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Gen

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Gen Software Engineer reviews

3.4

20% would recommend to a friend

(58 total reviews)
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Vincent Pilette

25% approve of CEO

16% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.6

Culture & values

3.2

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Career opportunities

2.4

Senior management

Software Engineer employees have rated Gen with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 58 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Gen is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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58 reviews
4.0
Aug 27, 2023

A comfortable place to work

Software developer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- friendly community - aspiration to use proper instruments and effective infrastructure for software development (before acquisition by Norton) - flexible work-conditions - spacious office, own gym and canteen

Cons

- tendency to spare on new development by trying to reuse legacy code in new products and features - information security paranoia even on dev-pcs that slows down the system and sometimes even hinders the work

1.0
Jul 11, 2023

Gen is Symantec in blue

Software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Hybrid remote working, good work-life-balance

Cons

Ignorant mgmt team and engineering lead, that has no idea what actually happens in the teams. The company morale is low, especially Avast teams are missing "the good old Avast times" and have no trust in the company as it is implementing feedback only as a marketing stunt. Repeated and never ending layoffs hurt the company. Like at Symantec, companies are getting acquired only to be destroyed within years. Avira is next. Only goal is reducing cost, at any cost. Massive amounts of tech debt and every day it is getting worse. To summarize: everything is just a big mess.

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Gen Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We value all reviews from our current and former team members, and we're sorry to hear that you've had a negative experience working with certain departments and with management. We acknowledge that we've had some changes in leadership and priorities in recent times, which may have caused some disruption in our teams. We're working hard to ensure that these transitions are as smooth as possible and employees are supported along the way. If you're open to it, please reach out to People & Culture to further discuss and provide details about your experiences so we can better address.
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