Barracuda Networks Software Developer reviews

Disingenuous, self-serving management who provide little direction to employees ongoing. They are constantly trying out new approaches to to fix inefficiencies only to see their approach fail for lack of forethought and/or operational discipline. This creates a work environment that is chaotic and confused. Very much a 'boiler room' mentality that is unproductive. Morale is low overall. How they can profess to be a successful company on a path to IPO is beyond me. Their high employee turnover rates tell the true story - and for good reason. You can imagine how customers must feel! Hopefully their new CEO can turn the existing culture around and prevent the ship from running aground- he definitely has his work cut out for him. Seriously, if your looking to take a role here - think hard about it, and then think about it again. There are many great, well run companies in the Valley that would appreciate having you (and they will compensate you better) - this isn't one of them. I don't write reviews very often but I felt compelled to do so here based on my experience. Hopefully it provides an additional data point for you to make an informed decision. I'm glad I'm out and working at a much better company here in the Valley now!

Its a point of pride with the managers they pay 15% below valley average. There is no feedback other than the yearly review which they nit pick anything you may have done wrong and do not allow you to explain yourself. If you get any feedback outside the annual review it means they are mad at you. The management all depends on your team. On my team the managers are basically useless. They issue tasks then disappear except to show up and throw more work on you or to complain. Even engineering is a rotating door. They just cannot keep people Despite what they say there are NO stock options until you have been there several years. There is no opportunity to move up. The company is run by the selected few who have been there a long time. Get on the bad side of any of them and your days are numbered. Its always a dance making sure you are in their good graces. Some of these people have very poor outlook on Indian Engineers. As people are constantly leaving we are constantly understaffed and desperate any time we have a new firmware push. Managers do not listen to the Quality Assurance Engineers or Developers saying the product is broken or even how long it will take to get stuff fixed. They have cameras in the office. One of the upper management loves to sit there and watch people in Michigan then call up managers and complain about people that aren't working. They use man in the middle attacks to stop encrypted info in case you are trying to use encrypted forms of chat