AVOID FOR SALES - Anonymous employee CrowdStrike Employee Review

1.0
26 Sept 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pros: - Great product - Great benefits - Motivated colleagues - Snacks

Cons

Cons: - The leadership: The leadership in the Austin office is at best incompetent and at worst a liability. Internal promotions are also internally blocked, so good luck at rising through the ranks! - Culture: The culture in the Austin office is toxic beyond belief. From sexist employees to managers who think it’s ok to harass their employees, the culture of the Austin office just keeps being chiseled away. - No work/life balance: “Unlimited PTO”. Yeah, you have unlimited PTO but good luck taking it. You’re also not allowed to take a vacation during 4 months throughout the year, including July ( bye-bye summer family vacations). Additionally, you are expected to be always working, even after the clock stops at 5. You’ll get e-mails on the lucky day you get PTO with “urgent requests” and get chastised if you don’t respond. - Stress: Poor leadership has led to an office where stress drips down the walls. Incompetent management has lead to reps being weary of letting superiors on their calls for fear of losing the deals. No one leaves the office happy at the end of the day.

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CrowdStrike Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We are disheartened to read that your experience working in the Austin Office hasn’t met the expectations that CrowdStrike has for its employees. Given the rapid global growth and increasing success CrowdStrike has experienced, some growing pains are to be expected. However, we always want to do whatever we can to ensure the employee experience here is positive, meaningful and fulfilling to maintain the great company culture for which CrowdStrike is known. Your concerns are important to us and our management team is currently reviewing the points you raised and taking actions. We stand by our open-door policy and we hope you feel encouraged to reach out to Management or your Human Resources should you experience any issues in the future.

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