FireEye Reviews

Updated Jun 26, 2020

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3.3
52%
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FireEye CEO/Board Member Kevin Mandia
Kevin Mandia
213 Ratings
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  • "Lack of 401k matching is "offset" by stock options(in 39 reviews)

  • "No 401k matching currently available, but offset through other benefits(in 35 reviews)

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  1. Featured Review

    "good place"

    5.0
    Former Employee - Sales Representative 

    I worked at FireEye full-time

    Pros

    Mostly great people and good culture

    Cons

    unsure future and always working through a transition

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    FireEye Response

    April 27, 2020HR Ops Specialist

    We are happy to hear you love the people and culture at FireEye! We strive for collaboration between all levels of management and departments. We are very excited about the future of FireEye and what new products and services will continue to separate us as a leader in cyber security. Thank you for taking your time to leave a review.

  2. "Voted One of the Top Places to Work at for a Reason"

    5.0
    • Work/Life Balance
    • Culture & Values
    • Career Opportunities
    • Compensation and Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Former Employee - Security Analyst 
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    I worked at FireEye full-time for more than 3 years

    Pros

    Absolutely great work environment, Managers care about success, but most importantly, care about their employees.

    Cons

    There are absolutely no cons

  3. "High Potential, Vague Strategy, Growth Opportunity"

    4.0
    • Work/Life Balance
    • Culture & Values
    • Career Opportunities
    • Compensation and Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Current Employee - Sales in Reston, VA
    Recommends
    Neutral Outlook
    Disapproves of CEO

    I have been working at FireEye full-time for more than a year

    Pros

    Above average compensation, remote work flexibility, promising products (not all lines though), career shifts opportunity, easy to reach top management, less corporate politics compared to industry peers, decent health insurance, decent perks, multiple internal training courses, tuition fees support, good helping culture.

    Cons

    periodic lay-offs which degrades morale, unhealthy competitive environment within a team or between different teams, company outlook is not bright specially profits are on the lower side compared to industry peers (although its increasing in small %).

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  4. "Great Company"

    5.0
    Current Employee - Security Analyst Intern in Reston, VA

    I have been working at FireEye full-time

    Pros

    Meaningful work given to interns in program

    Cons

    Slow startup time, but understandable due to nature of work

  5. Helpful (1)

    "Great company"

    3.0
    • Work/Life Balance
    • Culture & Values
    • Career Opportunities
    • Compensation and Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Former Employee - Software Developer in Milpitas, CA

    I worked at FireEye full-time for more than a year

    Pros

    Great products and awesome people to work with

    Cons

    Lot of layoffs through the years to scale business

  6. "Has Some Postives"

    4.0
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    • Culture & Values
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    • Compensation and Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Current Employee - Sales Account Manager in Draper, UT
    Recommends
    Neutral Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    I have been working at FireEye full-time for more than a year

    Pros

    Culture, Benefits, people and overall meets needs

    Cons

    Products, a little uncertainty right now in where they are going.

  7. "Best work experience and culture experienced in my career."

    5.0
    • Work/Life Balance
    • Culture & Values
    • Career Opportunities
    • Compensation and Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Reston, VA
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook

    I have been working at FireEye full-time for more than 5 years

    Pros

    Leadership team Employees are passionate and driven Customer and mission focused

    Cons

    May take longer than normal to get fully up to speed and ramped as a new employee

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  8. "Great place to work for."

    4.0
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    • Compensation and Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Former Employee - Information Security Analyst in New York, NY
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook

    I worked at FireEye full-time for less than a year

    Pros

    - Very intelligent colleagues - Competitive salary and benefits - Access to training

    Cons

    - Be prepared to be self sufficient from the start. No time to handhold new employees.

  9. Helpful (9)

    "Toxic Corporate Culture"

    1.0
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    • Compensation and Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Former Employee - Software Engineer in Reston, VA
    Doesn't Recommend
    Negative Outlook
    Disapproves of CEO

    I worked at FireEye full-time for more than 3 years

    Pros

    Good benefits, good pay, good hardware.

    Cons

    - Toxic corporate environment. Employees with some years there are unhelpful, annoying, toxic, and will sell you out to gain points with your boss. - Managers are micro-managers, rude, they tend to focus on finding the culprit rather than finding a solution. - No growth potential. It is all about relationships, relationships, relationships, you can see in the office how people try to build personal relationships with the boss to secure the position. - No upper-management defense. If you have a complaint about your manager, his/her boss won't do anything to address the issue. - Extensive meetings throughout the week. You get to spend 6-8 hours of meetings as a developer every week. - Extensive numbers of dependencies in each application. Some devops engineer are super rude and it's like you are bothering them all the time. - No team building focus. - No trust on C-suite. For them, you matter nothing. - India focus, the company is going India! We get more and more bosses from India than from US. I guess they are laying people off to just go and outsource all engineering jobs. This is not a very american way of thinking, even when the CEO takes pride of been an "American". - I worked long hours on weekends and nights just to not get recognized in meetings.

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  10. Helpful (1)

    "Mixed"

    3.0
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    • Compensation and Benefits
    • Senior Management
    Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
    Doesn't Recommend
    Neutral Outlook
    No opinion of CEO

    I worked at FireEye full-time for more than 3 years

    Pros

    The people, especially leadership, are very nice and approachable.

    Cons

    A lot of politics between the business. Region leaders have their own politics that affect everyone below. Some leaders heavily play favorites.

    FireEye Response

    April 27, 2020HR Ops Specialist

    Thank you so much for your valuable feedback. It gives us immense pride that we push ourselves to ensure we are instilling a good culture in the office. We strive to maintain transparency so that employees can approach managers or any concerned person to discuss their concerns. However, it’s regretful that you do not like some of the aspects of the workplace. We have an ‘Open Door’ policy and we truly believe in being approachable by any of our employees at any point of time.

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