Secure Code Warrior reviews

The work environment at SCW is extremely toxic, with an overwhelming workload that negatively affects employee performance and well-being. The negativity and excessive demands have made it impossible for any of us to thrive. It's important to note that this issue stems from leadership's failure to address underlying concerns - which have been raised on multiple occasions- creating a culture that contradicts the values they claim to uphold. There is a significant lack of clear career paths and opportunities for advancement within the organization. The absence of support from the CEO and CMO, particularly in mentoring and coaching, has hindered the professional growth of not only the marketing team- but employees at SCW in general. There is little to no transparency around business decisions, big bets, or changes to staffing. Senior Leadership lacks a clear vision or the strategic prowess to put this company on the path of growth and scaling-up that absolutely needs to happen in order for it to remain profitable and competitive. There has been little to no development in differentiating features in the product for years, with a future-looking roadmap and competent product management only coming online very recently. Leadership is also highly oppositional to employee feedback around improving this, often resorting to managing people out through persistent negativity, or letting people get so burnt out they leave on their own accord.

-Senior Leadership Team (SLT) does not create and offer a strategic vision for the employees to rally around. There are “big bets/rocks” but not much of an actual coherent strategy of how it is going to propel the business forward. Nor is there a consistent “rallying cry” to motivate employees and know what they are working towards. Mission? $$ start up rocket ship? Etc. -Culture is not strong/positive and leadership is not supportive. In many orgs there is an ongoing sense that any day you could be considered good or bad at your job. -24/7 nature of the company due to global work and limited resources. The company encourages “flexible hours” but it’s more flexible in the sense that you can pick up kids at 4:30 then get back on at 6. Not “work 8-6” give or take in your time zone. There are many roles with 1-2 people in them (such as a sales eng or website or social media) role that if the one person is in another time zone with minimal overlap, you won’t get anything done for 24+ hours or if you’re the “1 person” you’re gonna be expected to hop on the computer at many weird hours. -Processes are completely lacking. SCW is a startup, so it is expected to not have mature processes but fundamental aspects are missing on the employee experience. For example, Clear level/role guidelines for what success looks like does not exist for most roles. -Despite being a startup, the company lacks urgency and speed in decision making. It’s somewhat bureaucratic but without good process so you have slow decision making like a big company without the actual scale benefit. -Product is getting very stale without a clear roadmap of how it will innovate to outpace the market. Also is expensive compared to many competitors. -Extremely high turnover rate, SLT has turned over almost completely other than co-founders, many other employees leave quickly by choice or “shown the door” as well. (I left by choice)