Proceed With Caution - Sales Malwarebytes Employee Review

2.0
Jan 22, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you are on the right team, your management team will empower you. The company does hire well. A lot of great talent and good-hearted humans. And when I say that the company hires well, they hire good employees... not leadership.

Cons

I hate that I have more cons than I do pros. However, if you are not on the right team - proceed with caution: - If it isn't a round of layoffs that will show you the door, it will be your management team. I will quote from my former director, "If I don't want you on my team, I will find a way for you to not be on it". Sad, but true. - Your coworkers will have your back; however, management... they will send emails with threats showing you your exit strategy if you have issues with anything that they implement (yes, I understand that a lot of what comes from them is from their leadership. My point is, is that good leadership shouldn't be threatening their employees with exit strategies in order to get them to perform any changes). - They will threaten PIPs; then, without any sort of meeting to tell you why you're doing poorly, simply put you on one. Then, expect you to improve without any guidance (or weekly checkins), and then let you go. If you do end up going on one, best to start looking for a new job. - They will add to your already overfilled plate and make it look like giving you these added tasks will make you a "manager" some day. However, it just burns you out. - Don't expect to have any 1:1's with your direct manager. All they do is travel. - Bottom line: proceed with caution, and keep your eyes/ears open. If if it feels weird - it probably is. You shouldn't be scared when your director or manager emails you because you are unsure if there will be some sort of threat in there showing you your "exit strategy". And you shouldn't feel mentally drained every day when you log off.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Apr 15, 2026
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Pros

Had some great coworkers during my time at MWB/TD, manager was always very encouraging, and pay was good

Cons

Outdated technology stack. The platform is built on legacy foundations, and modernization efforts haven't kept pace with the market. Leadership lacks domain depth. Many senior leaders don't have deep cybersecurity or IT backgrounds, which makes it difficult for them to set a clear product vision, read where the market is heading, or chart a credible path to get there. This was supposed to be a cyber company, but outside of the MDR team, that expertise is thin at the top. Good ideas die quietly. I brought forward multiple product ideas that were blocked repeatedly with the rationale that the company is "device-centric, not user-centric." That framing felt disconnected from what the market actually demands. Priorities shift without communication. Strategic direction changed several times during my tenure, but product was rarely looped in ahead of those shifts. I'd learn about new priorities after the fact, with no context on why things changed. Attrition goes unaddressed. There were multiple rounds of quiet layoffs and a steady stream of voluntary departures. Leadership never paused to examine why people were leaving or to share any explanation with the remaining team. The expectation was simply to carry on as if nothing had happened. Bottom line: A challenging culture, unclear leadership direction, and a product that isn't showing up on shortlists where competitors are winning deals. I'd encourage prospective candidates to ask hard questions before joining.

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