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Kevin Mandia
134 Ratings
Pros
"Reasonable work/life balance in most functions" (in 26 reviews)
"Smart people, interesting business, free lunch, fun work outings" (in 41 reviews)
Cons
"No 401k matching, which was unfortunate" (in 28 reviews)
"If I had one major complaint it would be no 401k matching" (in 33 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 (4)
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"A great place to be"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at FireEye full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
An amazing brand, a CEO that is passionate and gets it. Mandiant is the premier resource for cyber reach response and they do more IR than anyone else. It’s a powerful security story that stands apart from the rest of the competition, as frontline intelligence is fed into protection and detection services. It’s a an industry leading innovation cycle.
Cons
None that I can see beyond gap in 401k match. They do a good job of supplementing that with other benefits though.
Advice to Management
Continue empowering your people to deliver
FireEye 2018-04-29 16:37 PDT![FireEye Logo]()
"Sr.Cyber Threat Hunter"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at FireEye full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Work life balance is amazing
Everyone is brilliant
Benefits are decent
Being Challenged
Working on the front line of new Cyber security threatsCons
No 401K match
Healthcare is okFireEye 2018-08-01 10:22 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Technical Support Engineer"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at FireEye full-time (More than a year)
Pros
There are a lot of great people to work with.
Benefits are great and if you aren't in Support you get to do a lot of fun things that the company sponsors.Cons
Never can keep the more knowledgeable people they hire or train.
Meaning the rest of the Support team is treated like slaves to keep up.
If you want to work for FireEye don't go into support, its horrible.FireEye 2018-08-07 12:54 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Was great company"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at FireEye full-time
Pros
Company was growing with tons of opportunity for learning. Great people to work with.
Cons
The company grew too fast and lots of people left the company. It lost the "start up" mode quicker than most company. Changes were taking longer and it become top / management heavy.
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"Good place"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at FireEye full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Interesting and challenging tasks, nice team,
Cons
Stock price, old code base
FireEye 2018-07-04 13:25 PDTHelpful (16)
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"Confusion Everywhere.!"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at FireEye full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
I have been with FireEye for close to 3yrs at their HQ. Some of the pros include good compensation, very good insurance plans, decent office space, great location.
Cons
The environment at HQ is extremely stressful and harmful. The HR looks completely out of shape and are not available or reachable for normal employees. They preach something and practice something else. Lay offs are the most common thing one would hear at FireEye. Employees are literally thrown out for reasons unknown.
Participating in surveys is useless. I always wondered why FireEye is not profitable but it is evidently clear with poor management skills, it is impossible to be successful.
No, I would never recommend even my enemy to FireEye. Not a place worth risking your peace of mind.Advice to Management
Not worth advising !!
FireEye 2018-06-10 22:52 PDTHelpful (7)
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"IT-Business Application Team"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at FireEye full-time (More than a year)
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I worked here close to 2 years at Milpitas office. I think all the review were not reflecting the truth about FireEye. I thought to share this so other can make right career decision before joing IT business application team.
- Compensation and Benefits are excellent compared to the size of the company. But you can be lay off anytime without any reason.
- A lot of Area to improve. It will provide an exciting space for who wanted face challenge to improve the current process. The caveat is you might lay off if came across the IT Leadership path by questioning or suggesting different than what they are doing.
- Motivated and passionate CEO who shared a grand vision.Cons
- Horrible HR support as the HR team is most of the time unavailable
- Toxic and stressful environment as nepotism is there in hiring people.
- IT Leadership team focus on getting the credit on the rollout of new changes without worrying about the what is ROI or KPI improvement.
- You can be thrown out of the company if you dare to question IT Leadership.
-Don't believe the HR message that they promote mutual respect. You only need to be a slave for IT leadership without asking any question. The survey is useless as FireEye leadership team never looks to improve current situation based on survey suggestion.
-Work life will be very stressful as you end up in slave work culture.Advice to Management
Please walk the talk. People were punished for telling the truth or doing the right thing.
-Bring Enterprise architect frame work and principle to improve the current design approach. Hire quality people based on their skill set rather than allowing nepotism at work place. Don't lay off quality people.FireEye 2018-06-30 10:58 PDT![FireEye Logo]()
"Excellent Place to Grow Your Career"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at FireEye full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
- I can see the impact the work that I do has for the company.
- Open-door policy within my team and across the organization
- The HR team does an amazing job with the culture across the globe
- The benefits are greatCons
- Although the transparency at the company is getting better, there is always room for improvement
Advice to Management
Continue the open-door policy on ideas and innovation.
FireEye 2018-04-27 07:59 PDTHelpful (8)
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"Hit and Miss"
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Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at FireEye full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
They at least put on the appearance of paying attention to employee concerns; current CEO has steered the ship away from the rocks
Cons
Manager quality is hit or miss; at a recent all-hands meeting, the CEO lauded a bunch of guys who camped out at their desks to make a deadline while other execs touted work-life balance. Also, in CA the hiring is heavily biased towards Indian men.
Advice to Management
Don't crow about how great your diversity and your work-life balance are when it's obvious those two things are a sham.
FireEye 2018-04-26 18:11 PDT
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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