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
Sep 23, 2022

It's been... interesting.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I enjoy my coworkers as a whole. We have fun at work, and I don't find myself feeling isolated in this new working world. That is a rare thing. I also find the pay can be very competitive if you are willing to ask for it.

Cons

The stock is paper money and likely to remain so. This company is so far behind the industry that acquisition and IPO are off the table. There was a time when that wasn't the case, but those days are long gone. And that's because of product and leadership both. The CEO has only ever known Malwarebytes. He doesn't have experience of the industry outside of this echo chamber, and he refuses to listen to those who do and are willing to go toe to toe with him to help create change for the better. Sadly, fewer and fewer people are here to do that even were it possible, having been laid off by the hundreds or fleeing to greener pastures at companies with futures whose light hasn't been snuffed out. Those who remain have been silenced and are just going through the motions . There were smart people here. Dedicated people. People who could have done great things. And they still could -- but not at Malwarebytes.

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Malwarebytes Response
3y
Thank you for taking time to leave this review. The best way for us to take action is to get honest feedback like this. I hope you had a chance to express your concerns before you left and you can always reach out to me at employerbrand@malwarebytes.com should you wan to have further discussion. Best regards, Elvi.
2.0
Sep 16, 2019

Culture of distrust

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Really cool office space. Pretty good kitchen with some decent food (all make it yourself, nothing catered or brought in). Cool bar with great views (sometimes the beer is out or not great choices)

Cons

Leadership just gets worse and worse. Management team except one has turned over in the past 18-24 months. Hard to tell which left or which were fired left because there is little transparency. Leadership (especially external) do a great job of stirring up problems and distracting everyone from doing real work to help the company be successful. Everyone wonders why anyone would want to bring the inefficiency of exceutive coaches, how can external folks be helping when the entire exec team is turning over? You can't trust ANYONE. Beware, everything you say goes directly to the CEO, there is no true confidentiality in any feedback you provide anyone (internal or external). CEO prides himself on knowing "everything" going on in the company and will go at great lengths to achieve this. It's funny - I was just looking at the company response to some of the poor reviews on Glassdoor and they just copy and paste the same response to multiple people - LOL HR can't even respond to reviews properly, they must not care.

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Malwarebytes Response
6y
Thank you for taking the time to give us your candid and honest feedback. We are so sorry to hear about your negative experience at Malwarebytes. Please know that senior management frequently checks these reviews, and your comments and feedback will be taken into consideration. Management strives to be as open and transparent as possible with our employees so if you have any further suggestions on how we can improve this, please send myself or our Chief People Officer an email.
1.0
Dec 23, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice office area. Reasonable Pay. `Up and coming` security service. Tools are typically current.

Cons

Management / Team leads are not inspiring. No tolerance for learning. Recruitment sells you the moon; you get a moon pie. If you are not a 'one of the cool kids' your excluded.

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Malwarebytes Response
7y
Hi there, thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. If you'd like to contact me directly, my email is nreidy@malwarebytes.com
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