Great company, toxic middle management - Sensor Software Engineer CrowdStrike Employee Review

2.0
5 July 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits package Good salaries Great product

Cons

The worst "Hero programmer" behavior of middle management and senior developers I have seen: - no help during on-boarding - no interest in helping or sharing information during work - constant posing as a hero to save the day on any occasion possible in front of higher Management whenever a new hire makes a mistake or has not enough information to do the work. They hire you as a feature developer, but you get mostly unit test development and bug fixing work. They won't let you promote to next level, unless you are willing to move to a test engineer role.

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CrowdStrike Response
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We're sorry to hear this account of your experience. As important as it is to feel satisfied with the product and your salary and benefits, we never like hearing you don't feel you're fully supported in this environment. We're doing our best to build and maintain a culture of trust and collaboration to ensure all managers have the training they need to provide proper support and guidance to their teams. If you'd like to share specifics about your experience we encourage you to reach out to Lindsey N. in Employee Experience.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

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Cons

Manager/Director level: Poor communication from team manager/director, with little to no direction and the lack of team morale. Team members were on their own after training and most meetings could've been an email. The presence of the director was the equivalent of a virtual bulletin board. No ownership was taken from management to lead or guide the team and no sense of loyalty exists between management and team members. Good talent was squandered due to complacency and lack of direction. Company: Con for the company is the unfortunate lay offs that happened after leaving the company. It's a shame they laid off veterans from my former team. The writing on the wall was apparent, from outsourced new hires to the non-competitive compensation for newer hires. The company went from a fun and competitive start up to a disconnected company trying to emulate tech industry trends and "balances the budget" AKA lay offs, to look good to share holders. For a company that nets huge profits year after year, layoffs shouldn't be part of the reality.

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