FireEye Software Developer reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(46 total reviews)
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Kevin Mandia

53% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated FireEye with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 46 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. FireEye is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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46 reviews
3.0
Feb 12, 2019

Decent place to work

Recommend
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Pros

Pay range and fully remote option

Cons

The expectation slowly became east coast hours even though I was working from the west coast.

3.0
Dec 26, 2018

Company Review

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay and lot of learning opportunity.

Cons

Lot of stress, Please leave work at office to avoid stress. Always come/leave on time so one can manage work life balance even though there is huge pressure of work and urgency of task. Sometime manager are managing employee remotely so they often forget time difference and push you any important work/task at time of employee leaving for home which lead to work at home/office lately.

2.0
Jan 5, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Interesting work in the wide-open field of cyber security. Rank and file engineers still seem to care and there are still some smart people doing useful new technology. Current CEO and upper management saved the company from going under (due to the previous CEO's unsustainable bad management and reckless, out-of-control spending), and have earned credibility with the workers "in the trenches".

Cons

Growth is slow and slowing. Management placates shareholders by a continual spiral of more and more cost cutting. Company just moved to a smaller square footage headquarters, and has now eliminated the perks you may see in earlier reviews: no more free lunches, no more free snacks or beverages. Instead, they're introducing a vending program to sell concessions to overworked employees (hiring has dried up, even for replacing some of the attrition). Technology is now dated because malware has moved on, away from the attacks that FireEye used to detect so well. Middle management is an obstacle to success, mostly interested in not rocking the boat; don't bother looking for any leadership or technical direction from them. A recent employee meeting where resource and leadership concerns were raised was stifled by angry middle management who dodged responsibility while pushing more work onto people to make up for their own failed management.

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FireEye Response
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We are sorry to hear about your experience with us. Moving into our newer, larger HQ building has allowed many different departments to truly come together as one team, working towards our shared mission to relentlessly protect our customers. Although our lunches and snacks are no longer free, they are highly subsidized and provide a much wider variety of options. Focusing on the employee experience is a top priority for us, and the more successful we are as a company, the greater our ability to provide for our employees. We appreciate your detailed review and advice on middle management.
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