BlueCat Reviews

Pros

Things are always changing which makes work interesting and challenging. The company is very innovative; with the tools and ways they support us as well as the office itself. Its comfortable and very modern; standing desks and tons of collaboration spaces. The company is always evolving and the leadership is always looking for ways to engage employees and action feedback. All coworkers like having fun together; charity...

Cons

If your uncomfortable with change this might not be the company for you. Our customers drive innovation in our product and there is a high expectation on people to elevate how we support our clients and the business. I thrive in this environment but some people are challenged by it.

Advice to Management

keep engaging your teams and communicating our goals and initiatives - we really like to hear where we are going and how we can help support the strategy.

Pros

1) Great people; 2) Social events.

Cons

1) A middle sized company with the attitude of an enterprise: So many red tapes that every single decision requires several meetings with different teams and employees; 2) Ancient software development processes and mindset; 3) Extremely convoluted software solutions to the point the engineers avoid making significant changes afraid of breaking the software; 4) No career opportunities; 5) No long term planning,...

Advice to Management

Dismiss every one from manager position and up, including the CEO, and start over.

Pros

BlueCat has two main products -- I'm writing from the perspective of an engineer on the newer, security-centric product. - Good for interns or new grad engineers because there's lots of opportunities for any engineer to play with new technologies. Company seems to be able to afford a lot of cloud services, so you can get exposure to those. - Good for veteran engineers who don't really care about improving their skills...

Cons

- Their newer product (security focused; meant to become the future of the company) is pretty poor from the features perspective. I've gone to multiple info sec conferences and never once heard this company mentioned. - It's also poor from the engineering perspective. It is a ridiculous over-engineered mess of nano-services. The complexity is staggering considering how little the product actually does. Most of...

Pros

BlueCat has a solid base of over 1,000 customers, which is consistently growing. We have a relevant product to our market and differentiate ourselves with our outstanding customer support and the addition of our Edge product. I had an amazing recruitment experience with Bluecat. I had the opportunity to meet my future team members, get a tour of the office and ask questions throughout the process. Onboarding sessions...

Cons

BlueCat is moving forward, and there have been many changes recently and this can feel confusing.

Advice to Management

Ensure communications with employees is clear and consistent

Pros

BlueCat is focused on providing great value and service to their 1000+ customers. It's clear that the company is relevant and continues to bring on large enterprise customers. Employees are asked for their feedback frequently and have opportunity to influence and drive the culture forward. People are willing to help out and provide support to eachother.

Cons

There has been a lot of change over the last 6 months and employees feel a bit confused about where to focus.

Advice to Management

Give us clear direction and we will definitely jump in where needed. Keep being transparent about where the company is going. We are excited to help!

Pros

Share the values that respect people Good location Care employees

Cons

Little too over-processed that lower the productivity.

Advice to Management

Listen more and make adjustment.

Pros

Flexible hours Training ($1000 allowance to spend yourself to buy training) Approachable managers Friendly environment Lost of support Subsidized meals Oncall and overtime payments 8 days paid personal leave per year + 15 days vacation Best doctors insurance 90% coverage on anything OHIP doesn't pay Annual bonus

Cons

Smaller wages schema than other vendors

Pros

Great working environment in the new office. Collaboration is supported within the company. New Office space has improved working evironment significantly

Cons

very high demand on work which can often lead to a great learning experience but you suffer from work-life balance as especially in the technical support teams.

Advice to Management

continue to invest in the people at bluecat