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3.6

54% would recommend to a friend

(129 total reviews)
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Marcin Kleczynski

72% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.6

Culture & values

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

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4.0
Aug 12, 2022

Good people, tough market

Vp products
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Overall, the company is a nice place to work: culture is good, and your benefits and compensation relatively comparable. They've done a great job taking care of employees through the pandemic.

Cons

The EDR and EP space is a red ocean, and differentiation at this point is tough. Large enterprises don't want yet another agent on their endpoints, and Symantec and McAffee have won the EP market. The EDR market is owned by Crowdstrike and this leaves less room for the smaller guys, like Malwarebytes. Finally, with a focus on SMBs, and 50% of SMBs going out of business is 5 years, you have to keep filling top of funnel, and with the current recession (2022), it's rough out there.

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Malwarebytes Response
3y
Thank you for taking you time to provide your valuable feedback.
2.0
May 25, 2022

A flaming dumpster careering down the Road to Nowhere

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The People and Culture peeps do a bang-up job keeping the "fun" activities interesting. The Santa Clara, CA, HQ is cool and has all the amenities you'd expect from a mid-2000s teens tech startup/disruptor/"challenger" company, including foosball, pinball machines, on-prem gym, and a much-needed bar stocked with your favorite mood adjuster on tap. The execs were smart enough to realize, eventually, that the Growth team's go-to "hack" of constantly discounting the Premium product was a bad idea in the long run. (See Cons) The execs were smart enough to realize, eventually, that filling top Marketing management positions with people who had little to no experience in marketing to the SMB space, which is Malwarebytes' growth opportunity, as it were, was a bad idea. (See Cons). There are some wicked smart, kind people still working there. The brand has a good (but declining) reputation among the nerds. Might not be a bad short-term gig for those just starting their careers. The CEO isn’t Elmo Musk.

Cons

Aging product portfolio hasn’t kept up with the competition in terms of feature sets. Revolving door in middle management. Long-term strategy is generally non-existent. Absolutely no brand moat anymore. Uninspired marketing. The execs took too long to realize that the Growth team's go-to "growth hack" of constantly discounting the Premium product was a bad idea in the long run. The execs took too long to realize that filling top Marketing management positions with people who had little to no experience in marketing to the SMB space, which is Malwarebytes' growth opportunity, as it were, was a bad idea. Ever arrive at a party late only to find that the cool kids you wanted to hang with have already left? That’s Malwarebytes now.

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Malwarebytes Response
3y
Thank you for sharing your feedback, this is really valued and has been passed further. If you feel comfortable to have a confidential chat with me or any other member from the People team, please let us know employerbrand@malwarebytes.com Best wishes, Elvi
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