Barracuda Networks Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Barracuda Networks full-time for less than a year

Pros – Great exposure into the IT industry
Friendly Environment
Free lunches and beverages
Great Location
Rarely have to work overtime
Company experiencing decent growth
There is something "cool" about this company.

Cons – Get thrown into the deep end but gets better after a couple weeks.
Pay is well below average, should get paid more for being able to support more products.
Structure of the company still needs tweaking
High turnover, good talent are leaving for higher paying jobs.
Company seems to revolve around sales rather than taking care of technical issues.

Advice to Senior Management – A lot of merits go unrewarded! Be a role model! Besides that, keep up the good work!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Barracuda Networks full-time for less than a year

Pros – Great company to gain more technical experience. Especially so you can find something higher paying in the valley.

Fairly easy to get hired here. If you can complete sentences you can get hired.

Fun atmosphere with great people.

Free lunches.

Cons – TERRIBLE PAY, WAY WAY WAY BELOW VALLEY AVERAGE. They will try and tell you that all the little perks make up for the ridiculously way low pay. Ive been here just about a year and just got my first review with less than a 5% salary increase.

LONG hours. You literally have to get a second job just so they wont guilt you into staying 12 hours a day for no overtime because all sales is on salary.

They dont hire the best people. This is my third sales job (first in tech sales) and they definitely get what they pay for. Seems like senior management is happy paying the worker ants pennies just so they can keep their wallets fat.

Parking is terrible. If you get here after 8am good luck finding parking. Its ironic they never have trouble finding spaces for all their company cars.

Advice to Senior Management – Theres so much to say but honestly pay your people what they deserve. Everyone knows how much money the company makes so geez, pay them well, working longer hours wont be a question.
I havent been here that long but I have seen quite a few people leave for much higher paying jobs where the requirements arent as strict and they are happy.
Everyone looks at this company as a place to start a tech career, if you want to keep the good people you better change the mentality (and fast).
I didnt know the former CEO but I have heard it was a totally different company. Seems like the new CEO has good intentions so I hope he reads all of these reviews. They all have the same comments about how poorly this company pays. FIX IT! People have families and obligations that we need to take care of. Help us do that if you want to keep growing as a company where the good people stay.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Barracuda Networks full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – This is one of those rare companies that has given myself and many others the opportunity to learn and grow. I have gone from an entry level position to something pretty special (wont go into it here so as to not give up my identity)

Aside from the opportunities I love challenges and there's plenty of those to overcome on the daily. It's definitely not a boring job.

Free food and beverages is pretty nice as well.

Cons – Parking is a complete mess. Gotta figure this one out. No employee should ever have to worry about this when coming to work.

Advice to Senior Management – Gotta remember who really runs the place....everyone but you (management). Treat everyone equally , fairly, respectfully.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Barracuda Networks full-time for more than a year

Pros – Fast Paced, Lots of freedom, Great experience. Fantastic products that customers truly like--it definitely is not a tough sell. Strong loyal customer base. Fantastic customer support.

Cons – Company in transition, Average pay. Hard to tell the direction the company is headed but wherever that is--its moving fast.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Barracuda Networks full-time for less than a year

Pros – Growing revenue faster and larger than most tech companies in the valley. Developing products instead of just buying smaller companies. True customer advocacy. Business model that is not predatory. Products that work. Experince, dedication and drive are all rewarded.

Cons – Smaill office space for now. Defined career paths are vague for the time being. There are a lot of folks here that are new to the tech industry and feel entitled to things they haven't earned. Barracuda is making the awkward transition from startup to big player, which can lead to some frustrating moments.

Advice to Senior Management – Messaging about initiatives and projects could be less cloak and dagger when it comes to certain products. This applies to employees and channel partners as I've noticed frustrations from both. I would also invest in recruiting experienced talent to keep the forward momentum and to really accomplish the goals you have set.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Barracuda Networks full-time

Pros – The people are great - very professional, good attitudes, interesting to work with.Great Management.

Cons – They are not matching the 401K

Current Employee – been working at Barracuda Networks full-time

Pros – Wonderful company to make your mark, and management is very supportive in simplifying things to increase efficiency. Most of the people you work with are extremely hard working, and it feels good to be a part of a team that produces results that you can be proud of. Additionally, if you're in sales and you work hard you will have a large number of opportunities to advance your career

Cons – Long hours, not the highest pay.

Advice to Senior Management – Offer more reward the employees that you don't want to lose.

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Barracuda Networks

Pros – Work with tons of smart people

Cons – Upper mgmt can be very political

Former Employee – worked at Barracuda Networks full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good place to start to get some experience on your resume. You will meet some very cool people working here.

Cons – Very low base salary. Management is extremely unprofessional, they will harass whether you are hitting your quota or not. Quotas are raised every year and they make it difficult to achieve sales goals because they don't want to pay out to employees. Very greedy managers.

Current Employee – been working at Barracuda Networks full-time for more than a year

Pros – Barracuda offered me the ability to work in the tech industry without any previous tech experience. Since then, my hard work has shown me both raises, and promotions with more responsibility.

Barracuda's work environment can't be beat in terms of fun. It's a work hard, play hard environment.

The new CEO is amazing and is working to correct some out-dated issues. His background is in sales and he is a big believer in realistic growth goals, rewarding people for hard work, and having the best sales person make the most money.

A lot of people like to complain about quotas, but this is sales, grow up. New management has realistic growth expectations. Those who are actually good and work hard are rewarded with things like a trip to Hawai'i.

I have had the privilege of working with technical people who have taught me a ton about networking. I went from 0 knowledge to one of the better, more technical sales people at the company because Barracuda fosters learning and technical growth for those who seek it.

Management is awesome. I have had the ability to have one on one conversations with everyone from my direct report up to the CEO and everyone in between. If you are a good employee and have legitimate concerns and solutions, they really will listen to you and work to improve things. I have seen this happen several times personally from my own meetings.

Cons – Pay and benefits have not traditionally been up to industry standards, however I believe this is changing. Also, there are a lot of people who are given opportunities here with no background in sales or the tech industry who feel entitled to wage that someone with 10 years of tech sales experience is earning somewhere else.

The office is a bit overcrowded due to growth of the company (seems like a good problem).

In the past, quota attainment has depended upon a lot of people other than just yourself, which can be a headache if your work ethic and capabilities are up to par, but others aren't performing. Once again I have significant reason to believe this will change shortly and will update this accordingly.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work with the changes that have been happening. There is a lot of positive energy and good momentum on the floor. We are all looking forward to some good announcements that will alleviate some of the issues people mentioned in other glass door posts. Barracuda needs to be a place that cuts the fluff and rewards heavily those who are good at what they do. We will have better loyalty and will attract better talent from our competitors.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company