Worst job of my life - Software Engineer Malwarebytes Employee Review

2.0
Jan 19, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good office in Tallinn, local management tries to organise interesting events and kinda carry for the employees with some benefits. CEO tries to keep in touch with all the offices and share general business news with the teams.

Cons

The place was full of politics. There was no plan even for 1 week, urgent tasks would appear at random time and the rest of the time there was nothing to do. Management has no idea of what they want, would change the development direction completely every 2 months. Existing technical solutions are bad but the management pushes to make them even worse. The management is not technically qualified however they would push their technical ideas even if the engineers protest. HQ office is the one making all the decisions and if you are not there you don't even understand whats's going on. There was "no work from home" policy meaning you can only stay at home if you are sick or something similar happened (though this restriction was lifted during the covid epidemics). Tallinn management secretly keeps track of when people come and go and what they do at the workplace.

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Malwarebytes Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We apologize that your experience with Malwarebytes was less than what you had hoped for. We take feedback such as this very seriously and make sure to share with senior management. We want every employee to feel they have a voice and can share this feedback during their time with us. Our People Business Partners are always willing to listen and help enact to improve our teams, culture, and leadership development. As a growing company, we are always looking to improve. If you have any additional insight you’d like to share, please feel free to send us an email.

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