Too much ego and poor software engineering quality standards - Frontend Developer Mimecast Employee Review

1.0
Oct 30, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Development teams are kinda "agile", and there's a will to improve on that side. - Flexible times, good work-life conciliation.

Cons

- The ego of some managers affect on how technical decisions are done, in several times were completely wrong. It's more about a matter of who puts the name on something and get the "recognition" rather than making correct decisions supported by the engineers, specially in UI teams. - Quality is not a main concern on some teams, technical debt is a mysterious term for a lot of front-end developers. - Slow reaction to solve team issues, ending in some cases on good developers going away from the company.

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5.0
Apr 6, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great office, catered lunch daily. Great benefits, 4 weeks PTO to start plus paid holidays, floating holidays, sick time. Culture is flexible, vibrants, friendly people.

Cons

Frequent changed and pivoting but senior leadership listens to employees which is good.

1.0
Jul 14, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

No pros that you can't get at another company. There are some amazing people left here, but not many - most have been layed off or have jumped ship to avoid said layoffs.

Cons

Mimecast is a company that, unfortunately, no longer cares about their employees after being acquired by Permira a few years ago. Rolling, silent layoffs are near constant, so you never know whether or not you're next on the chopping block this month. Benefits have been on a steady decline for years, pay raises and salary are borderline embarassing (and their main NA office is in one the highest cost of living areas in the state FYI), the culture is one of genuine disdain for their workers, the company can't stop hemorrhaging customers due to their lack of innovation. Leadership is chaotic and constantly changing.

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