflated sense of importance.

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4.0
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Pros

Fascinating industry of mobile where growth is guaranteed. Global reach so you can really learn a lot about wireless carriers, their business needs, and see where real innovations in mobile messaging, applications, and infrastructure will have impact on services. Deeply embedded in many carriers around the world. Ability to travel to many other offices. Great to work with strong European counterparts to learn more about advances in mobile. Possibility that new management that comes on board could turn company around. Good salary and benefits especially for long timers but stock is in the crapper. Morale is wonky so watch for that.

Cons

Constant changes in management team makes it hard to feel real leadership. Also, culture of many acquisitions means not much culture to grab onto. Workforce is distributed, lots of folks work from home so accountability is not well managed. Leadership has been lacking for years and this has impacted morale of workforce. Stock has been very low from years after being really high so that also impact morale and reputation amongst other mobile oriented businesses. Competition is significant and growing. Not clear if the company can adapt to changes in the market. Loss of client software business means less interest in the company overall.

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