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private:californiaeasternlaboratories-2
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=13567
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May 16th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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California Eastern Labs
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Quality and Facilities Manager
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Santa Clara, CA
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Sad
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Great co-workers and working environment
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Lousy CEO who blew millions
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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0.0
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3.0
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4.0
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4.0
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1.0
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4.0
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1.0
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13567
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Open
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Put aside your pride, lose the brown-nosed Board, and do what's best for the company.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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20.0
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Jan 12th, 2021 08:34PM
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Jan 12th, 2021 08:34PM
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California Eastern Laboratories
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private:californiaeasternlaboratories-2
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=13567
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Feb 25th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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California Eastern Labs
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IT Senior Manager
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Santa Clara, CA
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Great company
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Great Work Life balance
Great health benefits
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Not much promotion opportunities since no one leaves.
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0.0
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3.0
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5.0
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3.0
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3.0
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5.0
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3.0
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13567
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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20.0
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Jan 12th, 2021 08:34PM
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Jan 12th, 2021 08:34PM
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California Eastern Laboratories
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private:californiaeasternlaboratories-2
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=13567
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Dec 13th, 2018 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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California Eastern Labs
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San Jose, CA
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Was great for many years
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+ Before 2007: great place, very pro employee, felt like a family, great compensation
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+ After 2007: new CEO was not capable of human interaction; no business skills, spent most of his time seeking whom he could impress with his vocabulary
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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0.0
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2.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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13567
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Open
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To the board - how could you let the CEO run this great company into the ground, again and again?
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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9.0
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Jan 12th, 2021 08:34PM
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Jan 12th, 2021 08:34PM
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California Eastern Laboratories
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private:californiaeasternlaboratories-2
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=13567
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Sep 20th, 2017 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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California Eastern Labs
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United States
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USA
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Good Place to just work
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The people are what makes CEL a great place to work.
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Unfortunately, the people are almost all gone. Too many layoffs over the years. No place for growth.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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0.0
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NO_OPINION
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0.0
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3.0
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4.0
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4.0
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2.0
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4.0
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1.0
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13567
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Open
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Know when to quit.
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0.0
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[]
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No
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No
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0.0
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Jan 12th, 2021 08:34PM
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Jan 12th, 2021 08:34PM
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California Eastern Laboratories
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private:californiaeasternlaboratories-2
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=13567
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Jul 6th, 2016 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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California Eastern Labs
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Marketing
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San Jose, CA
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Difficult transition to a new reality
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Relied work environment, not very demanding, good work like balance.
CEL is a great place to cruise in awaiting retirement.
Mostly nice people.
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Lack of success out of distribution, no clear vision or path forward to a new business model while the distributions business phases out.
So many initiatives with wishful thinking yet, no measurable successes.
CEO promotes a culture of worship rather than initiative and innovation.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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0.0
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2.0
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5.0
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5.0
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1.0
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3.0
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1.0
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13567
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Open
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Hope is not a strategy... Accountability breeds success.
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0.0
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[]
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No
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No
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20.0
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Jan 12th, 2021 08:34PM
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Jan 12th, 2021 08:34PM
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California Eastern Laboratories
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private:californiaeasternlaboratories-2
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=13567
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Jul 5th, 2016 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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California Eastern Labs
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Former Employee
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Santa Clara, CA
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Work/life balance company - with unrealized potential
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Owned by employees via ESOP plan. Good work/life balance culture with a family atmosphere. Cash compensation usually good since stock options or IPO not possible. Large facility in a great location with plenty of room. Some room for advancement as long as you can stay off the CEO's "naughty list."
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Pretty much in a constant state of "reorganization", as many of the company's initiatives over the last few years have not been all that successful. Transition from a single source distributor has been rocky to say the least. Board of Directors and CEO still the same despite many years of limited success. CEO has a tendency to target people for termination (even if they have had tremendous success in prior years) and there is usually no way to change the inevitable.
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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0.0
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NEUTRAL
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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1.0
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4.0
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5.0
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5.0
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3.0
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4.0
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2.0
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13567
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Open
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If there were some changes made to the Board, perhaps the Company's CEO would be held more accountable and the company would be more successful.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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20.0
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Jan 12th, 2021 08:34PM
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Jan 12th, 2021 08:34PM
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California Eastern Laboratories
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private:californiaeasternlaboratories-2
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=13567
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Sep 4th, 2015 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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California Eastern Labs
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United States
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USA
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Sales
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CEL is a profitable company
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weak management, clueless CEO, do not promote internally
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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0.0
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2.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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13567
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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0.0
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Jan 12th, 2021 08:34PM
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Jan 12th, 2021 08:34PM
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California Eastern Laboratories
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private:californiaeasternlaboratories-2
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=13567
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Mar 7th, 2011 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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California Eastern Labs
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Sales
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Once a great company has dissolved into a puddle mediocrity.
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Safe working environment.
Great hours.
Time to work out.
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Analysis Paralysis
Going nowhere for both good reasons and endless excuses.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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0.0
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2.0
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4.0
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0.0
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1.5
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3.0
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1.5
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13567
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Open
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Admit failure, move on, bring in a fixer.
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0.0
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[]
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No
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No
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0.0
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Jan 12th, 2021 08:34PM
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Jan 12th, 2021 08:34PM
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California Eastern Laboratories
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private:californiaeasternlaboratories-2
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=13567
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Jul 21st, 2010 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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California Eastern Labs
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Santa Clara, CA
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Still...it's a pretty good place to work!
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Management is understanding about work-life balance and flexible about taking time off to address personal business. It is not a work-aholic company. People typically work reasonable hours. It's rare to find people working on nights or weekends.
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Job security fears are still present after the layoff of 2008. People tend to be overly protective of their job duties and somewhat territorial.
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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0.0
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NO_OPINION
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0.0
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4.0
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5.0
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0.0
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1.0
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3.0
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3.5
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13567
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Open
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More resources put on Plus Products....they are the future of this company.
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0.0
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[]
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No
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Yes
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0.0
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Jan 12th, 2021 08:34PM
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Jan 12th, 2021 08:34PM
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California Eastern Laboratories
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private:californiaeasternlaboratories-2
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=13567
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Apr 27th, 2009 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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California Eastern Labs
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Business Development Manager
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Santa Clara, CA
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CEL, a place to retire...
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Easy job, relaxed work environment, lot's of freedom, nice coworkers...
Definitely the place to retire or raise a family...
If you are aggressive, motivated and want to make change happen, CEL is not the place for you.
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The company does not decides of its destiny, but rather NEC Electronics does. The Japanese partner is disconnected from American business realities, whether it be best business practices, product roadmaps or customer needs. If it does not exist in Japan, it does not exist, period!
CEL
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|
|
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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1.0
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3.0
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5.0
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0.0
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1.0
|
5.0
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1.0
|
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13567
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Open
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Understand what CEL does best and leverage this activity only.
CEL never was and never will be a competent development/engineering center.
Flatten the management team, focus on efficiency, execute!
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0.0
|
[]
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No
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Yes
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0.0
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Jan 12th, 2021 08:34PM
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Jan 12th, 2021 08:34PM
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California Eastern Laboratories
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