Not getting better - Anonymous employee Root9B Employee Review

1.0
Mar 16, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The pay is competitive to high for the job and location, and the benefits have been marginally improved.

Cons

The good people that were initially convinced to join by fast-talking higher-ups have either left or are on the way out. Everyone has lost complete faith in the leadership team and realizes they are at best full of false promises or at worst delusional. The next deal is always "right around the corner" or "coming on fast," but little ever materializes. The same goes for organizational changes. Management is opaque, secretive, and tells employees what they think they want to hear to keep them happy, but are finding this only works for so long. The company is now churning tenured, skilled employees and replacing them with young naive staff who will put up with this oppressive type of management. This has left a company that is almost entirely leadership with no real staff to do the work or create the capabilities they constantly oversell. I left the moment another opportunity presented itself.

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5.0
Jul 27, 2021
Anonymous employee
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Pros

miss the culture and the great people, as well as the mission

Cons

It was acquired and sadly no longer exists, but would love to work with this team again.

5.0
Jun 22, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

root9B sets high standards, and consistently delivers. Top-level management is extremely experienced and has a great sense of vision and planning for the direction of this company. Their mission is quite simple: “Providing global cybersecurity solutions through technical innovation, tailored operations, and professional excellence.” From what I have seen to date accomplishment of their mission is a team effort that root9B is laser beam focused on delivering.

Cons

root9B Official Merchandise store has yet to launch. (Glassdoor mandates Cons) - I have worked for many different companies and organizations. Many times, the vision of the organizations was not clear. root9’s vision is clear and so darn important in today’s times. “A corporate America with an information security infrastructure impervious to the adversary.” The men and women in this company see clearly and understand why the vision is a goal they must strive to achieve for our country. I have trained many troops in the Army Intelligence field and within the DoD sector. Thinking back to the root9B vision; root9B believes in learning by doing. root9B’s training methodology is to immerse cyber warriors in scenario driven environments to learn and practice the methodologies being taught; our methodology reflects this philosophy. root9B’s cyber training is world class, taught by seasoned operators that have been in the field utilizing what they are teaching.

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