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Barracuda Networks reviews

3.3

49% would recommend to a friend

(739 total reviews)
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Rohit Ghai

75% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Barracuda Networks has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 739 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Barracuda Networks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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739 reviews
3.0
Aug 3, 2015

Think "Short-Term"

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Pros

During my first week at Barracuda, a former employee told me to “treat Barracuda like grad school”. Though it felt more like high school than grad school, he was right. You get thrown into the mix and you either sink or swim. It’s a great learning experience if you make the best of it, and you make a lot of friends along the way. Problem is, the products are garbage and management has no idea what they’re doing. What’s worse is all the praise goes to the outside sales force when the true talent is in the inside sales team. Turnover is high for both teams mainly due to disorganization and realization that they can make more money elsewhere. If you’re new to the industry and you’re looking for the experience, then Barracuda is just the place for you. You get the experience you need and then you move on. Barracuda is notorious for their high turnover and they do very little about it, which is probably how they make their money (especially since the stock isn’t doing so hot). If you’ve been in the game for a while, you might want to look elsewhere, although if you just want to leverage your role at Barracuda to another employee, that works too. Working at Barracuda is like dating a new girl. When you first meet her and get to know her, she’s amazing and all you want to do is spend time together. You party and attend lots of fun events and everything seems right. But as you both settle down and get more comfortable, the facade of perfection wears away. Her expectations are way too high (no less than 10-hour work days), she starts monitoring your every move (making you clock in/out of your phone to monitor how much time you spend at your desk), and she gives very little in return (paid 20% less than the market). Eventually you realize how unhappy you are and dump her. It was a learning experience, and you had some good times. Now you know what not to look for. To sum it all up, get what you need and then leave.

Cons

1. Disorganized sales cycle. 2. impossible to get in touch with Product Management. A lot of time is spent training the sales team to make every customer a "Barracuda Shop", but not enough resources are available to make the products actually work. 3. There is no real career path.

2.0
Jul 24, 2015

Join with caution, big ship, broken rudder!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

On the face of it they have multiple technologies that play in cloud, hardware and virtual. Good coverage of offices around the world, some of the best product branding that I've ever seen and they appear to be much bigger than they really are.

Cons

- Attitudes and behaviors are a joke! - Strategy is all over the place - There are too many cross functions being tasked to do the same job - Good people leave quickly - Gotta be the worse 3 years 2 months of my life! - Hiring mainly guys straight from non-related backgrounds - Staff morale is poor - No training or career development - They will make your life hell if certain people don't like you, so you leave!

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