Wow, never new work could be so great - Engineer Malwarebytes Employee Review

5.0
Mar 10, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The people are great. The company has the best office, with a well stocked kitchen and amazing views. Flexible. Really good benefits, especially for a pre IPO. CEO is really good and the leadership is not bad either, especially compared to past leadership teams I've worked with. Having just come back from the annual summit event (where everyone in the company if flown to attend company updates together and in person), it was great to get a clear refresh of our strategy, roadmap and values, so everyone is on the same page. I got to see the executive team share their vision and goals for the year, which really resonate we'll with me, and I think everyone else too, based on my conversations. Overall, I can honestly say it's the best place I've worked at.

Cons

Some growing pains that you would expect from a fast growing company, but nothing serious

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Malwarebytes Response
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Thanks for your feedback. I’m glad you are enjoying working at Malwarebytes; as you know, we put a lot of effort into creating a place we believe our employees will enjoy being in. It sounds like our investment in our annual summit was a success. We look forward to working with you for years to come!

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