Snyk reviews

3.0

36% would recommend to a friend

(375 total reviews)
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Peter McKay and Ken MacAskill

33% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

Snyk has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 375 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Snyk employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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375 reviews
1.0
Apr 8, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation is looks good- on paper. Hire cool places for events

Cons

Transparency is very poor between decisions making and success standards. Hire like crazy and fired like crazy. Avery planning in product organisation about when to ship which features Way too many commitments to the customer to achieve something company can not fulfil in time. Therefore it results in high pressure within product and R&D Engineering can not focus on containers one day and SAST like project another day

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Snyk Response
6y
Hello, sorry to hear your difficult experience. Last week, with having to face some difficult headcount decisions, has indeed been a tough week for the company and we understand the frustration, but we believe strongly in the long-term success potential at Snyk, and our obligation to manage towards it in a fiscally responsible manner. Also appreciate your concern about a high pressure environment and quickly evolving priorities. This is, unfortunately, sometimes the nature of pivoting to address external pressures in a start-up environment, and we fully appreciate this can be challenging. If you have feedback or suggestions that you would like to share internally, please do feel free to reach out to your leadership or someone in the People team.
1.0
Jun 19, 2023

Run for your life

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Congrats to the marketing team for creating a perfect picture for this rotten company.

Cons

Let’s begin: More then 60% of the people working here are hired based on recommendations…. I never seen in my life as many incompetents gather at one table deciding what other should do. All the values that this company pretends to have is just another way of saying: “ we want you to have no life, do your job 200% and the jobs that others and incapable of doing with 0 recognition/ promotion or more money. It’s unreal to me how this people sell security products when they have 0 idea what security is, not to mention that they don’t follow what they preach. Product wise — all lies. Snyk managed to build one product - have baked, all the rest is just pure crap. That are faaar better security tools literally everywhere you look. Open source is an upgrade compared to this products. Let’s talked about mental health for a moment. If you haven’t had a burnout so far, be my guest this company will offer you plenty in a year. As mentioned before the expectations vs reality of this company are mind blowing. Being on a verge of a mental breakdown is a must here, nobody listens or cares and if you ask for help this will be your label. I never experienced anxiety at this level before. Every thing here changes 10 time in a week cuz they have no vision/direction/process. There is no vision- maybe just the fingers crossed someone blind will buy this company out. After so many rounds of layoffs as a result of the great strategic minds that run Snyk, is just a matter of time until another one will follow.

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Snyk Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. I would like the opportunity to be able to speak with you directly on this to address your concerns. If you are willing, will you please reach out to me or your Talent Business Partner at your earliest convenience so we can better understand what you are experiencing. - Sandy Mott, VP Talent Business Partnering
2.0
Aug 26, 2021

Good product terrible management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good product, constantly evolving tech. Good people team who do "seem" to genuinely care. Lots of new hires (high staff turnover)

Cons

Sale management team are terrible - micro managers that repeat "go" after ever statement. Poor understanding of the market and unrealistic targets. No answers to competition offerings apart from "were the best" Constant chest beating - it seems you have to tell everyone , every 5 minutes what a great place it is to work? Wellness days are granted to employees, management fail to tell employees what these are for and if you use them you feel you should not be using them. The company seems to be full of leaders - this often leads to lots of conflicts. Toxic environment where everyone seems terrified of being fired - very stressful place to work. Complete lack of understanding of cultures outside of the U.S.

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Snyk Response
4y
Hello, and thank you for your feedback. We're sorry to hear about these frustrations, and can fully appreciate the pressures and significant targets of hypergrowth are not for everyone. Thank you again for sharing.
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