Growing Company, Bad Culture - Anonymous employee Recorded Future Employee Review

2.0
Apr 30, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Product has a niche position on the market and the company is growing fast - Cybersecurity industry, in general, is growing super quickly and Recorded Future provides a doorway into the industry - Some colleagues are talented and nice people

Cons

- Favoritism is rampant in many teams. Certain individuals are never punished for toxic behaviors and unprofessional actions and can spend company resources on personal activities that are framed as "business" while other employees have to fight tooth and nail for resources to perform their core job and/or get business-related training. - Bro culture is still very much a thing (went in thinking that it can't be as bad as other reviews say it is – trust the reviews, it affects your opportunities and career within the company) - Some lower and middle management do not know how to manage let alone lead a team. Unless you're one of the "favorites", do not expect your manager to look out for your career development or fight for you. - Diversity and inclusion is lip service at the company level, does not apply to you and your well-being as an individual.

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5.0
Apr 27, 2026
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great environment, welcoming and friendly culture, lots of opportunities to grow, everyone wants to see others succeed

Cons

I can't think of any

2.0
May 25, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Good salary, but the benefits could improve, especially 401K.

Cons

Where to begin? Recorded Future has become an absolute mess of a workplace, particularly on the go-to-market side of the business. The sales team lost a huge percentage of its highest performing reps last year and constantly turns over management. Sales/marketing ops has lost so many people it almost doesn't exist at this point. Marketing has lost its best ICs and several key leaders. The GTM org is hobbling along, completely bereft of actual leadership, and with expectations so out of touch with reality, you'll start to wonder if anyone upstairs has ever led a revenue org before. Exec leadership is a mess. Several execs are needlessly, unproductively combative/unkind and provide their departments with little support. For some reason, RF is viewed by leadership less as a software company and more as an unofficial branch of the military/intelligence apparatus, with an unnecessary degree of unsmiling seriousness applied to everything. This culture of beating down employees has resulted in the departure of nearly every top performer that was holding most crumbling teams together, resulting in a pace of movement so glacial, you'd think you actually ARE working for the US government.

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