Anyone ever work for EMC in the GSAP program ?

[compguy786]

Just curious, I got contacted for it, and it sounds interesting. Recruiters can tell only so much. Just trying to find out what the pay range is, and whats so good about it, especially comparing it to companies like Cisco, Netapp etc.

 

[compguy786]

No?

 

[mshan]

Don't know if this helps at all as starting point: http://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-EMC-EI_IE219.11,14.htm

On a different thread, a few members said that Glass Door salaries are apparently close to reality, and one member said they might even underestimate range for some, because the sought after talent which is highly paid may not look or post there.



I pulled up the Morningstar Premium Analysis of stock and their thesis is:

Profile

"EMC is a leading provider of hardware, software, and services for enterprise network storage. Historically focused on proprietary storage hardware, the company has recently increased its focus on its software and services segments, with its VMware subsidiary becoming an increasingly material contributor to profitability. EMC's revenue contribution by segment is approximately storage (74%), VMware (19%), information intelligence (4%), and security (4%)."

Thesis (05/22/12)

"As businesses digitize everything from correspondence to confidential customer information, the amount of data to store, protect, and archive is exploding. With an expansive customer base reluctant to switch vendors and a strong balance sheet to defend its technological leadership, EMC has established a narrow economic moat that will enable it to capitalize on this data growth, in our opinion.

The proliferation of digital files and databases has made storage management a top area of corporate information technology investment. Industry experts project enterprise storage growth will average more than 40% annually for the foreseeable future, though spending growth will be lower as the cost per unit of storage falls. EMC specializes in networked storage, one of the hottest segments of the market. Historically, storage was a set of disks attached to a piece of hardware with a specific purpose. Today, however, the treatment of storage is evolving as technologies such as virtualization are fueling demand for centralized storage that can be carved up as needed and shared by a pool of servers or desktops. As the use case for storage evolves, there is greater demand for increases in performance, flexibility, and energy management.

EMC continues to demonstrate its desire and ability to remain at the forefront of the technology curve. Falling memory prices are beginning to make solid-state drives viable options and a disruptive trend for enterprise storage solutions. With 10 times faster response times and significant energy savings, EMC jumped in front of this trend with the first implementation of SSDs in enterprise arrays, and it continues to break new ground in terms of capacity and performance, recently adding options to take advantage of flash storage solutions directly attached to the server. Additionally, EMC's most recent refresh of its high-end Symmetrix VMAX array expands the firm's reach . Finally, after struggling to internally replicate Data Domain's success in deduplication, EMC put its balance sheet to work and stole the firm from rival NetApp NTAP to cement its technological edge. None of these advances will cement EMC's leadership for the long term, but each move incrementally strengthens the firm's position.

A major reason for EMC's success is the firm's cognizance that the value in enterprise storage lies in software that manages and protects the arrays, not in hardware components comprising commodity disks and standard components. All storage firms share this trait, but EMC takes it to a new level by diversifying beyond storage software into document management, security, and even virtualization software. Recently, EMC has been shifting its storage arrays to run on standardized processors as well, avoiding the custom silicon that has powered these systems in the past. This enables the firm to refocus resources that were committed to the hardware side back to software, where EMC has a better chance of delivering a differentiated product that will keep it firmly entrenched in data centers around the globe."

Bulls Say

• With more than $10 billion in cash and equivalents and nearly $3 billion in free cash flow, EMC has more resources than smaller competitors to pursue new technologies through acquisition and internal development.

• EMC's distribution network is anchored by a famously aggressive salesforce that is armed with extreme discounts to prevent customer defections.

• New IT trends such as virtualization and the use of SSDs create opportunities for EMC to expand in the market for high-end enterprise storage systems.


Bears Say

• Unable to develop comparable technologies internally, EMC was forced to pay high premiums to acquire Isilon and Data Domain.

• The other established vendors enjoy many of the attributes that provide EMC with a narrow moat, including switching costs, an established customer base, flush balance sheets, and strong distribution.

• The largest cloud computing providers often build their own storage systems. If they begin to account for a greater percentage of enterprise storage, EMC may lose market share.

http://analysis.morningstar.com/analystreport/ar.aspx?t=EMC&region=USA&culture=en-US

(I don't want to copy and paste complete analysis of stock here because it is a paid premium membership option (you can sign up for free 14 day trial if you've got a bunch of companies you're looking at for employment, and get an idea of what the stock market thinks of that company as a whole)


Good Luck!

 

[iamwiz82]

In my experience with EMC, the techs know one thing, and that is it. This guy racks the SANs, that guy racks the Data Domains, a third guy will do the onsite turn up, and the fourth will do the final config. Very frustrating.

 

[ImpulsE69]

I work with EMC on a daily basis....and I will say they can be a very frustrating company to deal with compared to other vendors. I find their technology and support lacking compared to others as well. It isn't that they don't try, but as iamwiz said, they seem to be very compartmentalized in terms of knowledge and takes some time to get answers (and often times, wrong answers) to deeper technology questions about their own equipment. This is due to usually the people on your account that you are dealing with are not the technology people and they like to keep their information under wraps.

Unfortunately, I cannot say how they are to work for. You can't really go by recruiters and sales guys because they pretty much do the "whoever they work for is the best" line, and it's pretty common for EMC and Netapp people to switch back and forth between companies. (At least with the people I know).

 

[iamwiz82]

I work with EMC on a daily basis....and I will say they can be a very frustrating company to deal with compared to other vendors. I find their technology and support lacking compared to others as well. It isn't that they don't try, but as iamwiz said, they seem to be very compartmentalized in terms of knowledge and takes some time to get answers (and often times, wrong answers) to deeper technology questions about their own equipment. This is due to usually the people on your account that you are dealing with are not the technology people and they like to keep their information under wraps.

Unfortunately, I cannot say how they are to work for. You can't really go by recruiters and sales guys because they pretty much do the "whoever they work for is the best" line, and it's pretty common for EMC and Netapp people to switch back and forth between companies. (At least with the people I know).

We got Replication Manager as a package and after the installation and such I asked the engineer how I restore these replications that I am making. I kid you not when he said "I am not sure, no one has ever asked me". Two days later I got a link to a white page on how to do it. Awesome.

 

[compguy786]

hmmm interesting stuff !

I have other companies that are interested, like Credit Suisse, Cisco and NetApp. Only thing is EMC is in my home city, and if i moved, id make less money due to living costs.

hard decisions !

 

[compguy786]

SO far i am not sure what im going to do