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Hitachi Solutions

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Great Colleagues; Lack of Culture or Purpose - Principal Architect Hitachi Solutions Employee Review

3.0
30 Aug 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Many excellent individuals, who help to deliver a great experience for their customers. Reasonable with work/life balance, if boundaries are set by the employee. Competitive salaries and benefits. Lots of intellectual property, processes, to help expedite projects. Again, some really stellar individuals to learn from, and with.

Cons

Leadership is sterile and culture is lacking. Projects often poorly scoped and/or staffed, causing undue stress on high performers as they try to salvage things on behalf of their customers. Poor hand-offs between sales, delivery, and support, leading to confusion and churn. The further you get from the point of sale, the worse the experience is for both the customer and employee. No sense of purpose, besides meeting billable expectations set by leadership. The old CEO (Tom Galambos) was personable, but the current CEO (Jerry Hawk) is cold and distant. They traded the personal touches for economic efficiency, and now everyone suffers.

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5.0
7 Nov 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great culture... I got to work with a number of people that I have worked with in the past at another Hitachi company and thoroughly enjoyed the teams/practices I supported - great people. The company and leadership walk the talk as it relates the "care and feeding" of their employees around mental health, work life balance, diverse representation with multiple Employee Resource Groups, visibility in communication, etc.

Cons

Unfortunately, when I started at Hitachi Solutions in December of 2022 it was right before the massive layoffs in tech companies in the US which continued into 2024. Initially there was some concern I believe about amount of communication related to the "state of the union" so to speak (because everyone was spinning at this point) but the company leadership pivoted quickly to engage with all employees on a monthly basis providing the opportunity for any and all questions from all employees. In the end I was caught up in a recent lay off, which was tough for me as it's never happened to me before, but I get it... it's business/not personal. Maybe a 3rd time at Hitachi will be the charm... ya never know!

2.0
5 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

Flexible work schedule; remote employment

Cons

Lots of layoffs - very unstable job security; poor leadership drove a very stable company almost into the ground

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