Company with potential but stuck in the past - Senior Software Engineering Manager Gen Employee Review

2.0
Jan 7, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Great profit margins, Good work life balance and decent pay, Good people and nice office in Mountainview CA

Cons

Company run by a CFO who is neither visionary nor an inspiring leader, Our products are legacy and being disrupted by more nimble players. Avast seemed like a more technically oriented company but the acquisition has destroyed their value and not much to show for the $9B spent on Avast except huge debt. Remote work has been great but going away as management believes that if you are not in the office you are probably goofing off and not being productive. Our productivity tools used by engineers are sub-par because money is taken away from engineers and given to marketing instead.

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5.0
Jul 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing work life balance. Management was fantastic. Great company culture.

Cons

Lots of internal changes, which makes it difficult sometimes to maintain flow of role

2.0
Jul 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Individual team culture is good depending on leader. Unlimited PTO, good benefits.

Cons

Leadership is unclear in direction. Giving arbitrary guidance on AI usage or RTO without context. Innovation is dead, growth by acquisition is their playbook. This means almost annual RIFs and teams being overworked.

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