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4.2

80% would recommend to a friend

(52 total reviews)
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Michael Volk

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81% positive business outlook

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3.0
May 23, 2016

Security Engineer

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Pros

Incredible company culture. Work hard, play hard environment. Annual company trip/sales kick-off. GuidePoint hires the very best and the brightest.

Cons

Sales will sell anything. This creates pressure to recommend products which are not best-of-breed. Sales will not hesitate to throw the nearest engineer under the bus.

5.0
Apr 25, 2016
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Pros

This company is great to work for because it is full of incredible talent and has a great culture. No matter how technical or obscure of a question I have, one of my colleagues likely has an answer or can help me out. The company is young and growing quickly thanks to the immense amount of talent. One of the company's core values is, "Don't be a jerk!" and it shows in almost every single interaction I have had with my colleagues. Everyone is good at something and together we accomplish some pretty awesome things. This company is strictly an information security company, so their services and offerings aren't diluted with unrelated distractions.

Cons

Not so much a con, but the company is largely virtual so your boss might be in another state or time zone. There are ways to work around this, but it's not a typical office-environment. This might be a con for some, but this is a work hard, play hard kind of company. People here do whatever it takes to get the job done, and done right, even if that means working late hours when needed. This is not the place you come to work straight-8's and skate.

3.0
Mar 3, 2016

A fast growing firm

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Access to a lot of incredibly talented and smart individuals and strong partnerships with security vendors. Great company if you are experienced as the salary is extremely competitive. Great jumping point to a security career.

Cons

The company was founded and grown through personal networks and as such, there are a lot of personal friendships that transcend managerial duties. While there is an open door policy with leadership know that privacy is not respected, anything you think is private, isn't. Account Executives have their own agenda's, engineers and consultants are thrown under the bus within a moments notice if it benefits them/their clients. While engineers have more centralized management, sales does not, and since they are bringing in previous clients, aka profit, they are given a wide berth. If you aren't already highly experienced, expect a high salary differential with your counterparts, even if you bill at the same rate and have the same billable percentage.

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