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Pelican Imaging

Is this your company?

Not advisable at all. - Engineer Pelican Imaging Employee Review

1.0
26 Jul 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The technology that this company hope to accomplish is amazing, and it really attracts and motivates. This is the only positive part. Everything else is pretty much bad.

Cons

First of all, it is really pity that Pelican came back with a review "“Pelican Imaging is challenging, exciting, ground-breaking, cutting-edge, and fun!” just to balance few negative reviews here. As a past employee (2+yrs) and in full mental state, I can say the above mentioned positive review is an utter fallacy. I wanted to write a review to help potential candidates interested in this company. There are multiple flaws in the way pelican is pursuing. This is quite evident -- no product delivered since it's inception more than half a decade ago. A few points to consider Personal: 1. The employees are always overloaded 2. There's a no scope for creativity. You are told what to do, and you simply follow it -- even if you know it is not a useful thing to do. Any critique will be used against you. 3. No concept of HR or company culture (which sucks btw). Few folks decide the culture. 4. Micro management. 5. Double loading (ask you to do one thing, and you'll be evaluated based on something else). Company: 1. Lack of technical and business leadership... leading to a lot of wasted efforts. 2. No sense of what product really is and what's the problem they are trying to solve (real benefit to the customer is unclear) 3. Too little, too late.

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5.0
17 Jun 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Supportive atmosphere and friendly coworkers.

Cons

Not much to say for this.

5.0
23 Jul 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Management doesn't hover over engineers, but gives them the freedom to "do their thing". Lunch is provided three days a week, with a well-stocked kitchen for other times. Monthly beer-bashes, contests, and occasional off-site team-building fun keeps everyone talking -- for instance, we had a "friends-and-family" open house with a taco truck and a margarita machine; a wine-tasting contest; lunches watching World Cup; and an active foosball table! There are no specific personal-time or vacation limits -- I can take a few hours off for personal business just by sending an e-mail. Management insists on you keeping a good personal life balance. Good pay; excellent benefits plan includes health FSA and really good medical insurance. The stock options offered were well above average. A lot of cross-pollination occurs with people on one team helping another team. I get the opportunity to learn new technologies and put them to use. There is no ageism here. Excellent location -- the office park at the train station across from Santa Clara U -- for commuting CalTrain, ACE Train, Capital Corridor, plus free bus to VTA Light Rail and SJC airport.

Cons

Turnover with employees (and friends) leaving for other positions (but what do you expect, if you are offered a CTO position?). Company runs on the lean side employee-wise. Scrum methodology semi-adopted but not really performed. Tasks and stories ill-defined (you, the engineer, actually get to flesh out the spec while you are designing).

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