RSA Security Reviews

Former Employee – worked at RSA Security full-time for more than a year

Pros – Lots of opportunities, you get what you give, your effort is noticed. People are mostly friendly.

Cons – Some parts of the company gets too much focus while others are often forgotten.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at RSA Security for more than 3 years

Pros – People are very nice for most part, kind and considerate, there's an on premise cafeteria which has relatively decent food, there's also a decent gym. Fantastic work life balance, let you work from home and it's up to the manager to figure out how much and how often. They can be quite generous with that.

Cons – They have not invested in new equipment in probably 20 years, the chairs are all falling apart and you'll either end up with carpal tunnel or back problems. Some, not all, managers are just atrocious. The company does not hold on to talent very well at all. In the past year they've allowed some very important and looked up to people to leave the company. This is a lot of knowledge and company spirit lost that I'm not sure RSA can afford to lose right now.

Advice to Senior Management – Flatten the organization, don't be so hierarchical. Top management is extremely unapproachable and frequently jokes about (serious) issues or concerns people bring up during Townhall meetings.

Art, the CEO is awesome, really funny and quite charming, but unless you're reporting to him you won't be seeing much of him.

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

Former Employee – worked at RSA Security full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Intreresting and important technology that is used ot protect identities

Cons – Re-orgs and management changes every 18-24 months. New products generally come from acquisitions

Advice to Senior Management – Take more risks with internal teams to develop new products

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at RSA Security full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Good benefits
Many good people
Free coffee!

Cons – Cash cow is dying
Development is lost, several rounds of management changes have not fixed this
Culture has reverted to that of a big old slow company, no innovation
It took a while, but the EMC acquisition has finally brought the company to it's knees
Rounds of layoffs happening quietly

Advice to Senior Management – Pick a plan for the future, communicate and execute.
Be in a position to FUND the above plan and be prepared for setbacks
Invest in the remaining high performers, build confidence for the future

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 RSA Security full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Work with some of the best and brightest minds in the security industry.
Team collaboration and support is encouraged and rewarded

Cons – Travel scheduling on short notice, as always in a fast-paced environment, isn't conducive to a satisfactory work/life balance

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

Current Employee – been working at RSA Security full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – some good products
integration of products for customers who are drinking the cool aid
leverage EMC connection

Cons – PR and Marketing are terrible
not integrating products into EMC or Documentum or other company solutions
quotas too high to make good money
high stress

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at RSA Security full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great, nice, smart people to work with. Has feeling of operating mostly separate from EMC mothership.

Cons – Too much politics in management. Frequent management turnover, leads to frequent strategy changes.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop churning through management so frequently and develop a strategy at a higher higher for products/portfolio and stick with it.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at RSA Security full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Cutting Edge technology company.
Flexibility with working hours/location.
Great pay, benefits, and career opportunities.

Cons – As with any major company....financial focus.

I think keep perspective here. Most work places are made by the immediate boss. My boss is great, but i see some that are not.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue the great communication.

Stop cutting expenses and asking employees to do their jobs with half of the normal resources for half the year.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at RSA Security full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Multiple opportunities to move around the company

Cons – Part of EMC, so very hard to change anything for the better

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at RSA Security full-time for more than a year

Pros – The people are the biggest pro here. They are smart and creative and a pleasure to be around. Then there's also the little benefits that come along such as the ice cream trucks with free ice cream for all, the pizza lunches and get-togethers. As for the overall benefits package, it is not great but it is good. There are a lot of little extras, though.

Plus, there is the company's "personality." It is green and inclusive oriented. Definately has views that I can get behind.

Cons – The one con is that the company could/should spend more of the income to beef up the staff to support the demands that the product has created. Even though we are not required to work overtime to get everything doen, it is still stressful knowing that there is work left on the table every day.

Advice to Senior Management – The one con is that the company could/should spend more of the income to beef up the staff to support the demands that the product has created. Even though we are not required to work overtime to get everything doen, it is still stressful knowing that there is work left on the table every day.

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