Pros
The reputation of the company/product amongst security practitioners is strong, Insikt produces high quality research, and demand in the market for intelligence is pretty solid, even when the macroeconomic environment is iffy. Investors and anyone with more than a paltry equity grant should be happy with the company's growth trajectory. Work/life balance is not terrible. Workloads can be seasonally heavy, but overall leadership tends to respect the idea that employees have lives outside of work. If you can curry favor with the right people, Recorded Future is a good company to hitch your career to, as the growth provides some decent advancement opportunities on most teams, but only if you can hang on and survive a messy day-to-day.
Cons
The executive leadership team is rife with micromanagement, which trickles down to the departments. COT doesn't trust departmental leaders to make decisions of any gravity without input from above. This means any decisions, from those made by ICs all the way up to VPs, require endless approvals, opportunities for input, etc. This contributes to a slow pace of movement that inflicts most teams/projects. Related to this is that important decision making seems to happen in a vacuum at the top without much regard for employee input. Favoritism is pretty blatant. Nearly every con on this review does not apply to anyone who is a favorite with someone higher-up. While the culture at Recorded Future isn't broadly toxic, there are certain individuals who are wildly unprofessional/toxic and get away with it. Compensation has fallen behind industry average, particularly for employees that have stuck around and advanced their careers. External hires are paid much closer to market rate than employees who make moves internally. Increasingly stingy equity grants and bonuses dependent on incredibly ambitious company goals do not pay the bills.