Mid-sized Company w/a Corporate Feel - Individual Contributor In Finance Mimecast Employee Review

2.0
Oct 4, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great food perks - free lunch M-T, cold-brew coffee, snacks, cool office. - Good options for health insurance - HMO and PPO. - Growing company with a great product bundle. - CEO sets a fun workplace culture - great for college grads.

Cons

- For a mid-sized company, there are a lot of layers/bureaucracy and managers/directors/senior directors, which means you'll do well if you're hired in at that level and/or you're good at playing politics. Started to feel like a table w/no legs to stand on though . . . - Not so great for the doers and analysts who continually have more and more different managers giving them work to accommodate all the layers - I still don't know what some teams do and that's because of how the organization is set-up and the old guard being territorial over their roles/departments. You're either a doer or you're someone who presents the work of the doer to your higher-ups. - Stock comp only given to managers and above, so makes it hard for individuals to feel vested in the company. - Lack of transparency/communication and continued decentralization means you only learn one piece of the story and it's typically what you need to know to get the job done - again makes it hard to feel invested in the company. - Culture, work/life balance, recognition and development is still dependent on your manager and function like at any company. - Beware of being pigeon-holed just to maintain the team status-quo - No established career development plan, except maybe for BDRs into Sales QBR roles. Best of luck to the rest of us. - Pretentiousness runs high - relax it's just a job, things will get done.

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Mimecast Response
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Thank you for taking the time to write a detailed review. We value the opinion of former and current employees and exam every review posted to this site and use the feedback to improve our culture, policies and procedures. We are always reexamining our process in each departments so that we create a positive working experience for all our Mimecasters. We appreciate your advice, we're always looking for such information to help us become better!

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