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Barracuda Networks Claimed Company
Barracuda Networks, Inc. is a company providing security, networking, and storage products based on network appliances and cloud services. The company's security products include products for protection against email, web surfing, web hackers, and instant messaging threats such as spam, spyware, trojans, and viruses.
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When I first started working, it was a great experience. Then, we started hemorrhaging knowledge because we don't pay enough, and the high quality we promised has decayed due to the lack of knowledge and pretending we can make do with what we have left.
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
Start here, then leave quickly. All it currently is, is a foothold to get into the field. Clearly there is no care being put into the company at the moment, and it's likely due to the value extraction from KKR. They try to chase buzzwords, and end up both delivering new junk as well as ruining old.
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
The framework and tooling for an exceptional company is here, but behavior from higher ups and the direction of what we're doing means the future is uncertain. Making quick-fixes to cut corners instead of laying a good foundation is spiraling behavior.
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Pay and communication of what the direction is.
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Realize their stated goals are in direct opposition to the incentives.
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
We went from Great Value insurance to Dollar Tree. This isn't a good look.
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
My coworkers need support. The chain is set up to prevent bypassing, so gatekeeping occurs.
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Inspire confidence through quality products, investing in the company, and demonstrating the company and the employees have a future.
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
Getting raises at the moment is effectively impossible at the moment, given no one on this team has received raises in several years.
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
As a communication company, actually communicate effectively. Cut out the "hail corporate" waffle, and get to the point. Make it so raises aren't unobtanium.
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
It's impossible to get the support needed. Some are completely unresponsive and allowed to exist on another planet with blessing from their managers, while others act as gatekeepers unnecessarily.
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
Quite frankly it's paying almost20% below where is reasonable given the current economic climate. It's especially bad when the already bad health insurance gets replaced for an even worse one.
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Our products were fantastic, but features and new products have been rolled out before getting effective testing or usage. Dogfooding clearly isn't done here, or the very obvious issues wouldn't be problems.
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
It's obvious Barracuda is on the back foot, and the lack of resources available to improve our products is obvious. We're basically chasing buzzwords, letting features regress, and hoping we can actually deliver what we're promising.
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
It's blindingly obvious how KKR is influencing the behavior of the company. Line needs to go up, so we're focusing on next quarter instead of actually trying to lay groundwork to exist in the next decade.
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
It's blindingly obvious it's crunch time at the circle factory. From the vanishing benefits to the lack of pay raises over the last two years to products that get worse over time with no documentation, Barracuda feels like a dead company running.
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