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Owl Cyber Defense

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Avoid at all costs - run, take your talent elsewhere. - Anonymous employee Owl Cyber Defense Employee Review

1.0
Jun 8, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None, other than primarily work from home.

Cons

Terrible, self-serving, oblivious management with no clear business plan; total disorganization that negatively impacts the line worker. No sense of team work or collaboration; every man (literally) for himself. Managers saving favorable work and accounts for themselves and leaving lower level employees with scraps (and then blame those employees for lackluster results). Blatant lack of diversity - gender and race. Micromanagement that is suffocating and demoralizing . Broken corporate culture; browbeating, intimidation, shaming. Astonishingly arrogant c-suite. Zero frills - no compensation for setting up home office; no meaningful employee incentives/morale boosters of any kind. Clear lack of company interest in the development of it's employees. Lack of appropriate resources to support the volume of work.

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Owl Cyber Defense Response
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Owl takes these reviews very seriously. We strive for every employee to have a positive experience and we clearly had a disconnect here. Owl senior leadership prides itself in supporting our employees’ professional growth and treating one another with kindness and respect. Like many engineering companies, we are working to improve diversity and inclusion and recently hired 5 women for technical summer internships and support diverse teams globally. We hold our teams accountable for results and offer remote/flexible working arrangements for all staff. Owl offers many perks including Health club Reimbursement, LinkedIn Learning, Flexible PTO, Summer Fridays, Door Dash and more. We wish you nothing but the best in your future endeavors. For any future candidates, please read through other Glass Door reviews.

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Pros

Decent benefits Fun technology Interesting people

Cons

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1.0
Jul 17, 2026
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CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits pretty good, though some are pointless, in my opinion. I would prefer to see the money spent on the useless benefits (like Nectar), spent on a more competitive salary. Interesting technology Some interesting people

Cons

Minimal career growth. Lack of communication for process or business changes. Lack of communication on product updates and new product releases. Lack of communication across the board. It's so bad that it borders nefarious. Owl told the entire company that we are going to "unlimited" PTO, only to then have the document read 4-6 weeks. Owl hosted a webinar about releasing a new product, and told all the customers the product was releasing that day, only to have the product not released that day. Many of the products seem to have been rushed out the door and released when incomplete. Product testing and Quality Assurance is wholly inadequate, they exist, but do they do anything? From my point of view, the evidence points to no, not really. The company seems to often make business decisions without consulting the relevant stakeholders. I work in front of customers often and I have to buy Owl branded shirts if I want to make Owl look professional when on a customer site. Have this big move going in one of our offices and the entire thing has been a mess, conflicting information from upper management being the main problem.

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