BlueCat reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(260 total reviews)
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Stephen Devito

81% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

BlueCat has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 260 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BlueCat employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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260 reviews
1.0
Dec 16, 2014

Sales

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good base Work from home sometimes

Cons

No Career Growth Losing Marketshare Horrible Management Very Negative Commissions plan was unattainable

1.0
Sep 1, 2017

Nasty, Sleazy and Cult-Like Company - Stay Away!!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The CTO is the only hope for this organization. The only decent executive/human-being they have.

Cons

Management are survey beggars that only care about perception and numbers on glassdoor - not reality. The incent (intimidate) employees to submit positive reviews here and elsewhere. Employees are oppressed, scared and paranoid. As long as they tell management how "great" BlueCat is, they may keep their pitiful jobs. Communication is solely based on gossip and hearsay from top-down and all around. This is an absolute amateur act lead by consummate hacks. I'm certain Madison Dearborn is taking a good hard look at what is going on here and I suspect they will make some sweeping adjustments.

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BlueCat Response
8y
Thank you for providing us with your very honest feedback. We are sorry that you felt your time at BlueCat was such a negative experience. We do in fact like to survey our employees. Mainly because we want their opinions on how we can be better at what we do. We survey our new hires on their 30, 60 and 90 days to ensure that they feel they are being provided the resources they need to be successful in their jobs. We survey employees who are leaving us to ensure we are collecting data around how we could do things differently. We survey our employees semi-annually to monitor their engagement levels and ensure that we are fostering an environment where they feel they are being supported and are connected to the business. Additionally, we regularly look to have the employees ask questions to the executives about the business at our all-hands meetings and we have regularly occurring “Lunches with the CEO” for all our employees during the year. We value our Glassdoor and Engagement survey feedback, and while I am saddened to hear that your experience did not live up to your expectations, our data shows that our employees feel appreciated, motivated and aligned to BlueCat’s vision with an over 80% engagement (world class) and a 4.2 rating on Glassdoor. Feel free to reach out to the People Team for further discussion.
2.0
Feb 24, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Many of the employees across the technical departments are extremely bright, eager to share their knowledge and deliver remarkable successes in all areas.

Cons

The managers that seem to thrive there have little regard for their employees' talent and individuality. They take credit for all departmental accomplishments and refuse to acknowledge their employees' achievements or reward them financially for their long hours and impressive results.

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BlueCat Response
10y
Thanks for sharing your insights. We recently ran our first engagement and leadership survey where we asked a series of questions about our leaders. This survey was conducted in an anonymous fashion across our organization. We were extremely happy with the responses. Our employees feel supported by their leaders and one of the highest scores for our technical team was the work-life balance statement. Our employees overwhelming feel supported in their development and recognized for their efforts across our organization.
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