Company has the smell of doom on it. - Anonymous employee NSS Labs Employee Review

1.0
Nov 7, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Many of the people here, aside from leadership, are great people I love working with. Don't blame the rest of us for the leadership issues.

Cons

Geez, this company. They pull you in with the promise of free snacks, lunches, and a great culture - only you’ll find out later that no one has any idea what they are doing. Turnover is the highest I've ever seen. Leadership runs all around trying to put out the fires of their own incompetencies, people scramble around, vendors complain, and NSS wigs out, afraid they might get sued again by another vendor. Wash, rinse, repeat. Testers are promised bonuses for all the hard work they do, only to have those checks snatched away at the last minute. And the testers aren’t paid nearly enough to begin with. Speaking of getting sued. A recent lawsuit pretty much ruined the company. As a result, they laid off a dozen people in October, which was a large chunk of our workforce. I partly blame the CEO, Jason “WHERE’S MY PIZZA?!!!” Brvenik, he of the Pizza Gate fame, as one previous poster put it (review was since taken down). He is a bully, berating people if they accidentally take his pizza. Good lord, the way he acted, you’d think that pizza was the most important thing in the world, even though the company is going down the tubes. And if the CEO squawks, a VP or two will jump in to defend him, since they are all such butt kissers. Don't you have any self-respect? If you are considering working here, don’t. Chances are you will get laid off. Chances are you will get caught up in the bad morale and will soon be whispering about how you are looking for other work (like me).

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5.0
Jul 16, 2021
Anonymous contractor
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Pros

-Free lunch everyday provided by the company -Friendly colleagues -you may bring your dog to work

Cons

- some management could be more kinder

1.0
Aug 30, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The engineering team has some very talented folks in it who are fun to work with. The company was flexible and understanding during Covid, allowing everyone to work remotely without any salary adjustments. It is an interesting problem space, testing security products.

Cons

The CEO is an egotistical introvert who provides little to no direction to anyone in the company - a flagrant illustration of the Peter Principle! Aside from posting corny dad jokes to the company chat space, no one is really sure what he’s up to. Strategy? Sales? Financials? Hiring? Nobody knows! And if you ask, expect this answer: “we’re doing what makes sense”. People are afraid to ask questions in company-wide meetings. All communication to his direct reports is funneled through the “chief of staff”, a human shield between he and the rest of the company. The engineering team has zero contact with customers and is building a product (again) that nobody wants. I predict they will all end up leaving because of this, which is a shame given their potential. Absolutely zero opportunity for non-attrition driven growth within the company. The only reason they are hiring for any positions is to backfill people who continue to leave. Expect an ongoing interrogation if you want to hire anyone new. No 401k matching. HR sends out “anonymous” survey questions that nobody answers because everyone knows they aren’t actually anonymous. Apparently they started a non profit entity last year, but did a terrible job explaining the reasoning behind that decision, and there hasn’t been a mention of it since.

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