Bad company culture - Anonymous employee Synack Employee Review

1.0
Jan 29, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Old code base so huge scope of improvement

Cons

Bad management. Rude coworkers. Unskilled leadership. Laid of people without severance. People with family who worked here for more than 5 years were laid off without any severance. Bad karma. Inhumane way of treating people. Ungrateful. Hard-work not recognized.

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Synack Response
2y
We appreciate you taking the time to leave a review. At Synack, we encourage feedback and have a desire to continuously improve. This includes encouraging our employees to reach out to the People team if they are seeing behaviors they feel are unacceptable. It is challenging for us to address general claims regarding mismanagement and the behavior of coworkers unless we hear directly from our employees. We believe we have a strong team of employees who treat each other with mutual respect and are willing to help their teammates. We are sorry to hear that you feel that you have had a different experience at Synack. As a company, we push ourselves to do better so we will take your feedback and work to make Synack a better place for its employees. Regarding concerns around the treatment of people who were let go. We have had to make tough decisions based on the needs of our business in the past and we may need to in the future. In making these decisions, we understand that our employees' lives go beyond Synack. We put a lot of effort and consideration in treating departing employees with respect and thought, which often includes offering severance and benefits coverage for the transition we are asking them to make.

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Synack Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share this feedback. We genuinely value hearing from current and former team members - it helps us grow as an organization. Transparency, clear communication, and making employees feel informed and valued are areas we take seriously. We've made meaningful investments here, including more structured all-hands updates and dedicated channels for recognizing team contributions, but we know there is always more work to do. We recognize that changes without sufficient context can create uncertainty, and that's not the environment we want to build. Feedback like this helps us stay accountable to that standard. Our door is open, and we hope anyone with specific experiences or suggestions will feel encouraged to share them directly with leadership or through our internal feedback channels. We appreciate you sharing your perspective and wish you well.
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