Dying company in a dying industry - Recensione dipendente - Engineer presso Sportvision

The company is a great place to work if you love sports. There is no greater pride than seeing products that you work on national and some international television. Employees are passionate about what they work on and management are appreciative of heroic efforts. The company listens to employees and encourages continuous learning.

While most Bay area companies provide free lunch daily Sportvision only caters about 1-2 times a month. Sports are on weeknights and weekends so your hours may vary dependent on the season and sport you are working on. (This is a perk to most!) The industry is small and marketing to large broadcasters and leagues takes a long time for them to buy-in on new products.

benefits, employee assistance programs, company social events

I wanted to love and work hard for this company. But the upper management doesn't seem to care. The GMs (it is strange to have the GMs in this small-sized company for the first place) are out of touch with employees and their sole interest is reducing cost. The technology is old, the code-base is about five years behind the industry standard. Working extra miles is often discouraged out of fear that it may incur more cost! As a result, nobody is willing to work hard. Everyone tries to work to meet the minimum requirement. It was one of the top innovative companies five years ago, and as of 2014 nobody even mentions the company.