Malwarebytes reviews

3.6

54% would recommend to a friend

(374 total reviews)
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Marcin Kleczynski

72% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Malwarebytes has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 374 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Malwarebytes employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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374 reviews
1.0
Nov 2, 2019

Changes needed

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Pros

Started out well with good direction and goals.

Cons

It seems that suggestions are ignored or given lip service. The upper management is focused on the bottom line and keeping costs down. I did not see any new pushes for innovative products or groundbreaking ideas in a long time.

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Malwarebytes Response
6y
Thank you for taking the time to provide candid and honest feedback. Please know senior management frequently checks these reviews, and your comments and feedback will be taken into consideration. Please feel free to reach out for any further concerns.
1.0
Jun 8, 2020

Failing company..AVOID

Recommend
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Pros

Unlimited PTO, snacks, nice office, nice colleagues

Cons

Product is great for consumers/small businesses but Malwarebytes has been touting "Enterprise readiness" for the past 3+ years and it has gotten nowhere. Trying to play in the A-league when they are D-league at best. Can't attract better engineering/product candidates when both product and pay are so poor. Malwarebytes considers certain other vendors to be huge competitors but after talking to those companies, Malwarebytes isn't even on their radar. They do not care about this company because they don't consider it a threat! That should say a lot. Leadership turnover and changes are incredibly high. In addition, leadership does not know what they are doing, does not care about employees at all, and resort to micro management of irrelevant things. In sales, they prefer high volume calls/activities over less calls but higher quality ones. No wonder hitting numbers has been such a challenge. WFH is frowned upon as a whole and remote work is very inflexible. Every company has its own politics and favorites but here its amplified 100x...if you are a puppet and choose to never voice your opinions, you will be rewarded. CEO and execs refuse to listen to negative employee feedback and will only look at good reviews and say "oh we are doing great, no need for any changes!" Before signing here, do your research and network. Talk to previous employees, get some insight. Look at the turnover in sales. Research competitors and compare the product, marketing, messages, teams, etc. Think about why this company is having such a hard time breaking into enterprise and getting any sort of funding to better the product AND pay employees.

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Malwarebytes Response
6y
Thank you for your honest feedback as we value employee feedback and appreciate you being open and honest. We are working hard to implement additional manager training. Your comments and feedback will be taken into consideration. If you have any other feedback you'd like to share, please feel free to send me an email.
1.0
Dec 2, 2016

Its a love / hate relationship

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- easy commute - free beer and snacks - decent medical benefits - open office floorplan - free parking - fun people - pays on time - drinking / party culture - interesting work just slow to execute - great ceo but surrounds himself with not the best people

Cons

- no accountability for team members or leadership - very lax'd culture - horrible leadership/exec team who are slow to make decisions. very indecisive. most shouldnt be in there roles, as in lacks experience to do the job - not data driven - no top down accountability or cadence for goals or performance - internal squabbling within senior management - says one thing does something else. all talk no game. they talk so much of culture, but there arent even any corporate values or cultural identity. new HR executive seems slow to implement anything game gaming or impactful. - very little communication. a lot of wasted time and duplicated efforts - no forecasting or planning beyond whats in front of them today. while they have a monthly staff meeting and share revenue, nothing strategic is ever discussed. - probably burning thru cash very quickly with all the hiring going on. wondering if business is even still profitable.

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Malwarebytes Response
9y
Congratulations on your 3 years with us and thank you for the candid review! I really appreciate you taking the time to give feedback on your experience. It helps provide transparency to our leadership on where we’re getting it right but also where we can do better. I truly believe that it is important for us to remain transparent with what's going on in the company, strategic decisions and be open to feedback and input from everyone at Malwarebytes. We are currently reviewing many of the items you raised and have works in progress regarding company values, increased communication, and forecasting. It sis clear from your post that you don’t think we are getting it done in terms of communicating with you or supporting you in the ways you need. I strongly suggest you speak to your leadership team, utilizing our CEO’s “open door” policy, or reaching out to me so we can talk through your concerns since it's not something we take lightly. You can reach out to me through email anytime or we can set up time to grab coffee. Thank you again for taking the time to share your thoughts and concerns, we really want our people to feel comfortable coming forward and giving constructive feedback. I am always willing to speak with any of our employees about their ideas on how we can keep Malwarebytes a great place to work. - Doug Folden, VP, People & Culture
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