Cyber is hot, DomainTools is not. - Anonymous employee DomainTools Employee Review

2.0
Jan 16, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A chance to make the internet a safer place. Working in the hot, cybersecurity industry. Work life balance is excellent for the C-levels who jet set in a few days per week.

Cons

It is apparent that leadership is in way over their heads. They are still running the company as if they were 20 instead of 100 employees and their immaturity really shows. Bullying and harassment by legacy employees is tolerated. New employees are never believed. The CEO and CFO expect unquestioning loyalty. If you disagree, you are marginalized. There are still some very smart people that work there, but many are leaving because they are disturbed by how those who have been bullied and harassed have been treated. Accusers are retaliated against. Company rules change on a whim to either support or punish who ever the C-suite wants. Leadership is blind to their problems and how to even begin to solve them.

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DomainTools Response
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Thank you for sharing this feedback. I genuinely appreciate you taking the time to provide information about how you perceive the work environment at DomainTools. We value all of our current and former employees' feedback to help us improve as an organization. I want to make it clear that as a person I have zero tolerance for harassment of any kind, and that DomainTools as a company has zero tolerance as well. We believe we have responded promptly and appropriately any time someone has raised concerns of inappropriate conduct, but would agree this is an area all companies should be trying to continuously improve. We are committed to creating a transparent, collaborative and inclusive environment at DomainTools where every single employee is comfortable and can do their very best work. If there are additional specifics you would like to provide, I welcome hearing from you at Feedback@domaintools.com. - Tim Chen CEO

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