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Pros
"Reasonable work/life balance in most functions" (in 28 reviews)
"Smart people, interesting business, free lunch, fun work outings" (in 43 reviews)
Cons
"No 401k matching, which was unfortunate" (in 29 reviews)
"If I had one major complaint it would be no 401k matching" (in 34 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 (2)
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"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 PDT![FireEye Logo]()
"Your mileage may vary"
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Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at FireEye full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Fun atmosphere. Some nice people, although it’s quite noisy sometimes.
Cons
The company uses Agile methodology but like most American companies, they continue to shove more into a release than can be reasonably accomplished in a normal work week. Employees pulling all-nighters are celebrated during awards ceremonies and during all-hands meetings. It is a chaotic way to work. (Certain departments always get the awards. Supporting departments don’t have a chance at recognition.) With such unrealistic demands, something has to suffer. I’ll let you figure out what that is.
Your experience depends on your manager, but the reality doesn’t match the hype. Although the company emphasizes their unlimited PTO benefit, some employees are made to feel their jobs are in danger if they take more than a 1-week vacation (again, depends on your manager). I actually overheard a manager talking to HR about an employee who was on vacation—in the open! Very unprofessional.
BYOT (bring your own training) because you’re going to have to mind your own training needs. Outside of Lynda.com, you’re on your own.
Benefits— no 401k match, typical insurance offering though. Decent bonus opportunities.
Some layoffs are happening, and yet still hiring?Advice to Management
Care about your people enough to respect their need for a life outside work, and respect them enough to keep issues confidential. Recognize departments that play a strong support role.
Use Agile to release quality on-time products. Fewer features, more bug fixes, and thorough testing.FireEye 2018-10-18 19:35 PDTHelpful (1)
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"No longer at top echelon security company. They just don't know it."
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at FireEye full-time (More than a year)
Pros
CEO Kevin Mandia knows his stuff and loves the industry. De Walt was a joke..
Mandiant is the best in the business at remediation ...but really expensive
New Headquarters with gym and full cafeteria is really nice.
Research is superb and grabs headlines..consistently.Cons
Subscriptions for email security and endpoint are average at best (see Gartner)
Employees I met are phoning it in. No one cares...They know their best days are past.
Lack of growth. For a high tech company.Advice to Management
Find a different business model than chasing Mandiant's ambulances.
Keep Kevin Mandia to stay relevant. He's open and honest.
Many middle managers are going through the motions and don't care. Replace them if you want to grow again..FireEye 2018-10-01 20:02 PDTHelpful (5)
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"FAKE NEWS- HR drives a transparent culture with integrity"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at FireEye full-time
Pros
CEO is passionate and knowledgeable. Helix is a valued message with real market potential but execution has a long way to go. Free lunch. Most of the time you have work/life balance.
Cons
HR is a joke within the company. As a result, we unfortunately have a culture where you constantly need to check your back. A few members of executive leadership are worn and have lost their passion, it is obvious.
Advice to Management
Fire the HR team, bring in a outside consultant who can share best practices, culture building, and transparent communication. You will be shocked in what the company is missing and the impact it will have on top/bottom line.
FireEye 2018-09-19 18:49 PDTHelpful (3)
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"Great team, Bad management / execution"
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Doesn't RecommendI worked at FireEye full-time
Pros
- Great quality employees (individual contributors)
- You will learn a lot here
- Excellent technical strength and skill setCons
- Management execution is poor
- TOO MUCH politics
- Bunch of inexperienced candidates got bigger management roles, they screw up a lot and cannot execute but they think they are the bestAdvice to Management
Remove the politics and look at long term investment in your employees. No alignment from to to bottom.
FireEye 2018-09-18 09:56 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Marketing"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at FireEye full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Free lunch, flexible schedule
Cons
Management is terrible, a lot of turn over
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"Good company to work for"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at FireEye full-time
Pros
Opportunity to work on cool latest technologies, RSUs (good if stock does better), remote work, cell phone bill reimbursement, conferences, unlimited PTO and easy to take, cool industry to work for
Cons
No 401K match, stock price like kid's slide, no process for promotion so hard to say why somebody is getting promoted and why you are not, too many org changes and title changes
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"Great for College Freshers and Experienced Professionals"
StarStarStarStarStarRecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at FireEye full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
- Great learning avenue for new grads.
- Time and care is given to each employee, old or newCons
Depends mostly on your team, I guess. No issues for me.
FireEye 2018-08-18 14:24 PDTHelpful (5)
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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 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