Awesome people - Software Engineer Two Six Labs Employee Review

5.0
3 Aug 2019
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Pros

* Much more laid back environment than the large government contractors * Very talented people with broad experiences, from cybersecurity and cryptography to machine learning and sustainment of commercial products * Stable, growing company - very successful at winning new government contracts, so none of the churn typical of similarly-sized support contracting companies. * Growing commercial contracts * Diverse workforce - compared to other places I've worked at, people at Two Six tend to be open, accepting, diverse, and tolerant.

Cons

* Two Six split off from a larger company, and inherited a tall organizational structure. They're trying to restructure as we grow, but the company is organized into silos * Leaders tend towards introverted behavior that can make them seem aloof and unapproachable

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5.0
9 Aug 2025
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Pros

Good WLB, benefits, and compensation

Cons

I left after a bit when they formed Two Six Tech so not sure what culture is like now

2.0
2 Apr 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

In my rough assessment, a third of the projects here are wild goose chases run by inept government bureacrats, a third are interesting research led by smart DARPA program managers (that mostly gets squandered because it never gets transitioned or published), and a third are boring engineering projects that don't involve any research. So you have a decent job of doing work that's interesting or at least neutral.

Cons

Typical cynical government contractor. Cliquish internal politics, nerd machismo, management tells you what you want to hear and then flips the script on you, in my opinion managers and senior engineers have unchecked toxic masculinity issues. Lack of gender balance and inattention to fixing it. The key to understanding this place, in my opinion, is that all that matters at the end of the day is bringing in contracts and making the government customer happy, even if it means doing work that one isn't proud of.

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