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Kevin Mandia
127 Ratings
Pros
Reasonable work/life balance in most functions (in 27 reviews)
Smart people, interesting business, free lunch, fun work outings (in 42 reviews)
Cons
No 401k matching, which was unfortunate (in 28 reviews)
If I had one major complaint it would be no 401k matching (in 32 reviews)
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"Fun Place to Work - Positive Outlook With New Management"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at FireEye full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Over the past 2 years, Mandiant/iSight leadership has almost completely taken over FireEye and the culture/morale has improved dramatically.
- Fun culture and atmosphere, even for remote workers
- Smart people who care about their mission
- Ability to contribute and growing internal mobility
- Good pay
- Reasonable work/life balance in most functions
- Solid and reasonably priced benefitsCons
- Some (nice but non-essential) perks removed as they cost cut towards profitability - free lunch, some snacks, etc
- No matching 401kAdvice to Management
Do better at marketing our hard work and innovation
Match our 401K
Keep driving forwardFireEye 2018-01-25 11:37 PST Helpful (1)
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"Good place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at FireEye full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
I like the passion under the new CEO. A lot of the extravagant spending is gone, the focus is on execution. Upper management has the right vision. HR is good.
Cons
No free lunches, no 401k matching
Advice to Management
Keep the focus on profitability, retain good employees. What you are doing is working.
FireEye 2018-04-16 14:52 PDT![FireEye Logo]()
"Network Security Support Role"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at FireEye full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Lots of startup hype around the company, fun job, competent and helpful colleagues. Demanding enterprise support atmosphere, good pay/benefits.
Cons
Felt like there was a disconnect between the culture put forth by corporate and the (micro)management in the satellite office. About the time they had their IPO the management became overly statistic-obsessed, spending all the time obsessing over numbers to effectively cultivate the team.
Advice to Management
In a challenging and constantly evolving environment, it is more important for management to have a good feel for team performance trends and the general atmosphere, rather than rigid statistical performance benchmarks.
FireEye 2018-04-10 21:06 PDT![FireEye Logo]()
"engineer"
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I have been working at FireEye full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
flexible work schedule; good environment; big company so good compensation
Cons
direction is very sporadic; the company is going lots of directions due to several buyouts
Advice to Management
need to get a handle on all the directions we're going; try not to make political choices
FireEye 2018-03-29 15:00 PDTHelpful (3)
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"Lots of changes being made, mostly negative and experimental"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at FireEye full-time
Pros
Security Industry still has some respect for FireEye's Brand. The respect was build from the glory days, 2012-2014
Great Medical BenefitCons
No job security, constant changes in senior management without a solid direction. Seems like they are still trying to figure out what they want to do. You can only pray that they make a good decision.
No 401K matching, No Bonus pay,Advice to Management
Most Management are from Mandiant and iSight acquisition, they do not have much experience running a product company, let along trying to run a profitable company. Unless you hire people with the right experience, the ship won't turn around. You can only keep trying and be failing so many times.
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"Decent employer"
StarStarStarStarStarI worked at FireEye part-time
Pros
good location, hands off leadership
Cons
could have better atmosphere for employees
FireEye 2018-02-10 19:07 PSTHelpful (3)
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"No Future in Company"
StarStarStarStarStarDoesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at FireEye full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Good stocks if negotiated well
Cons
Please avoid this company. No future in this company.
FireEye 2018-02-09 19:52 PSTHelpful (1)
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"Sales"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at FireEye full-time
Pros
Great company vision and roadmap.
Cons
Problems translating vision into sales.
FireEye 2018-02-05 12:42 PSTHelpful (5)
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"Company sucks"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at FireEye full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Worst management Ive worked for in mu 30 years of working for high tech companies. Extremely disorganised. Arrogant leadership. HR has no direction, or even knows what they are doing. Benefits are very average. Pay smaller than others. Oh, wait, the free food was goosld
Cons
Oh, apart from that it was great!
Advice to Management
Get organized, and treat people as humans!
FireEye 2018-02-08 07:51 PSTHelpful (7)
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"Dated Technology, Cost Cutting Spiral Without Growth"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at FireEye full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Interesting work in the wide-open field of cyber security. Rank and file engineers still seem to care and there are still some smart people doing useful new technology. Current CEO and upper management saved the company from going under (due to the previous CEO's unsustainable bad management and reckless, out-of-control spending), and have earned credibility with the workers "in the trenches".
Cons
Growth is slow and slowing. Management placates shareholders by a continual spiral of more and more cost cutting. Company just moved to a smaller square footage headquarters, and has now eliminated the perks you may see in earlier reviews: no more free lunches, no more free snacks or beverages. Instead, they're introducing a vending program to sell concessions to overworked employees (hiring has dried up, even for replacing some of the attrition). Technology is now dated because malware has moved on, away from the attacks that FireEye used to detect so well.
Middle management is an obstacle to success, mostly interested in not rocking the boat; don't bother looking for any leadership or technical direction from them. A recent employee meeting where resource and leadership concerns were raised was stifled by angry middle management who dodged responsibility while pushing more work onto people to make up for their own failed management.Advice to Management
You need to address the long-standing, middle-management problem: get some real leaders in there! Your cost-cutting has accelerated too fast: cutting out free snacks/drinks at a time when workers are being asked to do more is a mistake, especially in the competitive job market of the Silicon Valley.
FireEye 2018-01-05 12:28 PST
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FireEye Response
Feb 20, 2018 – Recruiting Coordinator
Thank you for your great ideas on how to improve life at FireEye! With our new go-to-market strategy, we are changing the way we market all of FireEye’s hard work and innovation. While we don’t currently offer a 401(k) match, we do provide our employees with very competitive benefits beyond the foundational rewards, such as Employee Stock Purchase Plan, generous PTO, paid parental leave, professional development opportunities and many other perks. We continuously review our benefits, and the more successful we are as a company, the more we can consider providing additional options such as 401(k) matching.... MoreLess