Great culture but the average age for engineering is high - Anonymous employee Mimecast Employee Review

3.0
Dec 4, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Much higher salary compared to the industry. - Working from home on Wednesdays. - Small teams of 5-7 people.

Cons

- Despite doing well while being in the cyber space, there is no innovation or any vision to use historic data. - Almost none development opportunities after hiring. - Not many young people in engineering which makes it difficult to add value unless you are planning to use old tech. - A bit of random ad hoc stuff all the time and too many layers of management are causing confusion. - The company grows faster compared to what it can handle and this brings pressure and in some roles you do more things.

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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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