Quick to Hire, Quick to Fire - Anonymous employee Halock Security Labs Employee Review

Remote work environment and flexibility.

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• The consultants are outstanding — smart, collaborative, and genuinely dedicated to clients. • Exposure to strong cybersecurity and compliance projects.

Once you’re exposed to leadership, the experience shifts from rewarding to miserable. They keep “yes” people who protect egos instead of those who do quality work. • Leadership systematically removed women and anyone who questioned decisions. Those who spoke up were marginalized or pushed out. • The few women left are mainly in back-office roles with little client exposure — a telling reflection of misplaced priorities. • There’s zero trust in the consultants actually building client relationships and delivering results. Leadership obsesses over control and appearances instead of performance and outcomes. • Sales and marketing have added little measurable value, yet consultants carry the company’s reputation while others take credit. • “Budget” layoffs are reframed as “performance” issues even after confirming otherwise — pure manipulation. • Management hides behind the EOS framework but cherry-picks only what benefits them. Offer an idea or improvement, and you risk public reprimand — that’s not EOS; that’s intimidation. • Fear-based management continues: if bonuses are too high, they quietly move the goalposts. Consultants are micromanaged and even belittled on client calls. • Constructive feedback isn’t valued; it’s punished.