Unstable future makes it difficult to recommend - Software Engineer Cofense Employee Review

2.0
7 Nov 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Full remote, unlimited PTO, people are nice.

Cons

2 rounds of layoffs in 2 years, people are overworked and leaving quickly. CEO claims this second round of layoffs was "right sizing" and that employees should not worry about being cut next and should instead be angry about other people not working as hard as yourself. Development / production environments are a cluster. Management forced cost cutting measures that end up blocking deployments because there aren't enough resources allocated to support the current deployment.

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Cofense Response
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Thank you for taking the time to submit your feedback, and we%E2%80%99re sorry you feel that way. Companies our size occasionally restructure and resize certain teams to stay innovative and efficient. The limited action that the leadership team took this week (less than half the size of the action over a year ago) was conducted for those same reasons. As for communication, our CEO has been very transparent regarding the reason for this action and what we are doing to build a better future for everyone. We had two all-employee calls in the past 24 hours where our CEO answered all the questions asked.

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5.0
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CEO approval
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
23 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great team. New people from other orgs come in and share new ways of working and optimism.

Cons

Legacy team members continue with old ways of working. Product doesn't keep pace with market innovation. Doesn't seem customer-centric. Needs new leadership.

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