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Company Rating Based on 19 ratings “Dissatisfied”
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CEO Approval Based on 18 ratings 
Gene HodgesPresident, CEO, and Director 17% |
Reviews are posted anonymously by employees (updated Nov 11, 2009)
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Nov 11, 2009
2009-11-11 09:52 PST
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3 of 3 people found this helpfulPros
Large and growing market
Strong, compact, complementary product porftolio
Strong global band - although only around web filtering
Large customer baseCons
Top heavy compensation (2 additional levels of VP added in sales in last 2 years with flat growth, why do they need a president and a COO each at north of $500k per year total comp)
Rampant Politics
Micromanagement at officer level (even relatively minor decisions must be approved at highest level by only 2 people)
Flaky executive recruitment has resulted in repeated hires and fires at VP level
Uncompetitive compensation below executive level
Low employee morale
Weak sales execution
Now competing against huge cmopmetitors, no longer big player in market, risk of being squeezed out competely over long termAdvice to Senior Management
If you're going to cut costs, thin out the spend at the officer/SVP level. Remove the Gene/JMac stranglehold over decisionmaking and start to delegate. Increase positive communication and recognition of employees.
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Anonymous in Los Gatos, CA:
“Great space, poor leadership, and unhealthy place to work”
Oct 8, 2009
3 found helpful
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Anonymous in San Diego, CA:
“WARNING - It is better to be unemployeed than work for Websense!”
Oct 4, 2009
2 found helpful
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Anonymous in San Diego, CA:
“Think twice before working here”
Aug 19, 2009
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Anonymous in San Diego, CA:
“Was once great and can be again with changes.”
Jul 16, 2009
1 found helpful
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Anonymous in San Diego, CA:
“Websense is a toxic place to work”
Jun 4, 2009
3 found helpful
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Director in San Diego, CA:
“Websense may be about saying 'Yes', but not to their employees.”
May 26, 2009
3 found helpful | 1 comment
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Director in San Diego, CA:
“Websense days”
May 21, 2009
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Senior Engineer in San Diego, CA:
“May be a good place to work for beginner but I am not sure about experienced pro”
Mar 31, 2009
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Director in San Diego, CA:
“Not a GREAT place to work”
Feb 6, 2009
3 found helpful
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