Mess - Software Engineer Netskope Employee Review

3.0
13 Oct 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Looks like the business is good, so things are moving towards an IPO. - Company has quite a few "wellness days" over the year - i.e. extra holidays (likely to somewhat compensate for the items listed in the Cons section). - The CEO seems to maintain a culture of internal transparency, so you get informed about the company successes or shortcomings.

Cons

Engineering is a total mess: - Forget about work - life balance as you will be pinged over Slack around the clock, people are expecting you to take meetings meetings at like 9pm to accommodate other time zones. - Leadership cares about nothing but how Jira tickets flow. It is more important to make sure your tickets look good than to actually do work. - Priorities are changing every 5 minutes. - Unless you take time out of your nights and weekends, it is impossible to get anything done due to distractions and changing priorities. - Insane inefficiencies seriously affecting the entire engineering coming from home grown deployment tools, that are outdated and way under-documented. The collective wasted time on these is incredible. Yet the leadership does not priorities replacing those.

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Netskope Response
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Thank you for setting aside the time to provide us feedback. We place great importance on all feedback received and we’re sorry to hear you have had a poor experience. If you’d be open to a conversation, we would appreciate the opportunity to discuss your experience in more detail. Please feel free to contact me at any point. Derek Sibilia Talent Operations dsibilia@netskope.com

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Cons

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Pros

Strong Executive Leadership: The leadership team is transparent, highly experienced, and clearly knows how to navigate the cybersecurity landscape. You feel like the ship is being steered in the right direction. Excellent Career Paths: There is a genuine focus on internal mobility and career development. If you’re a high performer, there are clear avenues for promotion and skill expansion. Cutting-Edge Technology: Working here means dealing with truly industry-leading products. The tech stack is innovative, and it’s exciting to be at the forefront of the SASE and cloud security market. Collaborative Culture: Despite the fast pace, the "one team" mentality is very much alive here.

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Benefits Gap: The most notable downside for US-based employees is the lack of a 401k match at this time. While the overall compensation and equity packages are competitive, this is a missing piece of the total rewards puzzle that many peers in the industry currently offer.

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